[Python-Dev] Preventing recursion core dumps

[Moshe Zadka]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Guido van Rossum wrote:

> It would be good if there was a way to sense the remaining available
> stack, even if it wasn't portable.  Any Linux experts out there?

I'm far from an expert, but I might have an idea. The question is: must
this works for embedded version of Python, or can I fool around with
main()?

Here's the approach:

 - In main(), get the address of some local variable. Call this
        min
 - Call getrlimit, and see the stack size. Call max = min+ (<stack size )
 - When checking for "too much recursion", take the address of a local 
   variable and compare it against max. If it's higher, stop.

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