1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_array.py b/Lib/test/test_array.py
index 8fd54cc..1f8967c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_array.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_array.py
@@ -36,14 +36,24 @@ typecodes = "ubBhHiIlLfd"
 if have_long_long:
     typecodes += 'qQ'
 
-class BadConstructorTest(unittest.TestCase):
+class MiscTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
-    def test_constructor(self):
+    def test_bad_constructor(self):
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, array.array)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, array.array, spam=42)
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, array.array, 'xx')
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, array.array, 'x')
 
+    def test_empty(self):
+        # Exercise code for handling zero-length arrays
+        a = array.array('B')
+        a[:] = a
+        self.assertEqual(len(a), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(a + a), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(a * 3), 0)
+        a += a
+        self.assertEqual(len(a), 0)
+
 
 # Machine format codes.
 #