[Python-Dev] Simple CPython stack overflow.

Mon Feb 20 20:58:08 CET 2006

Just noticed this and wondered if it came under the Python should never
crash mantra. Should sys.getrecursionlimit() perhaps be taken into
account somewhere?
 >>> D = {'a': None}
 >>> for i in xrange(150000):
 ... D = {'a': D}
 ...
 >>> D
 {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a':
 {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': .... ': {'a': {'a': {'a':
 {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {[+]'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a': {'a':
 {'a': {'a' .... Bus error
 bash$
Cheers,
David.
-- 
'tis better to be silent and be thought a fool,
than to speak and remove all doubt.
 -- Lincoln