Coredumps with Python 2.1.1-3

[Fernando Pérez]

Phil Mayers wrote:

> WTF? Even weirder, if I remove the line of input on which the crash
> happens, it will get a lot further, but die somewhere else... Very
> strange...
> 

That's a tell-tale sign of a corrupted pointer. Most likely a C extension 
module you're using messed up the memory earlier. Now your code has become a 
time bomb, and it will go off at seemingly random times.

Python code can't do that, but ultimately Python sits on top of C code, so 
it's not 100% bulletproof.

Good luck,

f.