Method test_undetected_mutation

Lib/test/test_sort.py:172–187

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        self.assertRaises(ValueError, L.sort)

    def test_undetected_mutation(self):
        # Python 2.4a1 did not always detect mutation
        memorywaster = []
        for i in range(20):
            def mutating_cmp(x, y):
                L.append(3)
                L.pop()
                return (x > y) - (x < y)
            L = [1,2]
            self.assertRaises(ValueError, L.sort, key=cmp_to_key(mutating_cmp))
            def mutating_cmp(x, y):
                L.append(3)
                del L[:]
                return (x > y) - (x < y)
            self.assertRaises(ValueError, L.sort, key=cmp_to_key(mutating_cmp))
            memorywaster = [memorywaster]

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