Tracing disabled when a recursion error is triggered (even if properly handled)

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4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
compilers

Research direction

Review the uploaded recursion_error_disables_tracing.py test case and the historical sys.settrace documentation patches first. Compare them with the current tracing and recursion-error tests and implementation; done means a properly handled recursion error no longer disables tracing.

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Description

interpreter-core type-bug
BPO 10933
Nosy @fabioz, @bitdancer, @pdmccormick, @GPHemsley
Files
  • recursion_error_disables_tracing.py: Recursion error (test case)
  • issue_10933.patch: documentation patch for sys.settrace [Doc/library/sys.rst]
  • issue_10933-2.patch: Revised patch
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
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created_at = <Date 2011-01-18.12:31:08.728>
labels = ['interpreter-core', 'type-bug']
title = 'Tracing disabled when a recursion error is triggered (even if properly handled)'
updated_at = <Date 2019-05-18.01:26:48.919>
user = 'https://github.com/fabioz'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2019-05-18.01:26:48.919>
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assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Interpreter Core']
creation = <Date 2011-01-18.12:31:08.728>
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files = ['20436', '38908', '38909']
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issue_num = 10933
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messages = ['126460', '220891', '240578', '240579', '240584', '240599']
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pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'behavior'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue10933'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.4', 'Python 3.5']

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