Stefan Krah added the comment: It's a Linux issue. Disable overcommitting of memory (at your own peril) or set user limits (for example with djb's softlimit), then the process will be killed instead of freezing the machine.
---------- nosy: +skrah _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue25465> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com