1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_ucn.py b/Lib/test/test_ucn.py
index fd620f0..de36cc3 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_ucn.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_ucn.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Modified for Python 2.0 by Fredrik Lundh (fredrik@pythonware.com)
 """#"
 
 import unittest
+import _testcapi
 
 from test import support
 
@@ -141,6 +142,21 @@ class UnicodeNamesTest(unittest.TestCase):
             str, b"\\NSPACE", 'unicode-escape', 'strict'
         )
 
+    @unittest.skipUnless(_testcapi.INT_MAX < _testcapi.PY_SSIZE_T_MAX,
+                         "needs UINT_MAX < SIZE_MAX")
+    def test_issue16335(self):
+        # very very long bogus character name
+        try:
+            x = b'\\N{SPACE' + b'x' * (_testcapi.UINT_MAX + 1) + b'}'
+        except MemoryError:
+            raise unittest.SkipTest("not enough memory")
+        self.assertEqual(len(x), len(b'\\N{SPACE}') + (_testcapi.UINT_MAX + 1))
+        self.assertRaisesRegex(UnicodeError,
+            'unknown Unicode character name',
+            x.decode, 'unicode-escape'
+        )
+
+
 def test_main():
     support.run_unittest(UnicodeNamesTest)