Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: > if there's a risk I'm overlooking I'd like to better understand it, > and the relevant Python documentation should be updated.
I don't think there is any special risk that you are overlooking other than a documented fact that Python's strftime is a thin layer on top of system strftime and these are notoriously buggy on many systems. A python application that accepts custom formats from users should limit those formats to a set that is known to work on the targeted platforms. Relying on strftime to properly return an error code and not do anything nasty is probably not a good idea. This said, I express no opinion on the severity of this bug. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue24917> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
