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authorNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2012-11-04 13:14:34 (GMT)
committerNick Coghlan <ncoghlan@gmail.com>2012-11-04 13:14:34 (GMT)
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Issue #5765: Apply a hard recursion limit in the compiler
Previously, excessive nesting in expressions would blow the stack and segfault the interpreter. Now, a hard limit based on the configured recursion limit and a hardcoded scaling factor is applied.
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@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.3.1?
Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #5765: Apply a hard recursion limit in the compiler instead of
+ blowing the stack and segfaulting.
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- Issue #16402: When slicing a range, fix shadowing of exceptions from
__index__.