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-rw-r--r--Lib/difflib.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_difflib.py7
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/difflib.py b/Lib/difflib.py
index 529c786..e82c703 100644
--- a/Lib/difflib.py
+++ b/Lib/difflib.py
@@ -572,6 +572,8 @@ class SequenceMatcher:
"""
codes = self.get_opcodes()
+ if not codes:
+ codes = [("equal", 0, 1, 0, 1)]
# Fixup leading and trailing groups if they show no changes.
if codes[0][0] == 'equal':
tag, i1, i2, j1, j2 = codes[0]
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_difflib.py b/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
index 1703754..9819c84 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_difflib.py
@@ -12,6 +12,13 @@ class TestSFbugs(unittest.TestCase):
self.assertEqual(s.quick_ratio(), 1)
self.assertEqual(s.real_quick_ratio(), 1)
+ def test_comparing_empty_lists(self):
+ # Check fix for bug #979794
+ group_gen = difflib.SequenceMatcher(None, [], []).get_grouped_opcodes()
+ self.assertRaises(StopIteration, group_gen.next)
+ diff_gen = difflib.unified_diff([], [])
+ self.assertRaises(StopIteration, diff_gen.next)
+
Doctests = doctest.DocTestSuite(difflib)
test_support.run_unittest(TestSFbugs, Doctests)