On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Steven D'Aprano > <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: >> On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:23:53 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: >> >>> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Tim Chase >>> <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: >>>> Stripping off the exec() call makes it pretty transparent that you're >>>> attempting (successfully on some platforms) to set the value of "4" to >>>> "5". But a cute hack. >>> >>> And not on Windows inside IDLE, where attempting to use 4 results in a >>> ===== RESTART ===== crash. >> >> Sounds like a bug in IDLE. >> >> What happens if you try it in Windows without IDLE, just using the >> standard interactive interpreter? > > Actually, probably a 32/64-bit issue. The code as supplied caused a > segfault on my 64-bit Linux install. I had to change the offset to 16 > to see it work.
My test was a 32-bit Python 2.7.4, for what it's worth. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list