Stefan Krah <ste...@bytereef.org> added the comment:
No, it does not cause real issues. Adding this feature would just suppress chatty diagnostics like this one, which are a bit unfriendly: >>> [0] * 10000000000000000 python3(36633,0x110c08dc0) malloc: can't allocate region :*** mach_vm_map(size=80000000000004096, flags: 100) failed (error code=3) python3(36633,0x110c08dc0) malloc: *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> MemoryError So yes, users do occasionally see it outside the test suite. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue40928> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com