PythonWin error and crash

[Neil Hodgson]

> why i would do this is certainly a good question, but if i do something
like
> this to 'open' a bitmap in PythonWin
> >>> x = open('somefile.bmp').read()
> >>> # things are okay at this point
> >>> x
>
> i get an error saying
> 'The instruction at "0x00007cf8" referenced memory at "0x00007cf8". The
> memory could not be "read".
> Click on OK to terminate the program
> Click on Cancel to debug the program'

   There is a known problem in the version of Scintilla used in Pythonwin
132 with lines longer than approximately 4000 characters. There will be a
fix in the next release.

   Neil