[Image-SIG] Re: [PSA MEMBERS] Python 1.5.2 core dumps on Linux

[Greg Stein]

Charles G Waldman wrote:
> 
> Fredrik Lundh writes:
> 
> #0  0x8077563 in PyObject_Print (op=0x81084fd, fp=0x80dde40, flags=0) at object.c:178
> 178                     else if (op->ob_type->tp_print == NULL) {
> (gdb) print op->ob_type
> $1 = (PyTypeObject *) 0x6e697274
> (gdb) print op->ob_type->tp_print
> Cannot access memory at address 0x6e697290.
> (gdb)

Something stomped on memory.

The obtype pointer corresponds to the characters 'nirt'. I find it rare
that "real" pointers only contain valid characters, so I'd say memory
was walked on.

-g

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