Test error with Python 2.3.4c1

[Berthold Höllmann]

aahz at pythoncraft.com (Aahz) writes:

> In article <m2fza1h6ka.fsf at pchoel.psh>, Berthold Höllmann <bhoel at web.de> wrote:
>>
>>The error desribed in SF error report No. 870120 (segmentation fault
>>in test_re) still persists for me in 2.3.4c1.
>
> Is there a patch for it?  Bugfix releases are mostly low-effort
> collections of patches that already exist -- there's not much attempt
> made to call for new patches before the release goes out.  All that
> bugfix release candidates are intended to do is make sure that no new
> bugs have been created.

The patch working for me is to reduce the default USE_RECURSION_LIMIT

diff Modules/_sre.c~ Modules/_sre.c
98c98
<         #define USE_RECURSION_LIMIT 10000
---
>         #define USE_RECURSION_LIMIT 6835


Regards
Berthold
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