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Author pitrou
Recipients Arfrever, Jim.Jewett, asvetlov, gregory.p.smith, gvanrossum, ncoghlan, pitrou, r.david.murray, rhettinger, skrah, vstinner
Date 2012-04-05.20:20:23
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> Without a termination condition, how is this different from just
> reverting the original change?

The difference is that it's a (presumably interruptible) infinite loop,
not a stack overflow. There's no crash and therefore no security issue.
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Date User Action Args
2012-04-05 20:20:24pitrousetrecipients: + pitrou, gvanrossum, rhettinger, gregory.p.smith, ncoghlan, vstinner, Arfrever, r.david.murray, asvetlov, skrah, Jim.Jewett
2012-04-05 20:20:23pitroulinkissue14417 messages
2012-04-05 20:20:23pitroucreate