[issue40388] random.choice integer overflow v3.5.2
New submission from Nicholas Prowse : Filename: random.py Location of file: /use/lib/python3.5/random.py Function: random.choice() Input: 40 digit integer Expected output: no crash Actual output: Crash Line number: 253 Error message: "Python int too large to convert to C ssize_t" Traceback: a = random.choice(sequence) i= self._randbelow(len(seq)) Error occurs on last line 253. -- components: Library (Lib) messages: 367266 nosy: dev00790 priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: random.choice integer overflow v3.5.2 type: crash versions: Python 3.5 ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue40388> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue40388] random.choice integer overflow v3.5.2
Nicholas Prowse added the comment: Code as requested is similar to the below: N = <40 digit int> sequence=range(1,N) a = random.choice(sequence) Since you class the error previously mentioned as an exception, what function should be used instead for choosing a random integer between 1 and including N-1? -- status: pending -> open ___ Python tracker <https://bugs.python.org/issue40388> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
