[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Python
ceval.c,2.207,2.208
Moshe Zadka
Moshe Zadka <moshez@math.huji.ac.il>
Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:41:27 +0300 (IDT)
On Wed, 11 Oct 2000, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> Py_FatalError("Invalid argument to DUP_TOPX")
>
> It's not quite the same since it also triggers in release mode. If,
> as Thomas says, this should never happen and can only be caused by
> garbled bytecode, a fatal error is proper rather than a SystemError.
Can't user Python code, fiddling around with bytecode, produce garbled
bytecode? In that case, it seems even better to raise an exception.
Unless I misunderstand the discussion completely.
jumping-to-discussions-in-the-middle-ly y'rs, Z.
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