Crashing IDLE

[Jeff Shannon]

In article <blv9fusqc4vksqdmd14c1bi8duordj5rf3 at 4ax.com>, Rhymes 
says...
> 
> I've noticed that IDLE crash itself with this infinite loop statement:
> 
> >>> while 1:
> ...    	 pass
> ...
> 
> it's a known bug or not?

Well, you're locking the process up in an infinite loop, which 
prevents it from servicing its message queue, which will 
eventually overflow...  

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Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International