[Python-Dev] stack check on Unix: any suggestions? (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@beopen.com
Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:58:49 -0500

Here's a sample script:

i = 0 def foo(x): global i print i i = i + 1 foo(x) foo(None)

Please try this again on various platforms with this version:

i = 0
class C:
  def __getattr__(self, name):
  global i
  print i
  i += 1
  return self.name # common beginners' mistake

C() # This tries to get __init__, triggering the recursion

I get 5788 iterations on Red Hat Linux 6.2 (ulimit -c says 8192; I have no idea what units).

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)