Yes, unfortunately in the python case the standard library's json parser has no way to configure a reasonable limit. It'll just consume stack frames until it hi

Yes, unfortunately in the python case the standard library's json parser has no way to configure a reasonable limit. It'll just consume stack frames until it hits the interpeter's recursion limit. And, as has been mentioned elsewhere, python stack frames are expensive for a variety of reasons. I've run into similar issues with recursive code in java. The story gets better in C or rust, but there wre still sharp edges. I guess there are sharp edges everywhere though...