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Author vstinner
Recipients alexandre.vassalotti, pitrou, vstinner
Date 2013-11-29.17:27:30
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> Under very low memory condition, PyErr_NoMemory() or PyErr_NormalizeException() enters an unlimited loop when the free list of MemoryError becomes empty.

I got this bug when I worked on the issue #19817 which adds an arbitary limit to memory allocations using tracemalloc. I used this limit on the Python test suite to check how Python behaves under very low memory condition.
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Date User Action Args
2013-11-29 17:27:30vstinnersetrecipients: + vstinner, pitrou, alexandre.vassalotti
2013-11-29 17:27:30vstinnersetmessageid: <1385746050.24.0.375536389693.issue19835@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2013-11-29 17:27:30vstinnerlinkissue19835 messages
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