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Re: infinitive recursion causes segfault


From: Roman Rakus
Subject: Re: infinitive recursion causes segfault
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2009 18:02:23 +0100
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Chet Ramey wrote:
yozh@mx1.ru wrote:

Bash Version: 3.1
Patch Level: 17
Release Status: release

Description:
        Create a function that calls itself. Call it. You'll get segfault. 
Expecting message on terminal.

That's not a good expectation.

If you want to shoot yourself in the foot, bash will not stop you.
What about adding `maximum nested function level'? Counter already is there (and don't used). And make it configurable like in zsh. I can provide patch.
RR




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