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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/test/test_re.py | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_re.py b/Lib/test/test_re.py index d116c6d..51ab02d 100644 --- a/Lib/test/test_re.py +++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py @@ -179,7 +179,12 @@ class ReTests(unittest.TestCase): def test_limitations(self): # Try nasty case that overflows the straightforward recursive # implementation of repeated groups. - self.assertEqual(re.match('(x)*', 50000*'x').span(), (0, 50000)) + try: + re.match('(x)*', 50000*'x') + except RuntimeError, v: + self.assertEqual(str(v), "maximum recursion limit exceeded") + else: + self.fail("re.match('(x)*', 50000*'x') should have failed") def run_re_tests(): from test.re_tests import benchmarks, tests, SUCCEED, FAIL, SYNTAX_ERROR |