[issue40388] random.choice integer overflow v3.5.2

2020-04-25 Thread Nicholas Prowse
Nicholas Prowse added the comment: Code as requested is similar to the below: N = <40 digit int> sequence=range(1,N) a = random.choice(sequence) Since you class the error previously mentioned as an exception, what function should be used instead for choosing a random integer between

[issue40388] random.choice integer overflow v3.5.2

2020-04-25 Thread Nicholas Prowse
New submission from Nicholas Prowse : Filename: random.py Location of file: /use/lib/python3.5/random.py Function: random.choice() Input: 40 digit integer Expected output: no crash Actual output: Crash Line number: 253 Error message: "Python int too large to convert to C ssize_t" Tr