[Python-Dev] python2.1.1 SEGV in GC on Solaris 2.7

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:38:45 -0400


> > Do you know about _PyObject_Dump() and _PyGC_Dump()?  See also
> > Misc/gdbinit.
> 
> In the specific problem, ob_type is NULL at the time of the crash, so
> _PyObject_Dump won't do anything interesting.

Plus the only way he can debug this is by waiting for a core dump to
happen; I don't think those routines work in post-mortem debug
sesions.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)