On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 9:38 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On Mon, 02 Jun 2014 23:23:53 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:27 PM, Tim Chase >> <python.l...@tim.thechases.com> wrote: >>> Stripping off the exec() call makes it pretty transparent that you're >>> attempting (successfully on some platforms) to set the value of "4" to >>> "5". But a cute hack. >> >> And not on Windows inside IDLE, where attempting to use 4 results in a >> ===== RESTART ===== crash. > > Sounds like a bug in IDLE. > > What happens if you try it in Windows without IDLE, just using the > standard interactive interpreter?
Actually, probably a 32/64-bit issue. The code as supplied caused a segfault on my 64-bit Linux install. I had to change the offset to 16 to see it work. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
