From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 15:33:13 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Update:  Older versions of Python crashed when calling repr()
X-Git-Tag: v2.2.3c1~234
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Update:  Older versions of Python crashed when calling repr()
(including the implied call using back-ticks) of a recursive object,
but this is no longer the case.
Reported by Manus Hand via email.
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diff --git a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
index abe9f097fc88..f7f5394ba2b2 100644
--- a/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
+++ b/Doc/ref/ref5.tex
@@ -261,9 +261,11 @@ involved).
 (In particular, converting a string adds quotes around it and converts
 ``funny'' characters to escape sequences that are safe to print.)
 
-It is illegal to attempt to convert recursive objects (e.g., lists or
-dictionaries that contain a reference to themselves, directly or
-indirectly.)
+Recursive objects (for example, lists or dictionaries that contain a
+reference to themselves, directly or indirectly) use \samp{...} to
+indicate a recursive reference, and the result cannot be passed to
+\function{eval()} to get an equal value (\exception{SyntaxError} will
+be raised instead).
 \obindex{recursive}
 
 The built-in function \function{repr()} performs exactly the same