Larry Hastings added the comment:
I'm not surprised it was discussed to death long ago. And I can get behind
wontfix. But let me just say that
a) I think an uncrashable Python interpreter is a laudable goal, and steps we
can take towards that should not be dismissed out of hand.
b) I doubt
New submission from Larry Hastings:
The implementations for LOAD_FAST, STORE_FAST, and DELETE_FAST don't check that
the index is = the size of fastlocals. So it's a snap to crash the
interpreter with hand-written bytecode, by going past the end of the fastlocals
array. Kaboom!
Attached is
Raymond Hettinger added the comment:
It could be that this is not an interesting bug,
that policy suggests that anyone who can write their
own bytecode is a Consenting Adult.
Yes, that is correct on all counts.
Sorry, this is an *ancient* discussion, long ago put to bed.
Besides, did you
