problem with an infinite loop

[Fredrik Lundh]

Ionel Simionescu <ionel at psy.uva.nl> wrote:
> The code below represents an erroneous snippet that crashes Python
> (1.5.2/WinNT) in a very reproductible manner.

    http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#4.48
 
> Maybe this kind of error can be intercepted by the interpreter and raise an
> exception.

the interpreter tries, but it doesn't succeed on all
platforms.  if you run your sample on Linux, you get:

    ... long traceback snipped ...
    RuntimeError: Maximum recursion depth exceeded

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