""" The compiler (>= 2.5) recurses happily until it blows the stack. Recorded on the tracker as http://bugs.python.org/issue11383 """ # The variant below blows up in compiler_call, but there are assorted # other variations that blow up in other functions # e.g. '1*'*10**5+'1' will die in compiler_visit_expr # The exact limit to destroy the stack will vary by platform # but 10M should do the trick even with huge stack allocations compile('()'*10**7, '?', 'exec')