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| author | Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> | 2006-01-10 07:49:41 (GMT) |
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| committer | Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com> | 2006-01-10 07:49:41 (GMT) |
| commit | 8cc4ef561c1ba8f36520396c6f631764b55f4643 (patch) | |
| tree | eddaba777527be8e2cf2a95996c5daef52ddfe48 /Lib/test/crashers/README | |
| parent | 88bbd73d0763bb4df48d45791dafbef76c2e17a5 (diff) | |
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As I threatened on python-dev, add a directory which contains all known
bugs which cause the interpreter to crash. I'm sure we can find a few
more. Many missing bugs deal with variations on unchecked infinite recursion
(like coerce.py).
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diff --git a/Lib/test/crashers/README b/Lib/test/crashers/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9369282 --- /dev/null +++ b/Lib/test/crashers/README @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +This directory only contains tests for outstanding bugs that cause +the interpreter to segfault. Ideally this directory should always +be empty. Sometimes it may not be easy to fix the underlying cause. + +Each test should fail when run from the command line: + + ./python Lib/test/crashers/weakref_in_del.py + +Each test should have a link to the bug report: + + # http://python.org/sf/BUG# + +Put as much info into a docstring or comments to help determine +the cause of the failure. Particularly note if the cause is +system or environment dependent and what the variables are. |