bpo-32137: The repr of deeply nested dict now raises a RecursionError (#4570)
instead of crashing due to a stack overflow.
This perhaps will fix similar problems in other extension types.
diff --git a/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py b/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
index ff82f4e..53f29f6 100644
--- a/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
+++ b/Lib/test/mapping_tests.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
# tests common to dict and UserDict
import unittest
import collections
+import sys
class BasicTestMappingProtocol(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -619,6 +620,14 @@
d = self._full_mapping({1: BadRepr()})
self.assertRaises(Exc, repr, d)
+ def test_repr_deep(self):
+ d = self._empty_mapping()
+ for i in range(sys.getrecursionlimit() + 100):
+ d0 = d
+ d = self._empty_mapping()
+ d[1] = d0
+ self.assertRaises(RecursionError, repr, d)
+
def test_eq(self):
self.assertEqual(self._empty_mapping(), self._empty_mapping())
self.assertEqual(self._full_mapping({1: 2}),