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[3.7] bpo-34537: Fix test_gdb:test_strings with LC_ALL=C (GH-9483) #9485

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[3.7] bpo-34537: Fix test_gdb:test_strings with LC_ALL=C (GH-9483) #9485

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15 changes: 14 additions & 1 deletion Lib/test/test_gdb.py
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Expand Up @@ -321,7 +321,20 @@ def test_bytes(self):

def test_strings(self):
'Verify the pretty-printing of unicode strings'
encoding = locale.getpreferredencoding()
# We cannot simply call locale.getpreferredencoding() here,
# as GDB might have been linked against a different version
# of Python with a different encoding and coercion policy
# with respect to PEP 538 and PEP 540.
out, err = run_gdb(
'--eval-command',
'python import locale; print(locale.getpreferredencoding())')

encoding = out.rstrip()
if err or not encoding:
raise RuntimeError(
f'unable to determine the preferred encoding '
f'of embedded Python in GDB: {err}')

def check_repr(text):
try:
text.encode(encoding)
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2 changes: 2 additions & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2018-09-21-17-33-41.bpo-34537.GImYtZ.rst
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Fix ``test_gdb.test_strings()`` when ``LC_ALL=C`` and GDB was compiled with
Python 3.6 or earlier.