1 files changed, 31 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_import.py b/Lib/test/test_import.py
index 933a364..1246822 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_import.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_import.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from test_support import TESTFN, TestFailed
 import os
 import random
 import sys
+import py_compile
 
 # Brief digression to test that import is case-sensitive:  if we got this
 # far, we know for sure that "random" exists.
@@ -74,3 +75,33 @@ finally:
 import imp
 x = imp.find_module("os")
 os = imp.load_module("os", *x)
+
+def test_module_with_large_stack(module):
+    # create module w/list of 65000 elements to test bug #561858
+    filename = module + '.py'
+
+    # create a file with a list of 65000 elements
+    f = open(filename, 'w+')
+    f.write('d = [\n')
+    for i in range(65000):
+        f.write('"",\n')
+    f.write(']')
+    f.close()
+
+    # compile & remove .py file, we only need .pyc
+    f = open(filename, 'r')
+    py_compile.compile(filename)
+    os.unlink(filename)
+
+    # need to be able to load from current dir
+    sys.path.append('')
+
+    # this used to crash
+    exec 'import ' + module
+
+    # cleanup
+    del sys.path[-1]
+    os.unlink(module + '.pyc')
+
+test_module_with_large_stack('longlist')
+