_sre.c, data_stack_grow() in Py2.4 uses realloc()'ed memory without initialising the newly allocated memory. For complex regexps that require additional sre stack space, this ultimately results in a core dump or corrupted heap. Filling the newly allocated memory with 0x55 makes the problem more obvious (dies on a reference to 0x55555558) for me.
See bug ID 1088891: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1088891&group_id=5470&atid=105470 Can I be the only person who crafts diabolical regexps? Here, have a lend of my brown paper bag... -- Andrew McNamara, Senior Developer, Object Craft http://www.object-craft.com.au/ _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com