test_struct @ alpha/linux

More info on asmodean test_struct breakage.

  [ 11:27 ] - ./python
  Python 2.3a0 (#1, Nov  3 2002, 09:57:48)
  [GCC egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release)] on linux2
  Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
  >>> import struct
  >>> c = 'a'
  >>> b = 1
  >>> h = 255
  >>> i = 65535
  >>> l = 65536
  >>> f = 3.1415
  >>> d = 3.1415
  >>> format = 'xcbhilfd'
  >>> s = struct.pack(format, c, b, h, i, l, f, d)
  >>> cp, bp, hp, ip, lp, fp, dp = struct.unpack(format, s)
  >>> l
  65536
  >>> lp
  0

This seems incorrect.

  >>> format = 'xcBHILfd'
  >>> s = struct.pack(format, c, b, h, i, l, f, d)
  >>> cp, bp, hp, ip, lp, fp, dp = struct.unpack(format, s)
  >>> l
  65536
  >>> lp
  0L

Same here.

  >>> cp, bp, hp, ip, lp, fp, dp
  ('a', 1, 255, 65535L, 0L, 3.1414999961853027, 8.3693289810785051e-154)

This isn't the newest compiler on the planet, so it may be a problem
there. It's a RedHat 6.2 box with /lib/libc-2.1.3.so.
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