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-rw-r--r--Modules/binascii.c12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/binascii.c b/Modules/binascii.c
index 6cba688..66644e1 100644
--- a/Modules/binascii.c
+++ b/Modules/binascii.c
@@ -864,6 +864,7 @@ binascii_crc32(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
unsigned char *bin_data;
unsigned long crc = 0UL; /* initial value of CRC */
int len;
+ long result;
if ( !PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#|l:crc32", &bin_data, &len, &crc) )
return NULL;
@@ -872,7 +873,16 @@ binascii_crc32(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
while(len--)
crc = crc_32_tab[(crc ^ *bin_data++) & 0xffUL] ^ (crc >> 8);
/* Note: (crc >> 8) MUST zero fill on left */
- return Py_BuildValue("l", crc ^ 0xFFFFFFFFUL);
+
+ result = (long)(crc ^ 0xFFFFFFFFUL);
+ /* If long is > 32 bits, extend the sign bit. This is one way to
+ * ensure the result is the same across platforms. The other way
+ * would be to return an unbounded long, but the evidence suggests
+ * that lots of code outside this treats the result as if it were
+ * a signed 4-byte integer.
+ */
+ result |= -(result & (1L << 31));
+ return PyInt_FromLong(result);
}