Re: Massive recursion -> SEGV

2012-07-02 Thread Eric Blake
On 07/01/2012 07:51 AM, Jan Schampera wrote: > On 01.07.2012 14:37, Roman Rakus wrote: > >> Look for FUNCNEST variable. In recent release it is available. > > I more meant the shell interpreter, less the code I can write. It would be possible to link bash with libsigsegv to install a graceful st

Re: Massive recursion -> SEGV

2012-07-02 Thread Jan Schampera
On 02.07.2012 15:57, Eric Blake wrote: Look for FUNCNEST variable. In recent release it is available. I more meant the shell interpreter, less the code I can write. It would be possible to link bash with libsigsegv to install a graceful stack overflow handler that allows a nicer exit message

Re: Massive recursion -> SEGV

2012-07-02 Thread Chet Ramey
On 7/2/12 2:36 PM, Jan Schampera wrote: > The origin of this all was a "bugreport" to me about the manual lying about > no limits on recursion That's funny. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, ITS,

Re: Massive recursion -> SEGV

2012-07-02 Thread Jan Schampera
On 02.07.2012 20:57, Chet Ramey wrote: On 7/2/12 2:36 PM, Jan Schampera wrote: The origin of this all was a "bugreport" to me about the manual lying about no limits on recursion That's funny. Aye. A bit of confusion. -- Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from oth