bug in Jython 2.1? VerifyError

[David Ripton]

Irmen de Jong wrote:
> I've run into some trouble using Jython 2.1
> (jdk 1.4, 1.3, windows, linux).
> 
> The following piece of Python code:
> ----
> def method():
>     try:
>         for dummy in [1,2,3]:
>             try:
>                 return "result"
>             except:
>                 pass
>     finally:
>         pass
> 
> print method()
> ----
> 
> fails to compile in Jython, I get this error:
> 
> java.lang.VerifyError: java.lang.VerifyError: (class: test$py, method: 
> method$1 signature: 
> (Lorg/python/core/PyFrame;)Lorg/python/core/PyObject;) Register 3 
> contains wrong type
> 
> 
> That piece of code above seems to be the minimal piece of code to trigger
> the problem. Something to do with nested try blocks and a loop?
> 
> Can someone confirm this or help me? Thanks!

I can reproduce the problem, with Jython 2.1 on JDK 1.4.2 beta on Linux.

2.1 is pretty old -- you might want to try building Jython from CVS and 
see if this has been fixed before reporting it.

If you don't get a better answer here, maybe try the jython-users or 
jython-dev list.

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David Ripton    dripton at ripton.net