Fixes Issue #14331: Use significantly less stack space when importing modules by

allocating path buffers on the heap instead of the stack.

Fixes Issue #14331: Use significantly less stack space when importing modules by
allocating path buffers on the heap instead of the stack.
fcdf04be · Gregory P. Smith · 28b22d0d · fcdf04be · fcdf04be
Commit fcdf04be authored Mar 18, 2012 by Gregory P. Smith
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@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ What's New in Python 2.7.4
 Core and Builtins
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+- Issue #14331: Use significantly less stack space when importing modules by
+  allocating path buffers on the heap instead of the stack.
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 - Issue #14334: Prevent in a segfault in type.__getattribute__ when it was not
  passed strings. Also fix segfaults in the __getattribute__ and __setattr__
  methods of old-style classes.

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