Hi Vajrasky,
On 28 January 2014 03:05, Vajrasky Kok <sky....@speaklikeaking.com> wrote:
> I get your point. But strangely enough, I can still recover from
> list(repeat('a', 2**29)). It only slows down my computer. I can ^Z the
> application then kill it later. But with list(repeat('a', times=-1)),
> rebooting the machine is compulsory.
Actually you get the early OverflowError if the value doesn't fit a C
long, and any value up to sys.maxint gets past this check. Try with
2**31-1.
A bientôt,
Armin.
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