New submission from Kurt Rose: int() ignores everything after a null byte when reporting an error message.
Here you can see an example of how this manifests, and why could be a problem. Python 2.7.6 (default, Nov 10 2013, 19:24:18) [MSC v.1500 32 bit(Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> int('a') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'a' >>> int('\0a') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '' >>> int('abc\0def') Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: 'abc' ---------- components: Interpreter Core messages: 218859 nosy: Kurt.Rose priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: int('\0') gives wrong error message versions: Python 2.7 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue21546> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com