Yes, this is the type of thing we've been struggling with for years.
There used to be way more of these. I can't guarantee it'll be fixed
with priority (it's mostly of the "then don't do that" type) but
please do file a bug so someone with inclination can fix it. The same
happens for deeply recursive tuples and lists BTW.
--Guido
On 2/20/06, David Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
>
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> than to speak and remove all doubt.
> -- Lincoln
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