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Author	vstinner
Recipients	flox, vstinner
Date	2009-12-08.11:05:33
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Message-id	<1260270335.15.0.122661044258.issue7458@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> This bug does not occur on Debian 64 bits. It does, sometime :-) Read uninitiliazed memory doesn't always crash. $ python -c "'ab'.rfind('xxx', (1 << 63) + 10, 0)" Erreur de segmentation Note: my 64 bits test in CRASH_rfind.py is wrong, ctypes.c_long should be used instead of ctypes.c_int.

> This bug does not occur on Debian 64 bits.

It does, sometime :-) Read uninitiliazed memory doesn't always crash.

   $ python -c "'ab'.rfind('xxx', (1 << 63) + 10, 0)"
   Erreur de segmentation

Note: my 64 bits test in CRASH_rfind.py is wrong, ctypes.c_long should
be used instead of ctypes.c_int.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009-12-08 11:05:35	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, flox
2009-12-08 11:05:35	vstinner	set	messageid: <1260270335.15.0.122661044258.issue7458@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2009-12-08 11:05:33	vstinner	link	issue7458 messages
2009-12-08 11:05:33	vstinner	create