[Python-Dev] segmentation fault with python2.3a0 from cvs (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Mon, 07 Oct 2002 14:53:42 -0400

[Gerson Kurz]

Ok, here is a 55 bytes sourcecode:

b = {} for i in range(1000000): b[i] = [0] * 60 --> segfault with cygwin.

As Guido said, bug reports belong on SourceForge. It doesn't segfault for me (MSVC6 + Win98SE), although it takes a long time to complete and thrashes to disk horribly. But distinctions like that are lost forever unless they're attached to a bug report.

BTW, if you need to do things "like this" frequently, buy a 64-bit box, a terabyte of RAM, and get a real operating system .