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+# test hitting the function recursion limit within a thread
+#
+# MIT license; Copyright (c) 2016 Damien P. George on behalf of Pycom Ltd
+
+try:
+    import utime as time
+except ImportError:
+    import time
+import _thread
+
+def foo():
+    foo()
+
+def thread_entry():
+    try:
+        foo()
+    except RuntimeError:
+        print('RuntimeError')
+
+_thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, ())
+
+time.sleep(0.2)
+print('done')