diff -r d84f697a7ee6 Misc/find_recursionlimit.py
--- a/Misc/find_recursionlimit.py	Fri Aug 22 10:03:43 2008 +0200
+++ b/Misc/find_recursionlimit.py	Fri Aug 22 20:10:57 2008 +0200
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ NB: A program that does not use __method
 """
 
 import sys
+import itertools
 
 class RecursiveBlowup1:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -61,6 +62,23 @@ def test_recurse():
 def test_recurse():
     return test_recurse()
 
+def test_cpickle(_cache={}):
+    try:
+        import cPickle
+    except ImportError:
+        print "cannot import cPickle, skipped!"
+        return
+    l = None
+    for n in itertools.count():
+        try:
+            l = _cache[n]
+            continue  # Already tried and it works, let's save some time
+        except KeyError:
+            for i in range(100):
+                l = [l]
+        cPickle.dumps(l, protocol=-1)
+        _cache[n] = l
+
 def check_limit(n, test_func_name):
     sys.setrecursionlimit(n)
     if test_func_name.startswith("test_"):
@@ -83,5 +101,6 @@ while 1:
     check_limit(limit, "test_init")
     check_limit(limit, "test_getattr")
     check_limit(limit, "test_getitem")
+    check_limit(limit, "test_cpickle")
     print "Limit of %d is fine" % limit
     limit = limit + 100