[New-bugs-announce] [issue21984] list(itertools.repeat(1)) causes the system to hang

[James Paget]

New submission from James Paget:

In Python 3.4, type:

>>> import itertools
>>> list(itertools.repeat(1))

The system will hang, and a cold reboot is necessary (at least on Windows).  I expected some sort of "infinite list" exception to be thrown.

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components: Extension Modules
messages: 223063
nosy: James.Paget
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: list(itertools.repeat(1)) causes the system to hang
type: crash
versions: Python 3.4

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