cpython/Lib/test/crashers
Benjamin Peterson 83db7652ca thanks to guido's bytecode verifier, this is fixed 2009-03-29 21:31:05 +00:00
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README
bogus_code_obj.py Document the crashers that will not go away soon as "won't fix", 2006-07-25 18:38:39 +00:00
borrowed_ref_1.py
borrowed_ref_2.py
compiler_recursion.py Ivan on IRC in #twisted reported this crasher. 2009-02-06 11:46:26 +00:00
gc_inspection.py Document why is and is not a good way to fix the gc_inspection crasher. 2006-07-25 18:09:57 +00:00
infinite_loop_re.py Add a "crasher" taken from the sgml bug report referenced in the comment 2006-09-11 04:32:57 +00:00
loosing_mro_ref.py Sounds obvious, but I didn't even realize that you can put non-string 2008-06-12 09:50:58 +00:00
mutation_inside_cyclegc.py A new crasher. 2008-04-25 09:35:18 +00:00
nasty_eq_vs_dict.py
recursion_limit_too_high.py Added another crasher, which hit me today (I was not intentionally 2006-07-25 18:11:07 +00:00
recursive_call.py Document the crashers that will not go away soon as "won't fix", 2006-07-25 18:38:39 +00:00

README

This directory only contains tests for outstanding bugs that cause
the interpreter to segfault.  Ideally this directory should always
be empty.  Sometimes it may not be easy to fix the underlying cause.

Each test should fail when run from the command line:

	./python Lib/test/crashers/weakref_in_del.py

Each test should have a link to the bug report:

	# http://python.org/sf/BUG#

Put as much info into a docstring or comments to help determine
the cause of the failure.  Particularly note if the cause is
system or environment dependent and what the variables are.

Once the crash is fixed, the test case should be moved into an appropriate
test (even if it was originally from the test suite).  This ensures the
regression doesn't happen again.  And if it does, it should be easier
to track down.