From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 25 05:07:16 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A41DC1065670; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:07:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pv0-f182.google.com (mail-pv0-f182.google.com [74.125.83.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 70AAE8FC1B; Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:07:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pvc7 with SMTP id 7so2682374pvc.13 for ; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:07:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=NgR1qb9wdKiEsbiDi+XfYVpriP6V3Id4fD4qHY0tEx4=; b=FqClHL2p7/x7n8cxNzurOtf8J1QRa4esRO6eHBtj3P7ny9hYU+fQk0VxmfDcuxrF1i fbtGb490GSlrVDLC9TKXEGHKCHmSc0rIB7qiH1ws8nuSIVhFpmyoy8dM5zg3NwtKuLGN sjoYBlYFOLSCAH7o+bHDQm6yhIIr/bVl+lt+8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=AndpAVRrGcZXvDCLbmDztyrEzqIWZkrOfQoiWHxZWlc4C8TQY50AJa8CSnDhdlDxJt Cq7awzFTisdBrtfoojERcaBzgAO0Q0+1MfeHYAitl48/CDBEYz+ARVfeKwrcIfBuroi9 YQPAW5to8J8NaNXIJn+ze3IhjI6dulmSOqAWg= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.179.2 with SMTP id g2mr2334810wfp.239.1269493635867; Wed, 24 Mar 2010 22:07:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <2D129848-8A41-4BB5-A58C-A9A35D5FBD9A@mac.com> References: <4702BA39-7C18-45C3-9920-9E460502B58F@freebsd.org> <4BAA9C32.6040606@delphij.net> <2D129848-8A41-4BB5-A58C-A9A35D5FBD9A@mac.com> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 23:07:15 -0600 Message-ID: <6201873e1003242207m49351c55id94341d872fd8e17@mail.gmail.com> From: Adam Vande More To: Chuck Swiger Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: d@delphij.net, freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, freebsd-python@freebsd.org Subject: Re: python and HUGE_STACK_SIZE X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:07:16 -0000 On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Chuck Swiger wrote: > > I've run and written quite a bit of Python (including Trac, Mailman, the > Python IDE, our own custom stuff [like some log munging and web processing > stuff], and even a few graphical Python games) without ever turning > HUGE_STACK_SIZE on. > > I don't have any objection to turning it on, but it's not needed by default > for most things. YMMV. > > Yes, I've had the same experience. When doing socket level python stuff, I've had to increase the buffer size, which seems to be at least indirectly related to stack size but setting it manually has been easy enough. Are there any negative repercussions to turning on huge ie like would scripts start using more memory, or is just giving them the ability to use it without explicitly setting it? -- Adam Vande More