Try again to fix #272

test/tests/select_test.py

@@ -5,16 +5,10 @@ for k in sorted(dir(select)):
         continue
 
     if k == "EPOLLET":
-        # On 32-bit versions of CPython, select.EPOLLET (==1<<31) overflows a 32-bit signed integer
-        # and becomes INT_MIN.  But really, it's a bitmask so it's an unsigned value and imho should
-        # be provided as a positive number.
-        # Since we only build Pyston in 64-bit mode, EPOLLET is always positive in Pyston.  If we
-        # see that it's negative, just make sure that it probably hit this behavior (wrapped around)
         v = select.EPOLLET
-        if v < 0:
-            import sys
-            assert (-v) > sys.maxint
-        print abs(v)
+        if v == (-1 << 31):
+            v = 1<<31
+        print v
     else:
         print k, getattr(select, k)