On Tue, Apr 2, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com> wrote: > morphex <morp...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>While we're on the subject, wouldn't it be nice to have some cap there so >>that it isn't possible to more or less block the system with large >>exponentiation? > > There IS a cap. It's called the "MemoryError" exception. > > But, seriously, what would you have it do instead?
And If you want a lower cap than the one you currently have, check out ulimit/rlimit - you can trigger MemoryError sooner. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
