summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Lib/test
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorRaymond Hettinger <rhettinger@users.noreply.github.com>2019-11-23 10:22:13 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-11-23 10:22:13 (GMT)
commit041d8b48a2e59fa642b2c5124d78086baf74e339 (patch)
treef189a49ce0107fdeef9eeb75e9e6c63fb169e83c /Lib/test
parent84b1ff65609c5910b4f838adbe1ead83baae7dbf (diff)
downloadcpython-041d8b48a2e59fa642b2c5124d78086baf74e339.zip
cpython-041d8b48a2e59fa642b2c5124d78086baf74e339.tar.gz
cpython-041d8b48a2e59fa642b2c5124d78086baf74e339.tar.bz2
bpo-38881: choices() raises ValueError when all weights are zero (GH-17362)
Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/test')
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_random.py5
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_random.py b/Lib/test/test_random.py
index f59c565..2c8c8e8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_random.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_random.py
@@ -241,6 +241,11 @@ class TestBasicOps:
choices = self.gen.choices
choices(population=[1, 2], weights=[1e-323, 1e-323], k=5000)
+ def test_choices_with_all_zero_weights(self):
+ # See issue #38881
+ with self.assertRaises(ValueError):
+ self.gen.choices('AB', [0.0, 0.0])
+
def test_gauss(self):
# Ensure that the seed() method initializes all the hidden state. In
# particular, through 2.2.1 it failed to reset a piece of state used