Re: python and HUGE_STACK_SIZE

2010-03-26 Thread Andrew MacIntyre
Doug Barton wrote: On 03/26/10 14:03, Steven Kreuzer wrote: So, it seems like most of the time python scripts will work with HUGE_STACK_SIZE turned off, but every once and a while some scripts will fail in non obvious ways that could leave a person scratching their head for weeks trying to get

Re: python and HUGE_STACK_SIZE

2010-03-26 Thread Doug Barton
On 03/26/10 14:03, Steven Kreuzer wrote: > So, it seems like most of the time python scripts will work with > HUGE_STACK_SIZE > turned off, but every once and a while some scripts will fail in non obvious > ways > that could leave a person scratching their head for weeks trying to get to > the b

Re: python and HUGE_STACK_SIZE

2010-03-26 Thread Adam Vande More
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Steven Kreuzer wrote: > To me, it seems like the best behavior would be to default to compiling > with that set. I'll create > a patch over the weekend and open a PR > Django and twisted don't need it. If the only app which does is zope, defaulting to on seems to

Re: python and HUGE_STACK_SIZE

2010-03-26 Thread Steven Kreuzer
On Mar 25, 2010, at 1:07 AM, Adam Vande More wrote: > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > >> >> I've run and written quite a bit of Python (including Trac, Mailman, the >> Python IDE, our own custom stuff [like some log munging and web processing >> stuff], and even a few gr

Re: python and HUGE_STACK_SIZE

2010-03-24 Thread Adam Vande More
On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > I've run and written quite a bit of Python (including Trac, Mailman, the > Python IDE, our own custom stuff [like some log munging and web processing > stuff], and even a few graphical Python games) without ever turning > HUGE_STACK_SIZE on

Re: python and HUGE_STACK_SIZE

2010-03-24 Thread Chuck Swiger
Hi-- On Mar 24, 2010, at 4:11 PM, Xin LI wrote: >> If python needs to be compiled with HUGE_STACK_SIZE on FreeBSD, is there a >> reason >> to provide the option to not compile python with it, or at the very least, >> should it default to >> being on? > > Ah, yes this is the thing I turn on on a

Re: python and HUGE_STACK_SIZE

2010-03-24 Thread Xin LI
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [freebsd-python@ cc'ed] On 2010/03/24 15:20, Steven Kreuzer wrote: > A coworker of mine got bit by this bug on and off for the last few weeks and > it appears he might not > be the only one as documented in this blog: > > http://tomster.org/blog/arc