New submission from Florian Bruhin:
I just found this thanks to Hypothesis[1]:
>>> import re
>>> re.compile('(' * 500)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/re.py", line 224, in compile
return _compile(pattern, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/re.py", line 293, in _compile
p = sre_compile.compile(pattern, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_compile.py", line 536, in compile
p = sre_parse.parse(p, flags)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_parse.py", line 829, in parse
p = _parse_sub(source, pattern, 0)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_parse.py", line 437, in _parse_sub
itemsappend(_parse(source, state))
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_parse.py", line 778, in _parse
p = _parse_sub(source, state)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_parse.py", line 437, in _parse_sub
itemsappend(_parse(source, state))
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_parse.py", line 778, in _parse
p = _parse_sub(source, state)
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_parse.py", line 437, in _parse_sub
itemsappend(_parse(source, state))
[...]
File "/usr/lib/python3.5/sre_parse.py", line 493, in _parse
subpattern = SubPattern(state)
RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded
It seems a maximum recursion error has been treated as a bug before (like in
issue401612), so I'm guessing this isn't intended here either.
[1] https://hypothesis.readthedocs.org/
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 254040
nosy: The Compiler, effbot, ezio.melotti, pitrou, serhiy.storchaka
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: RecursionError in re with '(' * 500
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.4, Python 3.5
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