[I'm closing the report for the following reasons:]
This bug is not appropriate for the Python bug tracker. We only deal
with bugs in Python proper, not in any add-on libraries (such as a MySQL
adapter or Django). In addition, we need a way to reproduce the bug,
such as a piece of code that reliably reproduces the problem.

Antoine: It might well be that Python fails to detect the stack
overflow. However, it appears that the OP is happy with the work-around
he found, so investigating it to the end might not be worth the effort.