Non-descriptive stack overflow error when IPython imported

When I run this code

def foo():
    foo()

foo()

It obviously causes a stack overflow/recursion error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File ".../main.py", line 4, in <module>
    foo()
  File ".../main.py", line 2, in foo
    foo()
  File ".../main.py", line 2, in foo
    foo()
  File ".../main.py", line 2, in foo
    foo()
  [Previous line repeated 996 more times]
RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded

But when I put an IPython import at the top of the file

import IPython

def foo():
    foo()

foo()

It stalls for a bit, then exits with

Process finished with exit code -1073741571 (0xC00000FD)

There is no other output. I know what is causing the error (stack overflow), but why won't it print a more descriptive error when IPython is imported?