[shelve] What are the limitations? Entering too many data crashes it on my machine!

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> I went for version 3.3.0, because it's the last version offering a binary
> for Python 2.1. But things did not change for the better. It even crashes a
> bit earlier (about 1500 entries earlier). And one more "(0, 'Error')".

What do you mean by that this "error is reported" (in your original 
posting)? How is it reported? If as an exception, what is the traceback?

What do you mean by "it crashes"? If an exception, what is the traceback?

Regards,
Martin