RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded in comparison

[blakem17]

ENVIRONMENT

• Operating System: Windows
• Python version: 3.6
• VirtualBox version: 5.1.30
• VirtualBox SDK version:
• Location where VirtualBox SDK is installed:E:\virtualboxsdk
• pyvbox version:1.0
• [x] Happens in latest master branch?

SUMMARY

RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded When trying virtualbox.library_ext.IMachine.clone()

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

import virtualbox
vb = virtualbox.library_ext.IMachine()
vb.clone("DB01")

EXPECTED RESULTS

Expected to have the machine cloned

ACTUAL RESULTS

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\name\source\repos\supsup\sup\module1.py", line 4, in <module>
    vb.clone("DB01")
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library_ext\machine.py", line 94, in clone
    snapshot = self.find_snapshot(snapshot_name_or_id)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library.py", line 12787, in find_snapshot
    in_p=[name_or_id])
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library_base.py", line 184, in _call
    method = self._search_attr(name)
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library_base.py", line 161, in _search_attr
    raise AttributeError("Failed to find attribute %s in %s" % (name, self))
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library_ext\machine.py", line 25, in __str__
    return self.name
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library.py", line 9619, in name
    ret = self._get_attr("name")
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library_base.py", line 165, in _get_attr
    attr = self._search_attr(name, prefix='get')
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library_base.py", line 161, in _search_attr
    raise AttributeError("Failed to find attribute %s in %s" % (name, self))
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library_ext\machine.py", line 25, in __str__
    return self.name
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library.py", line 9619, in name
    ret = self._get_attr("name")
  File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\Shared\Python36_64\lib\site-packages\virtualbox\library_base.py", line 165, in _get_attr
    attr = self._search_attr(name, prefix='get')

(Edited to snip the traceback and make the code sections readable -@SethMichaelLarson)

[sethmlarson]

Thanks for reporting this issue! I'll take a look :) Could you try installing the latest pyvbox and see if it reproduces there as well?

[sethmlarson]

So this recursion error is unfortunate because the error is trying to print out of the name of the machine within the error but the thing is the machine doesn't exist. To get a machine use the following method:

vbox = virtualbox.VirtualBox()
machine = vbox.find_machine('NAME OF MACHINE')
machine.clone('DB01')

Does this work for you?

[blakem17]

Awesome Thank you very much. Issue is fixed. Please Feel free to resolve this issue

[sethmlarson]

I'm glad I could help you out! :)