Close #14648: Compute correctly maxchar in str.format() for substrin

Include/unicodeobject.h

@@ -710,6 +710,15 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_Substring(
     Py_ssize_t start,
     Py_ssize_t end);
 
+#ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
+/* Compute the maximum character of the substring unicode[start:end].
+   Return 127 for an empty string. */
+PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UCS4) _PyUnicode_FindMaxChar (
+    PyObject *unicode,
+    Py_ssize_t start,
+    Py_ssize_t end);
+#endif
+
 /* Copy the string into a UCS4 buffer including the null character if copy_null
    is set. Return NULL and raise an exception on error. Raise a ValueError if
    the buffer is smaller than the string. Return buffer on success.

Lib/test/test_unicode.py

@@ -924,6 +924,14 @@ class UnicodeTest(string_tests.CommonTest,
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, format, '', '#')
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, format, '', '#20')
 
+        # Non-ASCII
+        self.assertEqual("{0:s}{1:s}".format("ABC", "\u0410\u0411\u0412"),
+                         'ABC\u0410\u0411\u0412')
+        self.assertEqual("{0:.3s}".format("ABC\u0410\u0411\u0412"),
+                         'ABC')
+        self.assertEqual("{0:.0s}".format("ABC\u0410\u0411\u0412"),
+                         '')
+
     def test_format_map(self):
         self.assertEqual(''.format_map({}), '')
         self.assertEqual('a'.format_map({}), 'a')
@@ -1056,8 +1064,6 @@ class UnicodeTest(string_tests.CommonTest,
         self.assertEqual('%f' % INF, 'inf')
         self.assertEqual('%F' % INF, 'INF')
 
-        self.assertEqual(format("\u0410\u0411\u0412", "s"), "АБВ")
-
     def test_startswith_endswith_errors(self):
         for meth in ('foo'.startswith, 'foo'.endswith):
             with self.assertRaises(TypeError) as cm:

Objects/unicodeobject.c

@@ -1957,6 +1957,37 @@ PyUnicode_FromKindAndData(int kind, const void *buffer, Py_ssize_t size)
     }
 }
 
+Py_UCS4
+_PyUnicode_FindMaxChar(PyObject *unicode, Py_ssize_t start, Py_ssize_t end)
+{
+    enum PyUnicode_Kind kind;
+    void *startptr, *endptr;
+
+    assert(PyUnicode_IS_READY(unicode));
+    assert(0 <= start);
+    assert(end <= PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(unicode));
+    assert(start <= end);
+
+    if (start == 0 && end == PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(unicode))
+        return PyUnicode_MAX_CHAR_VALUE(unicode);
+
+    if (start == end)
+        return 127;
+
+    kind = PyUnicode_KIND(unicode);
+    startptr = PyUnicode_DATA(unicode);
+    endptr = (char*)startptr + end * kind;
+    if (start)
+        startptr = (char*)startptr + start * kind;
+    switch(kind)
+    {
+    case PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND: return ucs1lib_find_max_char(startptr, endptr);
+    case PyUnicode_2BYTE_KIND: return ucs2lib_find_max_char(startptr, endptr);
+    default:
+    case PyUnicode_4BYTE_KIND: return ucs4lib_find_max_char(startptr, endptr);
+    }
+}
+
 /* Ensure that a string uses the most efficient storage, if it is not the
    case: create a new string with of the right kind. Write NULL into *p_unicode
    on error. */

Python/formatter_unicode.c

@@ -716,7 +716,7 @@ format_string_internal(PyObject *value, const InternalFormatSpec *format)
     Py_ssize_t pos;
     Py_ssize_t len = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(value);
     PyObject *result = NULL;
-    Py_UCS4 maxchar = 127;
+    Py_UCS4 maxchar;
 
     /* sign is not allowed on strings */
     if (format->sign != '\0') {
@@ -747,11 +747,9 @@ format_string_internal(PyObject *value, const InternalFormatSpec *format)
         len = format->precision;
     }
 
-    if (len)
-        maxchar = PyUnicode_MAX_CHAR_VALUE(value);
-
     calc_padding(len, format->width, format->align, &lpad, &rpad, &total);
 
+    maxchar = _PyUnicode_FindMaxChar(value, 0, len);
     if (lpad != 0 || rpad != 0)
         maxchar = Py_MAX(maxchar, format->fill_char);