bpo-32758: Warn that ast.parse() and ast.literal_eval() can segfault … · python/cpython@b316c44 (original) (raw)

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@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ and classes for traversing abstract syntax trees:
113	113	Parse the source into an AST node. Equivalent to ``compile(source,
114	114	filename, mode, ast.PyCF_ONLY_AST)``.
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	116	+ .. warning::
	117	+ It is possible to crash the Python interpreter with a
	118	+ sufficiently large/complex string due to stack depth limitations
	119	+ in Python's AST compiler.
	120	+
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117	122	.. function:: literal_eval(node_or_string)
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@@ -126,6 +131,11 @@ and classes for traversing abstract syntax trees:
126	131	capable of evaluating arbitrarily complex expressions, for example involving
127	132	operators or indexing.
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	134	+ .. warning::
	135	+ It is possible to crash the Python interpreter with a
	136	+ sufficiently large/complex string due to stack depth limitations
	137	+ in Python's AST compiler.
	138	+
129	139	.. versionchanged:: 3.2
130	140	Now allows bytes and set literals.
131	141