summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Misc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2004-03-20 22:52:14 (GMT)
committerBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2004-03-20 22:52:14 (GMT)
commit4f65331483197a9909b19694688c55fdf9ca7a37 (patch)
tree1d8dae183e1f6528ca75c85082c4eeb8a4e8a803 /Misc
parentc69661725a9d505d8f33a4a220d5489cb1de750f (diff)
downloadcpython-4f65331483197a9909b19694688c55fdf9ca7a37.zip
cpython-4f65331483197a9909b19694688c55fdf9ca7a37.tar.gz
cpython-4f65331483197a9909b19694688c55fdf9ca7a37.tar.bz2
Limit the nesting depth of a tuple passed as the second argument to
isinstance() or issubclass() to the recursion limit of the interpreter.
Diffstat (limited to 'Misc')
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index b0693e0..9f27fd7 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ What's New in Python 2.4 alpha 1?
Core and builtins
-----------------
+- Limit the nested depth of a tuple for the second argument to isinstance()
+ and issubclass() to the recursion limit of the interpreter.
+ Fixes bug #858016 .
+
- Optimized dict iterators, creating separate types for each
and having them reveal their length. Also optimized the
methods: keys(), values(), and items().