[Python-checkins] [3.10] gh-95778: add doc missing in some places (GH-100627). (#101065)

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Sat Jan 21 04:11:03 EST 2023


https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c77b0ce186d86ceff352795a6cfdb82721e6f0fc
commit: c77b0ce186d86ceff352795a6cfdb82721e6f0fc
branch: 3.10
author: Éric <earaujo at caravan.coop>
committer: ambv <lukasz at langa.pl>
date: 2023-01-21T10:10:57+01:00
summary:

[3.10] gh-95778: add doc missing in some places (GH-100627). (#101065)

(cherry picked from commit 46521826cb1883e29e4640f94089dd92c57efc5b)

Co-authored-by: Éric <earaujo at caravan.coop>

files:
M Misc/python.man

diff --git a/Misc/python.man b/Misc/python.man
index 6b21fdc8790b..af90747cb671 100644
--- a/Misc/python.man
+++ b/Misc/python.man
@@ -318,6 +318,10 @@ Set implementation specific option. The following options are available:
 
     -X warn_default_encoding: enable opt-in EncodingWarning for 'encoding=None'
 
+    -X int_max_str_digits=number: limit the size of int<->str conversions.
+       This helps avoid denial of service attacks when parsing untrusted data.
+       The default is sys.int_info.default_max_str_digits.  0 disables.
+
 .TP
 .B \-x
 Skip the first line of the source.  This is intended for a DOS
@@ -487,6 +491,11 @@ values.
 
 The integer must be a decimal number in the range [0,4294967295].  Specifying
 the value 0 will disable hash randomization.
+.IP PYTHONINTMAXSTRDIGITS
+Limit the maximum digit characters in an int value
+when converting from a string and when converting an int back to a str.
+A value of 0 disables the limit.  Conversions to or from bases 2, 4, 8,
+16, and 32 are never limited.
 .IP PYTHONMALLOC
 Set the Python memory allocators and/or install debug hooks. The available
 memory allocators are



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