diff --git a/src/CXX/Python3/Objects.hxx b/src/CXX/Python3/Objects.hxx
index eb7afc885b..7dd09af70d 100644
--- a/src/CXX/Python3/Objects.hxx
+++ b/src/CXX/Python3/Objects.hxx
@@ -1298,8 +1298,8 @@ namespace Py
 
         virtual size_type max_size() const
         {
-            //return std::string::npos; // ?
-            return std::numeric_limits<size_type>::max();
+            return std::string::npos; // ?
+            //return std::numeric_limits<size_type>::max();
         }
 
         virtual size_type capacity() const