As I threatened on python-dev, add a directory which contains all known

bugs which cause the interpreter to crash.  I'm sure we can find a few
more.  Many missing bugs deal with variations on unchecked infinite recursion
(like coerce.py).

Lib/test/crashers/README

+This directory only contains tests for outstanding bugs that cause
+the interpreter to segfault.  Ideally this directory should always
+be empty.  Sometimes it may not be easy to fix the underlying cause.
+
+Each test should fail when run from the command line:
+
+	./python Lib/test/crashers/weakref_in_del.py
+
+Each test should have a link to the bug report:
+
+	# http://python.org/sf/BUG#
+
+Put as much info into a docstring or comments to help determine
+the cause of the failure.  Particularly note if the cause is
+system or environment dependent and what the variables are.

Lib/test/crashers/coerce.py

+
+# http://python.org/sf/992017
+
+class foo:
+    def __coerce__(self, other):
+        return other, self
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    foo()+1   # segfault: infinite recursion in C

Lib/test/crashers/weakref_in_del.py

+import weakref
+
+# http://python.org/sf/1377858
+
+ref = None
+
+def test_weakref_in_del():
+    class Target(object):
+        def __del__(self):
+            global ref
+            ref = weakref.ref(self)
+
+    w = Target()
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_weakref_in_del()
+

Lib/test/crashers/xml_parsers.py

+from xml.parsers import expat
+
+# http://python.org/sf/1296433
+
+def test_parse_only_xml_data():
+    # 
+    xml = "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='iso8859'?><s>%s</s>" % ('a' * 1025)
+    # this one doesn't crash
+    #xml = "<?xml version='1.0'?><s>%s</s>" % ('a' * 10000)
+
+    def handler(text):
+      raise Exception
+
+    parser = expat.ParserCreate()
+    parser.CharacterDataHandler = handler
+
+    try:
+        parser.Parse(xml)
+    except:
+        pass
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    test_parse_only_xml_data()
+
+# Invalid read of size 4
+#    at 0x43F936: PyObject_Free (obmalloc.c:735)
+#    by 0x45A7C7: unicode_dealloc (unicodeobject.c:246)
+#    by 0x1299021D: PyUnknownEncodingHandler (pyexpat.c:1314)
+#    by 0x12993A66: processXmlDecl (xmlparse.c:3330)
+#    by 0x12999211: doProlog (xmlparse.c:3678)
+#    by 0x1299C3F0: prologInitProcessor (xmlparse.c:3550)
+#    by 0x12991EA3: XML_ParseBuffer (xmlparse.c:1562)
+#    by 0x1298F8EC: xmlparse_Parse (pyexpat.c:895)
+#    by 0x47B3A1: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:3565)
+#    by 0x47CCAC: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:2739)
+#    by 0x47CDE1: PyEval_EvalCode (ceval.c:490)
+#    by 0x499820: PyRun_SimpleFileExFlags (pythonrun.c:1198)
+#    by 0x4117F1: Py_Main (main.c:492)
+#    by 0x12476D1F: __libc_start_main (in /lib/libc-2.3.5.so)
+#    by 0x410DC9: (within /home/neal/build/python/svn/clean/python)
+#  Address 0x12704020 is 264 bytes inside a block of size 592 free'd
+#    at 0x11B1BA8A: free (vg_replace_malloc.c:235)
+#    by 0x124B5F18: (within /lib/libc-2.3.5.so)
+#    by 0x48DE43: find_module (import.c:1320)
+#    by 0x48E997: import_submodule (import.c:2249)
+#    by 0x48EC15: load_next (import.c:2083)
+#    by 0x48F091: import_module_ex (import.c:1914)
+#    by 0x48F385: PyImport_ImportModuleEx (import.c:1955)
+#    by 0x46D070: builtin___import__ (bltinmodule.c:44)
+#    by 0x4186CF: PyObject_Call (abstract.c:1777)
+#    by 0x474E9B: PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords (ceval.c:3432)
+#    by 0x47928E: PyEval_EvalFrameEx (ceval.c:2038)
+#    by 0x47CCAC: PyEval_EvalCodeEx (ceval.c:2739)
+#    by 0x47CDE1: PyEval_EvalCode (ceval.c:490)
+#    by 0x48D0F7: PyImport_ExecCodeModuleEx (import.c:635)
+#    by 0x48D4F4: load_source_module (import.c:913)