STINNER Victor added the comment: > This is correct. This check prevents overflow.
Oh, I didn't understand that "requiredsize = 2*outsize;" is only used for performances, to overallocate the buffer. So I agree that it's fine to not overallocate if it would overflow. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue22518> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com