Regarding this expression: 1 << x I had a bug in my code that made x become Very Large - much larger than I had intended. This caused Python, and my PC, to lock up tight as a drum, and it appeared that the Python task (Windows XP) was happily and rapidly consuming all available virtual memory.
Presumably, Python was trying to create a really really long integer, just as I had asked it. Is there a way to put a limit on Python, much like there is a stack limit, so that this sort of thing can't get out of hand? -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
