Add test that a recursion error does not happen any longer. Close #2683

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/pylint/test/functional/recursion_error_crash_2683.py b/pylint/test/functional/recursion_error_crash_2683.py
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+++ b/pylint/test/functional/recursion_error_crash_2683.py
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+"""Test for https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint/issues/2683"""
+# pylint: disable=missing-docstring,too-few-public-methods
+
+class Cls:
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.count = 5
+
+    def method(self):
+        records = []
+        for _ in []:
+            records += []
+        records = records[:self.count]
+        records.sort()
diff --git a/pylint/test/functional/recursion_error_crash_2683.txt b/pylint/test/functional/recursion_error_crash_2683.txt
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+++ b/pylint/test/functional/recursion_error_crash_2683.txt