Another dealloc stack killer

[tim-one]

BPO	600007
Nosy	@gvanrossum, @tim-one, @birkenfeld

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closed_at = <Date 2006-01-10.22:02:11.000>
created_at = <Date 2002-08-26.01:37:40.000>
labels = ['interpreter-core']
title = 'Another dealloc stack killer'
updated_at = <Date 2006-01-10.22:02:11.000>
user = 'https://github.com/tim-one'

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[tim-one]

From c.l.py:

"""
From: Pavel Pergamenshchik <pp64@cornell.edu>
Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 9:17 PM
To: python-list@python.org
Subject: Python 2.2.1 bug

I found a way to break Python 2.2.1 (at least) both on
Linux and Windows.
...

eval("int" + ".__call__"*100000)

at the prompt, then press ctrl-D or ctrl-Z to edit. This
will result in a segfault on Linux and some
weird "unknown software exception" thing on Windows.
"""

At shutdown, the C stack is blown by a very deep
nest of

_Py_Dealloc
wrapper_dealloc

calls. That was under current CVS head; I'm sure it's
the same deal in 2.2.

[gvanrossum]

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Hm, I cannot reproduce this on Linux, with either the
2.2maintenance branch or 2.3. I trust that it's a problem
though. Reducing priority.

[tim-one]

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I suppose you need to reduce your stack limit, or boost the
multiplier, then. I would agree it's hard to get excited
about this one <wink>.

[nnorwitz]

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The threshold was 300000 for me on Linux.

[birkenfeld]

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Duplicate of bpo-927248.