[Python-Dev] slicing of structseq objects fails (original) (raw)

Jack Jansen jack@oratrix.nl
Tue, 30 Oct 2001 23:25:44 +0100

Python-devvers, Russel Owen reported the following bug, and it turns out to be a general bug, not a MacPython one: slicing the structseq-style tuples returned by time.gmtime() returns a sequence with NULLs in it. Shortly afterwards Python crashes on my SGI.

Any takers?

Recently, Russell E Owen <owen@astro.washington.edu> said: > The following code fails (G4, MacOS 9.2.1) in Classic MacPython 2.2b1: >> import time >> currUTCTuple= time.gmtime(time.time()) > print "currUTCTuple=%r" % (currUTCTuple,) > print "currUTCTuple[3:6]=%r" % (currUTCTuple[3:6],) > fmtTime = "%s:%02i:%02i" % currUTCTuple[3:6] > print "formatted time = ", fmtTime >> It displays (, , ) for currUTCTuple[3:6], > ...

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