[Python-Dev] Negative times behaviour in itertools.repeat for Python maintenance releases (2.7, 3.3 and maybe 3.4)

[Armin Rigo]

Hi Vajrasky,

On 28 January 2014 03:05, Vajrasky Kok <sky.kok at speaklikeaking.com> wrote:
> I get your point. But strangely enough, I can still recover from
> list(repeat('a', 2**29)). It only slows down my computer. I can ^Z the
> application then kill it later. But with list(repeat('a', times=-1)),
> rebooting the machine is compulsory.

Actually you get the early OverflowError if the value doesn't fit a C
long, and any value up to sys.maxint gets past this check.  Try with
2**31-1.


A bientôt,

Armin.