Coredump: python 1.5.2

[Mark Hammond]

Toby J Sargeant wrote in message
<19990708142614.A3595 at longford.cs.monash.edu.au>...
>The following code causes a coredump under python 1.5.2

I dont suppose you wondered why the stack trace was so huge? :-)
>
>class Stuffed:
>   def __getattr__(self,key):
>      print self
>
>print Stuffed()

_Before_ the "print self" line (but not on the same line!) add a:
   print "in getattr for", key

And it should become obvious why it bombs.  Why Python's built-in recursion
check mechanism doesnt kick in on your platform and prevent the coredump is
something I can't possibly answer!

Mark.