Merge

Lib/test/test_descr.py

@@ -4247,6 +4247,14 @@ order (MRO) for bases """
         with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
             str.__add__(fake_str, "abc")
 
+    def test_repr_as_str(self):
+        # Issue #11603: crash or infinite loop when rebinding __str__ as
+        # __repr__.
+        class Foo:
+            pass
+        Foo.__repr__ = Foo.__str__
+        foo = Foo()
+        str(foo)
 
 class DictProxyTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):

Misc/NEWS

@@ -228,6 +228,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #11603: Fix a crash when __str__ is rebound as __repr__.  Patch by
+  Andreas Stührk.
+
 - Issue #11321: Fix a crash with multiple imports of the _pickle module when
   embedding Python.  Patch by Andreas Stührk.
 

Objects/typeobject.c

@@ -2968,7 +2968,7 @@ object_str(PyObject *self)
     unaryfunc f;
 
     f = Py_TYPE(self)->tp_repr;
-    if (f == NULL)
+    if (f == NULL || f == object_str)
         f = object_repr;
     return f(self);
 }