cpython/Misc
Paul Ganssle 83c0247d47
Check result of utc_to_seconds and skip fold probe in pure Python (#91582)
The `utc_to_seconds` call can fail, here's a minimal reproducer on
Linux:

TZ=UTC python -c "from datetime import *; datetime.fromtimestamp(253402300799 + 1)"

The old behavior still raised an error in a similar way, but only
because subsequent calculations happened to fail as well. Better to fail
fast.

This also refactors the tests to split out the `fromtimestamp` and
`utcfromtimestamp` tests, and to get us closer to the actual desired
limits of the functions. As part of this, we also changed the way we
detect platforms where the same limits don't necessarily apply (e.g.
Windows).

As part of refactoring the tests to hit this condition explicitly (even
though the user-facing behvior doesn't change in any way we plan to
guarantee), I noticed that there was a difference in the places that
`datetime.utcfromtimestamp` fails in the C and pure Python versions, which
was fixed by skipping the "probe for fold" logic for UTC specifically —
since UTC doesn't have any folds or gaps, we were never going to find a
fold value anyway. This should prevent some failures in the pure python
`utcfromtimestamp` method on timestamps close to 0001-01-01.

There are two separate news entries for this because one is a
potentially user-facing change, the other is an internal code
correctness change that, if anything, changes some error messages. The
two happen to be coupled because of the test refactoring, but they are
probably best thought of as independent changes.

Fixes GH-91581
2022-05-12 17:00:50 -04:00
..
NEWS.d Check result of utc_to_seconds and skip fold probe in pure Python (#91582) 2022-05-12 17:00:50 -04:00
ACKS Add __class_getitem__ to csv.DictReader and csv.DictWriter (#92393) 2022-05-08 07:24:54 -07:00
coverity_model.c bpo-35808: Retire pgen and use pgen2 to generate the parser (GH-11814) 2019-03-01 15:34:44 -08:00
gdbinit gdbinit: Use proper define syntax (GH-19557) 2020-04-23 05:49:26 -07:00
HISTORY Fixed typos (GH-29211) 2021-10-28 21:39:27 +02:00
indent.pro
Porting bpo-30737: Update DevGuide links to new URL (GH-3228) 2017-08-30 09:37:43 -07:00
python-config.in bpo-38468 : Refactor python-config (#16749) 2019-10-15 11:18:47 -03:00
python-config.sh.in bpo-37925: Mention --embed in python-config usage (GH-15458) 2019-08-26 23:45:36 +02:00
python-embed.pc.in bpo-36721: Add --embed option to python-config (GH-13500) 2019-05-23 03:30:23 +02:00
python.man gh-88750: Remove the PYTHONTHREADDEBUG env var support. (#92509) 2022-05-09 16:03:46 -07:00
python.pc.in bpo-36721: Add --embed option to python-config (GH-13500) 2019-05-23 03:30:23 +02:00
README bpo-23469: Delete Wing IDE configuration files (GH-30067) 2021-12-14 15:01:13 +02:00
README.AIX bpo-42087: Remove support for AIX 5.3 and below (GH-22830) 2020-11-16 16:16:10 +01:00
README.coverity
README.valgrind closes docs: remove references to Py_USING_MEMORY_DEBUGGER (GH-30284) 2021-12-29 16:20:42 -06:00
requirements-test.txt Update tzdata to 2020.3 (GH-22856) 2020-10-21 06:40:43 -07:00
SpecialBuilds.txt gh-78607: Replace __ltrace__ with __lltrace__ (GH-91619) 2022-04-16 18:57:00 -04:00
stable_abi.toml gh-92536: PEP 623: Remove wstr and legacy APIs from Unicode (GH-92537) 2022-05-12 14:48:38 +09:00
svnmap.txt bpo-32159: Revert Misc/svnmap.txt (#4639) 2017-11-29 18:58:33 +01:00
valgrind-python.supp bpo-35561: Supress valgrind false alarm on epoll_ctl(event) (GH-18060) 2020-01-19 23:38:37 +01:00
vgrindefs

Python Misc subdirectory
========================

This directory contains files that wouldn't fit in elsewhere.  Some
documents are only of historic importance.

Files found here
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ACKS                    Acknowledgements
gdbinit                 Handy stuff to put in your .gdbinit file, if you use gdb
HISTORY                 News from previous releases -- oldest last
indent.pro              GNU indent profile approximating my C style
NEWS                    News for this release (for some meaning of "this")
Porting                 Mini-FAQ on porting to new platforms
python-config.in        Python script template for python-config
python.man              UNIX man page for the python interpreter
python.pc.in            Package configuration info template for pkg-config
README                  The file you're reading now
README.AIX              Information about using Python on AIX
README.coverity         Information about running Coverity's Prevent on Python
README.valgrind         Information for Valgrind users, see valgrind-python.supp
SpecialBuilds.txt       Describes extra symbols you can set for debug builds
svnmap.txt              Map of old SVN revs and branches to hg changeset ids,
                        help history-digging
valgrind-python.supp    Valgrind suppression file, see README.valgrind
vgrindefs               Python configuration for vgrind (a generic pretty printer)