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diff --git a/Doc/library/idle.rst b/Doc/library/idle.rst index fb886a7..de58f26 100644 --- a/Doc/library/idle.rst +++ b/Doc/library/idle.rst @@ -713,6 +713,10 @@ or ``print`` or ``write`` to sys.stdout or sys.stderr, IDLE should be started in a command line window. The secondary subprocess will then be attached to that window for input and output. +The IDLE code running in the execution process adds frames to the call stack +that would not be there otherwise. IDLE wraps ``sys.getrecursionlimit`` and +``sys.setrecursionlimit`` to reduce the effect of the additional stack frames. + If ``sys`` is reset by user code, such as with ``importlib.reload(sys)``, IDLE's changes are lost and input from the keyboard and output to the screen will not work correctly. |