Input() in Python3

Mon Apr 25 12:50:50 EDT 2011

Westley Martínez wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 10:08:20AM -0400, Mel wrote:
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>> But sys.exit() doesn't return a string. My fave is
>>>> Python 2.6.5 (r265:79063, Apr 16 2010, 13:09:56)
>> [GCC 4.4.3] on linux2
>> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>> >>> import sys
>> >>> a = int (input ('enter a number >'))
>> enter a number >sys.setrecursionlimit(1)
>> Exception RuntimeError: 'maximum recursion depth exceeded while calling a
>> Python object' in <type 'exceptions.RuntimeError'> ignored
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> What?

I guess sys.setrecursionlimit was meant to be called with a large number. 
Calling it with a small one roadblocks the interpreter. Luckily, there can 
be just enough room to call setrecursionlimit again with something 
reasonable to get it all back. Not enough room for `eval 
("sys.setrecursionlimit (2000)`, though.
	Mel.