hi, can anybody tell why this 'little stupid *thing* of code' let's python-3.2.2, 2.6.X or python 2.7.2 segfault?
>> def get_steps2(pos=0, steps=0): ... if steps == 0: ... pos = random.randint(-1,1) ... if pos == 0: ... return steps ... steps += 2 ... pos += random.randint(-1,1) ... return get_steps2(pos,steps) ... >>> import random, sys >>> sys.setrecursionlimit(100000) >>> for i in range(200): ... print ( get_steps2() ) ... 4 0 8 0 0 0 2 2 166 2 0 0 16 4 2 16 0 0 10 70 152 50 58 0 6 0 0 0 2 8 0 Segmentation fault ?> funny, isn't it? I was able to reproduce this segfault on various machines (32bit 64bit), ubuntu, slackware, debian python.X segfaults on all of them thx Michael -- Michael Poeltl Computational Materials Physics voice: +43-1-4277-51409 Univ. Wien, Sensengasse 8/12 fax: +43-1-4277-9514 (or 9513) A-1090 Wien, AUSTRIA cmp.mpi.univie.ac.at ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ubuntu-11.10 | vim-7.3 | python-3.2.2 | mutt-1.5.21 | elinks-0.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list