New submission from Stephen McInerney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
IDLE exhibits quirky behavior when displaying strings longer than 4093
characters
Python versions: believed to be all. I found this on Python 2.5 / IDLE
1.2.2
OS: Windows Vista; let me know if it repros on others.
Testcase at
Stephen McInerney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
(I previously attached testcase with the web form, but it doesn't seem
to work. So I'm pasting it here:)
# Generate a length-4094 string.
# IDLE will not display this unless your cursor is inside the string.
# If you dele
Stephen McInerney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
This may well be Windows-only or maybe even Windows Vista-only.
I don't have ready access to other OS installs so could someone who
does please try to repro?
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Stephen McInerney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
Other people have reported it does NOT occur with either:
Win XP / Python 2.5 / Idle 1.2
Mac OS X 10.5.4 / Python 2.5.2 / IDLE 1.2.2
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Stephen McInerney added the comment:
The patch is great, can you approve it urgently please?
It is seriously buggy to silently return a bad filestream, and not just throw
the exception. I just wasted over a day's productivity due to this. I'm not
alone.
I would argue for raising p
Stephen McInerney added the comment:
I visually reviewed the patch, it's fine by me. (Am not set up to compile it.)
When is 2.7.3.x release planned?
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