[issue34427] calling MutableSequence.extend on self produces infinite loop
Raymond Hettinger
report at bugs.python.org
Mon Aug 27 02:39:18 EDT 2018
Raymond Hettinger <raymond.hettinger at gmail.com> added the comment:
> But a MutableSequence can represents a sequence that doesn't
> fit in memory. It can provide an interface to a linear
> on-disk store. In this case creating an on-memory copy
> is not possible.
This case is likely not worth worrying about. If a user created such a sequence AND wrote "s += s", it is unclear whether any particular unpleasant outcome (including the current behavior) could be avoided.
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