test_json crashes with stack overflow on Windows

[zware]

BPO	25329
Nosy	@rhettinger, @terryjreedy, @pfmoore, @pitrou, @vstinner, @tjguk, @ezio-melotti, @zware, @zooba

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2019-05-21.12:12:17.267>
created_at = <Date 2015-10-06.20:41:01.636>
labels = ['type-bug', 'tests', 'OS-windows']
title = 'test_json crashes with stack overflow on Windows'
updated_at = <Date 2019-05-21.12:12:17.267>
user = 'https://github.com/zware'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2019-05-21.12:12:17.267>
actor = 'vstinner'
assignee = 'none'
closed = True
closed_date = <Date 2019-05-21.12:12:17.267>
closer = 'vstinner'
components = ['Tests', 'Windows']
creation = <Date 2015-10-06.20:41:01.636>
creator = 'zach.ware'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 25329
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
messages = ['252432', '252433', '252644', '343026']
nosy_count = 9.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'terry.reedy', 'paul.moore', 'pitrou', 'vstinner', 'tim.golden', 'ezio.melotti', 'zach.ware', 'steve.dower']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'out of date'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue25329'
versions = ['Python 3.4']

[zware]

See for example:

http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20Windows8.1%20Non-Debug%203.4/builds/224

Possibly related to bpo-25222.

[zware]

Note that this is not a consistent failure, see for example build 223[1] where test_json passes. I've noticed that the sooner test_json starts, the more likely it is to pass (it's the 28th test in 223, 117th in 224).

[1] http://buildbot.python.org/all/builders/AMD64%20Windows8.1%20Non-Debug%203.4/builds/223

[terryjreedy]

See also bpo-25342 and its list of related failures.

[vstinner]

No activity for 4 years. I close the issue. See bpo-36973 for a similar issue in 2019.