[Python-Dev] (s)re crashing in regrtest

Andrew Kuchling akuchlin@mems-exchange.org
Thu, 3 Aug 2000 08:14:56 -0400


On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 07:35:48PM +0800, Mark Favas wrote:
>The stack overflow is caused by the test (in test_re.py):
># Try nasty case that overflows the straightforward recursive
># implementation of repeated groups.

That would be the test I added last night to trip this problem, per
GvR's instructions.  I'll comment out the test for now, so that it can
be restored once the bug is fixed.

--amk