On Apr 11, 7:31 pm, Steven D'Aprano <st...@remove-this- cybersource.com.au> wrote: _ > My original test has now been running for close to ten hours now, and > still can't be interrupted with ctrl-C. However that's in Python 2.5, > having tried it in Python 2.6.2 they can be interrupted, so I'm satisfied > that this bug of "regex hangs the interpreter" is not worth reporting, as > it effects only older versions. > > [...] > > > 3. Test the RE, get it correct > > They're not my regexes. I don't care whether they are correct or not, I'm > more concerned about them locking up the interpreter. > > -- > Steven
I don't believe in second consoles or kill(1)... or telnet. I wonder if the hanging is symptomatic of a wider-spread bug, that shorter operations would never reveal. ... -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
