problem with an infinite loop

[dj trombley]

Ionel Simionescu wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The code below represents an erroneous snippet that crashes Python
> (1.5.2/WinNT) in a very reproductible manner.
> 
> Maybe this kind of error can be intercepted by the interpreter and raise an
> exception.
> 
> ionel
> 
> ---
> 
> # I know this code is bad.
> 
> class node:
>     def __init__(self, name=''):
>         self.name = name
> 
>     def __setattr__(self, name, value):
>         if name=='name': self.name = value
> 
> f = node()

The answer here is to not assign to an attribute in the usual fashion,
ie. <object>.<name>,
but to directly access the object's dictionary.

For example:

if name == 'name':
   self.__dict__[name] = value

-dj

Dave Trombley
<badzen at yifan.net>