Following code, reduced from MoinMoin.util.lock, causes NPE inside IronPython.Compiler. MoinMoin (http://moinmoin.wikiwikiweb.de/) is a popular wiki engine written in Python. # lock.py class WriteLock: def acquire(self): try: result = self.lock.acquire() finally: if result: return result else: self.lock.release() Seo Sanghyeon