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authorÉric <earaujo@caravan.coop>2023-02-08 05:06:21 -0500
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-02-08 11:06:21 +0100
commit41d301ae2c564afff786b7dcd5919212106e7c4f (patch)
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parentdb924a46d754bac6b8debffc3d9f3e9b67cbb884 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-41d301ae2c564afff786b7dcd5919212106e7c4f.tar.gz
[3.8] gh-95778: add doc missing in some places (GH-100627) (#101630)
(cherry picked from commit 46521826cb1883e29e4640f94089dd92c57efc5b)
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@@ -312,6 +312,11 @@ Set implementation specific option. The following options are available:
-X pycache_prefix=PATH: enable writing .pyc files to a parallel tree rooted at the
given directory instead of to the code tree.
+
+ -X int_max_str_digits=number: limit the size of int<->str conversions.
+ This helps avoid denial of service attacks when parsing untrusted data.
+ The default is sys.int_info.default_max_str_digits. 0 disables.
+
.TP
.B \-x
Skip the first line of the source. This is intended for a DOS
@@ -479,6 +484,11 @@ values.
The integer must be a decimal number in the range [0,4294967295]. Specifying
the value 0 will disable hash randomization.
+.IP PYTHONINTMAXSTRDIGITS
+Limit the maximum digit characters in an int value
+when converting from a string and when converting an int back to a str.
+A value of 0 disables the limit. Conversions to or from bases 2, 4, 8,
+16, and 32 are never limited.
.IP PYTHONMALLOC
Set the Python memory allocators and/or install debug hooks. The available
memory allocators are