mailbox module, two small fixes

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reviewing the issue's linked PR gh-142509 and the attached mailbox_fixes.diff, test_get_message_with_sequences.diff, and mailbox.patch. Identify which two mailbox behaviors remain unresolved and inspect the mailbox module and related tests before deciding whether the existing work already covers them; done requires the fixes to be resolved and validated by the relevant test suite.

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Description

stdlib topic-email type-bug
BPO 3022
Nosy @warsaw, @birkenfeld, @vstinner, @bitdancer, @akheron
Files
  • mailbox_fixes.diff
  • test_get_message_with_sequences.diff
  • mailbox.patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2008-06-01.21:29:32.401>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', 'expert-email']
title = 'mailbox module, two small fixes'
updated_at = <Date 2014-02-03.19:07:28.582>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/gpolo'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2014-02-03.19:07:28.582>
actor = 'BreamoreBoy'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'email']
creation = <Date 2008-06-01.21:29:32.401>
creator = 'gpolo'
dependencies = []
files = ['10497', '10498', '11918']
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issue_num = 3022
keywords = ['patch']
message_count = 8.0
messages = ['67605', '67606', '67607', '75420', '83718', '88680', '110639', '111412']
nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['barry', 'georg.brandl', 'vstinner', 'gpolo', 'r.david.murray', 'petri.lehtinen']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'patch review'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue3022'
versions = ['Python 3.1', 'Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2']

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