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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_operations.py11
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_operations.py b/Lib/test/test_operations.py
index 3a9a37934c..b599c9da9e 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_operations.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_operations.py
@@ -11,12 +11,21 @@ print '3.1 Dictionary lookups succeed even if __cmp__() raises an exception'
# http://sourceforge.net/bugs/?func=detailbug&bug_id=112558&group_id=5470
class BadDictKey:
+ already_printed_raising_error = 0
+
def __hash__(self):
return hash(self.__class__)
def __cmp__(self, other):
if isinstance(other, self.__class__):
- print "raising error"
+ if not BadDictKey.already_printed_raising_error:
+ # How many times __cmp__ gets called depends on the hash
+ # code and the internals of the dict implementation; we
+ # know it will be called at least once, but that's it.
+ # already_printed_raising_error makes sure the expected-
+ # output file prints the msg at most once.
+ BadDictKey.already_printed_raising_error = 1
+ print "raising error"
raise RuntimeError, "gotcha"
return other