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isidentical committed Jun 8, 2021
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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion Lib/test/support/__init__.py
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# processes
"reap_children",
# miscellaneous
"run_with_locale", "swap_item", "findfile",
"run_with_locale", "swap_item", "findfile", "infinite_recursion",
"swap_attr", "Matcher", "set_memlimit", "SuppressCrashReport", "sortdict",
"run_with_tz", "PGO", "missing_compiler_executable",
"ALWAYS_EQ", "NEVER_EQ", "LARGEST", "SMALLEST",
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@contextlib.contextmanager
def infinite_recursion(max_depth=75):
"""Set a lower limit for tests that interact with infinite recursions
(e.g test_ast.ASTHelpers_Test.test_recursion_direct) since on some
debug windows builds, due to not enough functions being inlined the
stack size might not handle the default recursion limit (1000). See
bpo-11105 for details."""

original_depth = sys.getrecursionlimit()
try:
sys.setrecursionlimit(max_depth)
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