Bus error when using mmap

[Roman Suzi]

On Wed, 26 Sep 2001, Boyd Roberts wrote:

> "Roman Suzi" <rnd at onego.ru> a Иcrit dans le message news: mailman.1001430820.26610.python-list at python.org...
> >
> > When trying to write beyond EOF (of original file) in mapping of mmap I
> > receive BUS ERROR. Interpreter just quits. While it is understandable,
> > maybe some safety checks could be done in mmap methods to prevent such
> > unstable behaviour?
> 
> when i drive a car into a wall it crashes.  could we move the walls?

I think that Python interpreter shouldn't crash if it makes calls to
presumably well-tested standard library modules.

Sincerely yours, Roman A.Suzi
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