[Twisted-Python] RE: [Stackless] Maximum Recursion Depth Error with Twisted 8.2/Stackless 2.6.1

Andrew Francis andrewfr_ice at yahoo.com
Wed Feb 4 07:20:19 MST 2009


Hi Kristjan:

Thanks for the explanation and the effort. Tomorrow, I'll hunt down a few things on my end. If you find ToyProcessor5 too convoluted, I'll post the code for another prototype that should be easier to follow.

Cheers,
Andrew


--- On Tue, 2/3/09, Kristján Valur Jónsson <kristjan at ccpgames.com> wrote:

> From: Kristján Valur Jónsson <kristjan at ccpgames.com>
> Subject: RE: [Stackless] Maximum Recursion Depth Error with Twisted 8.2/Stackless 2.6.1
> To: "Andrew Francis" <andrewfr_ice at yahoo.com>, "twisted-python at twistedmatrix.com" <twisted-python at twistedmatrix.com>
> Cc: "stackless at stackless.com" <stackless at stackless.com>
> Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 1:49 AM
> Stackless does stack copying if it senses that the C stack
> has grown to deep.  But it still tries to maintain the
> recursion depth limit set in "sys".  There is
> probably a bug somewhere in the bookkeeping of this.
> I'll try trawling through the code for the
> corresponding stuff If I find the time today.
> K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: stackless-bounces at stackless.com
> [mailto:stackless-bounces at stackless.com] On Behalf Of Andrew
> Francis
> Sent: 2. febrúar 2009 22:48
> To: twisted-python at twistedmatrix.com
> Cc: stackless at stackless.com
> Subject: [Stackless] Maximum Recursion Depth Error with
> Twisted 8.2/Stackless 2.6.1
> 
> Hi Colleagues:
> 
> I recently updated to Stackless 2.6.1 and Twisted 8.2. I
> executed the following programme that works fine under
> Stackless 2.5.2 and Twisted (including 8.2) and I received
> the following error:
> 
> traceback (most recent call last):
>           File "ToyProcessor5.py", line 60, in
> twistedReactor
>             reactor.run()
>           File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py"
> , line 1048, in run
>             self.mainLoop()
>         --- <exception caught here> ---
>           File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py"
> , line 1057, in mainLoop
>             self.runUntilCurrent()
>           File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/twisted/internet/base.py"
> , line 707, in runUntilCurrent
>             log.deferr()
>           File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/twisted/python/log.py",
> l ine 153, in err
>             _stuff = failure.Failure()
>           File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/twisted/python/failure.py
> ", line 265, in __init__
>             parentCs = reflect.allYourBase(self.type)
> ", line 542, in allYourBase
>             accumulateBases(classObj, l, baseClass)
>           File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/twisted/python/reflect.py",
> line 550, in accumulateBases
>             accumulateBases(base, l, baseClass)
>           File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/twisted/python/reflect.py",
> line 550, in accumulateBases
>             accumulateBases(base, l, baseClass)
>           File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/twisted/python/reflect.py",
> line 550, in accumulateBases
>             accumulateBases(base, l, baseClass)
>           File
> "/usr/local/lib/python2.6/site-packages/twisted/python/reflect.py",
> line 550, in accumulateBases
>             accumulateBases(base, l, baseClass)
>         exceptions.RuntimeError: maximum recursion depth
> exceeded
> 
> Similarily written programmes fail in the same fashion.
> What is suspicious is that there is no recursion in the
> offending section. Even if I create one worker tasklet, I
> get the same error.
> 
> def twistedReactor():
>     l = task.LoopingCall(stackless.schedule)
>     l.start(.01)
>     reactor.run()
> 
> however, if I change
> 
> l = task.LoopingCall(stackless.schedule)
> 
> to
> 
> l = task.LoopingCall(tick)
> 
> and tick is
> 
> def tick():
>     stackless.schedule()
> 
> the programme works. Although a work around, I would like
> to find the real problem.
> 
> What particular worries me is when I created small test
> examples, I was not  able to recreate the problem. Something
> else is going on....
> 
> What I would appreciate is some hints as to what may be
> happening.  
> 
> - I normally don't expect "Maximum Recursion
> Depth" errors in Stackless. 
> - What is the reflect.allYourBases stuff? 
> - What is log.deferr? (I don't recall seeing that
> method).
> 
> If I get few clues, it would make it easier for me to write
> new tests and zero in on the problem. Hopefully the problem
> is with my code rather than Stackless 2.6.1 and/or Twisted
> 8.2
> 
> I have included some sample code. Unfortunately
> ToyProcessor5.py is a bit large (I have newer code that is
> smaller but requires more files)
> 
> Cheers,
> Andrew


      




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