Sorry for the delay: Gmail actually directed the update emails to my spam folder! Gmail said (something like): "It is in violation of Google's recommended email sender guidelines."

...and it's apparently not the first time this has happened with the python bugtracker: https://mail.python.org/pipermail/tracker-discuss/2015-January/003989.html


Anyways:

> That's a great test, thanks.

That IS a great test :)

> I'm curious: did you [Alexander] have some code where you're actually expecting an exception, or did you just stumble across this case?

Nope, I was just poking around the sources. I was curious to see what CPython's C implementation looked like, and decided to poke around some of the dustier, and the less used corners.

That, and I'm really OCD about checking return values.