Re: infinitive recursion causes segfault

[Chet Ramey]

Roman Rakus wrote:
> 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.

I'll take that up as a feature consideration for a future version.

Chet



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