Fatal Python error

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On May 29, 10:05 am, Joshua Landau <joshua.landau... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 29 May 2013 14:02, Dave Angel <da... at davea.name> wrote:
>
> > On 05/29/2013 08:45 AM, Oscar Benjamin wrote:
> > Joshua:  Avoid doing anything complex inside an exception handler.
>
> Unfortunately, Ranger (the file manager in question) wraps a lot of stuff
> in one big exception handler. Hence there isn't much choice. The original
> wasn't actually in an infinite recursion, too, but just a recursion over a
> large directory.
>
> Is there a reason that Python 3 can't be made to work like Python 2 and
> PyPy, and -if not- should it? The catchable fail would be much nicer than
> just bombing the program.
>
> In the meantime the algorithm should just be reworked, but it seems like a
> larger step than should be needed.
>
> If nothing else, the exception frame is huge.  I probably would have
>
> > spotted it except for the indentation problem triggered by html.  The top
> > level code following your function didn't have any loops, so it wasn't a
> > problem.
>
> > Can anyone help Joshua put his gmail into text mode?
>
> I've found a new option. As a test, here's a simplified version without the
> property:
>
> def loop():
>     try:
>         (lambda: None)()
>     except:
>         pass
>
>     loop()
>
> try:
>     loop()
> except RuntimeError:
>     pass
>
> which is pretty much Oscar Benjamin's, but less stupid.

If nobody else has, I would recommend you submit a bug at
bugs.python.org.