[issue40021] Throwing an Exception results in stack overflow

Change by Benjamin Peterson : -- resolution: -> duplicate stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed superseder: -> Interpreter aborts when chaining an infinite number of exceptions versions: -Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker

[issue40021] Throwing an Exception results in stack overflow

ThePokestarFan added the comment: I tested the program against my 3.8 installation and got the same error. -- versions: +Python 3.8 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue40021] Throwing an Exception results in stack overflow

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[issue40021] Throwing an Exception results in stack overflow

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[issue40021] Throwing an Exception results in stack overflow

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[issue40021] Throwing an Exception results in stack overflow

New submission from ThePokestarFan : If I set up a simple recursion exception function, that calls itself every time an error is raised, Python throws a SIGABRT and crashes due to a "Stack Overflow". def x(): try: raise Exception() except Exception: x() Oddly