difflib exceeding recursion limit

[niemeyer]

BPO	1413711
Files	difflib.patch: Patch test.tar.bz2: Test case

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[niemeyer]

difflib is exceeding the default recursion limit in
certain patterns of lines.

The attached patch will change the problematic method
into a non-recursive version.

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Attaching a test case showing the problem.

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Patch applied as revision 42212.