[issue1069092] segfault on printing nested sequences of None/Ellipsis

Mark Lawrence added the comment: FYI the generic solution mentioned in msg75364 can now be found at #8863 -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___

[issue1069092] segfault on printing nested sequences of None/Ellipsis

R. David Murray added the comment: On linux: on Py3 (trunk and 3.1) I get the recursion depth exceeded message, but on py2 trunk I get the segfault if I use 10 for the range. So somebody fixed this crasher in py3, somehow. -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: wont fix -> stage:

[issue1069092] segfault on printing nested sequences of None/Ellipsis

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: General policy is that ordinary code (not using, for instance, ctypes) should not crash or segfault the interpreter. I believe there is a 'crashers' subdirectory somewhere in the tree for examples that do so that people so inclined can work on them. The OP

[issue1069092] segfault on printing nested sequences of None/Ellipsis

STINNER Victor added the comment: This issue is 6 years old. Python has some protections against stack overflow, but there is no perfect solution. Since there is no patch, I consider that I can close this issue (as wont fix). -- resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed ___

[issue1069092] segfault on printing nested sequences of None/Ellipsis

STINNER Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: I propose a generic solution in issue #3999 to catch stack overflow (and be able to continue after such "exception"). ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __

[issue1069092] segfault on printing nested sequences of None/Ellipsis

STINNER Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: This issue is a stack overflow: your code do recursive calls to internal_print(). Backtrace from gdb: #0 0xb7e92064 in _IO_new_file_overflow () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #1 0xb7e94bc3 i

[issue1069092] segfault on printing nested sequences of None/Ellipsis

Changes by Christian Heimes: -- type: -> crash versions: +Python 2.6 -Python 2.3 _ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _ ___ Python-bugs-lis