[IPython-dev] A plea for help with a threading bug...

[Fernando Perez]

Hi all,

I got this bug report:

http://www.scipy.net/roundup/ipython/issue30

The short of it:

Presing 'tab' in order to activate the completer sometimes
segfaults ipython, when one of the thread flags is used
(gthread, wthread or pylab). Although this happens more
often with gthread, a similar crash is also possible with
wthread.

Since this is caused by some race condition, in order to
reproduce the problem, the TIMEOUT variable of
IPShellWX/IPShellGTK can be set to 1.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. start ipython -gthread
2. press 'tab' a couple of times
3. 'Segmentation fault'

or:
1. start ipython -wthread
2. press 'tab' a couple of times
3. 'Fatal Python error: GC object already tracked'


The bad news: I don't have a clue what to do here.  I'm hoping someone on the 
list who knows more about threading than I do might point me in the right 
direction.   Anything will help, since I have exactly _zero_ ideas at this point.

Best,

f