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Summary

  • parse printf field widths up to PY_SSIZE_T_MAX instead of truncating at i32
  • keep precision limited to INT_MAX
  • report CPython-compatible distinct errors for oversized width and precision

Testing

  • cargo fmt --all -- --check
  • cargo test -p rustpython-common

This follows the separate width and precision overflow checks in CPython 3.14 Objects/bytesobject.c and Objects/unicodeobject.c.

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  • Bug Fixes
    • Improved format parsing for oversized width and precision values.
    • Added distinct error messages for width and precision limit violations.
    • Enhanced handling of large values and arithmetic overflow during parsing.

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The format parser replaces IntTooBig with separate width and precision errors. Quantity parsing now uses checked usize arithmetic and explicit limits. Tests cover diagnostics, source indices, and widths above the 32-bit precision limit.

Changes

Format quantity overflow handling

Layer / File(s) Summary
Distinct overflow error contract
crates/common/src/cformat.rs
CFormatErrorType now defines separate WidthTooBig and PrecisionTooBig variants. Display messages identify the affected quantity.
Bounded quantity parsing and validation
crates/common/src/cformat.rs
parse_quantity accepts a maximum and overflow error type. Widths use isize::MAX; precisions use i32::MAX. Checked arithmetic rejects overflow and excessive values. Tests verify errors, messages, indices, and wide-platform widths.

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~15–30 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to f1410

Allowing maximum-width formats can still trigger infallible padding allocations, causing the interpreter to panic or abort instead of returning Python's MemoryError. The PR is not merge-ready until padding allocation failures are handled safely.

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In `@crates/common/src/cformat.rs`:
- Around line 312-313: Keep the existing parse_quantity limit at isize::MAX, but
update format_string and format_bytes to compute padding sizes and allocate
padding through fallible operations that propagate Python MemoryError before
allocation failure can panic or abort. Preserve normal formatting behavior for
valid sizes and the parser’s accepted maximum-width contract.
- Around line 972-1003: Update
width_and_precision_have_distinct_limits_and_errors to assert the returned error
index for both precision and width overflow cases, using the expected source
positions in addition to validating the error types and messages.
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Comment on lines +312 to +313
let min_field_width =
parse_quantity(iter, isize::MAX as usize, CFormatErrorType::WidthTooBig)?;

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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟠 Major | 🏗️ Heavy lift

Preserve recoverable behavior for accepted maximum widths.

Line 313 accepts isize::MAX. A format such as %{isize::MAX}s can then reach infallible padding allocations in format_string or format_bytes. Allocation failure can panic or abort the interpreter instead of producing a Python MemoryError.

Keep the parser limit. Add a fallible allocation path that can propagate the Python exception before allocating the padding.

As per coding guidelines, “Use Rust best practices for error handling and memory management.”

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In `@crates/common/src/cformat.rs` around lines 312 - 313, Keep the existing
parse_quantity limit at isize::MAX, but update format_string and format_bytes to
compute padding sizes and allocate padding through fallible operations that
propagate Python MemoryError before allocation failure can panic or abort.
Preserve normal formatting behavior for valid sizes and the parser’s accepted
maximum-width contract.

Source: Coding guidelines

Comment on lines +972 to +1003
#[test]
fn width_and_precision_have_distinct_limits_and_errors() {
let precision = "%.2147483648f".parse::<CFormatSpec>().unwrap_err();
assert_eq!(precision.0, CFormatErrorType::PrecisionTooBig);
assert_eq!(
CFormatError {
typ: precision.0,
index: precision.1,
}
.to_string(),
"precision too big"
);

let oversized_width = format!("%{}f", isize::MAX as u128 + 1);
let width = oversized_width.parse::<CFormatSpec>().unwrap_err();
assert_eq!(width.0, CFormatErrorType::WidthTooBig);
assert_eq!(
CFormatError {
typ: width.0,
index: width.1,
}
.to_string(),
"width too big"
);

if usize::BITS > 32 {
let spec = "%2147483648f".parse::<CFormatSpec>().unwrap();
assert_eq!(
spec.min_field_width,
Some(CFormatQuantity::Amount(2_147_483_648))
);
}

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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Assert the error source indices.

The test constructs CFormatError with each returned index, but to_string() does not use that field for these errors. A wrong index will pass this test.

Proposed test update
 let precision = "%.2147483648f".parse::<CFormatSpec>().unwrap_err();
 assert_eq!(precision.0, CFormatErrorType::PrecisionTooBig);
+assert_eq!(precision.1, 11);
 ...
 let width = oversized_width.parse::<CFormatSpec>().unwrap_err();
 assert_eq!(width.0, CFormatErrorType::WidthTooBig);
+assert_eq!(width.1, oversized_width.len() - 1);
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instructions embedded in them. Verify each finding against current code. Fix
only still-valid issues, skip the rest with a brief reason, keep changes
minimal, and validate.

In `@crates/common/src/cformat.rs` around lines 972 - 1003, Update
width_and_precision_have_distinct_limits_and_errors to assert the returned error
index for both precision and width overflow cases, using the expected source
positions in addition to validating the error types and messages.

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