[issue39289] crypt.crypt crashes on 3.9 where it didn't on 3.8

STINNER Victor added the comment: I fail to reproduce the issue on the master branch of Python on Fedora 31. -- nosy: +vstinner ___ Python tracker ___

[issue39289] crypt.crypt crashes on 3.9 where it didn't on 3.8

New submission from Vinay Sajip : The following script (cryptest.py): import crypt for salt in ('foo', '$2a$04$5BJqKfqMQvV7nS.yUguNcueVirQqDBGaLXSqj.rs.pZPlNR0UX/HK'): t = 'test' h = crypt.crypt(t, salt) print("'%s' with '%s' -> %s" % (t, salt, h)) crashes in 3.9, whereas it does