[Python-bugs-list] tuple repetition not safe (PR#6)

guido@python.org guido@python.org
Mon, 12 Jul 1999 15:55:44 -0400 (EDT)


Full_Name: Guido van Rossum
Version: 1.5.2
OS: Unix
Submission from: eric.cnri.reston.va.us (132.151.1.38)


Found this on the news:

> This is on a Sun machine:
>
> >>> x=sys.maxint*[1,]
> Traceback (innermost last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
> MemoryError
> >>> x=sys.maxint*(1,)
> Segmentation Fault (core dumped)