Crashing IDLE

[David LeBlanc]

I would consider that a bug - "pass" should be checking for ctrl-c and other
events imo. It sure strikes me as a point for relinquishing control.

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-list-admin at python.org
> [mailto:python-list-admin at python.org]On Behalf Of Jeff Shannon
> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 16:29
> To: python-list at python.org
> Subject: Re: Crashing IDLE
>
>
> 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...
>
> --
>
> Jeff Shannon
> Technician/Programmer
> Credit International
> --
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list