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diff --git a/doc/manual/rl-next/stack-overflow-segfaults.md b/doc/manual/rl-next/stack-overflow-segfaults.md deleted file mode 100644 index 24d62ea1e..000000000 --- a/doc/manual/rl-next/stack-overflow-segfaults.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,35 +0,0 @@ ---- -synopsis: Some stack overflow segfaults are fixed -issues: 9616 -prs: 9617 -cls: 205 -category: Improvements -credits: [9999years, horrors] ---- - -The number of nested function calls has been restricted, to detect and report -infinite function call recursions. The default maximum call depth is 10,000 and -can be set with [the `max-call-depth` -option](@docroot@/command-ref/conf-file.md#conf-max-call-depth). - -This fixes segfaults or the following unhelpful error message in many cases: - - error: stack overflow (possible infinite recursion) - -Before: - -``` -$ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '(x: x x) (x: x x)' -Segmentation fault: 11 -``` - -After: - -``` -$ nix-instantiate --eval --expr '(x: x x) (x: x x)' -error: stack overflow - - at «string»:1:14: - 1| (x: x x) (x: x x) - | ^ -``` |