On Wed, 06 Nov 2013 23:34:22 +1100, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 05, 2013 at 08:38:09PM -0800, Ethan Furman wrote: > > > http://bugs.python.org/issue19332 > > Duplicate of this: http://bugs.python.org/issue6017 > > The conclusion on that also was that it is not worth guarding against > such an unusual circumstance.
If I remember correctly (and I may not) the size-change guards were added because without them there were certain cases that could either segfault or result in an infinite loop. --David _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
