hp 11.11 64 bit python 2.5 build gets error "import site failed"

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On May 4, 1:17 am, Leo Kislov <Leo.Kis... at gmail.com> wrote:
> On May 3, 2:54 pm, "Martin v. Löwis" <mar... at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>
>
>
> > >>> "import site failed"
> > >>> OverflowError: signed integer is greater than the maximum.
> > >> - what is the value of ival?
> > > ival: 4294967295
>
> > I see. This is 0xFFFFFFFF, which would be -1 if it were of type
> > int. So perhaps some value got cast incorrectly at some point,
> > breaking subsequent computations
>
> > >> - where does that number come from?
>
> > > It is coming from the call to PyInt_AsLong. In that function there is
> > > a call to:
> > > PyInt_AS_LONG((PyIntObject*)op)
> > > which returns the value of ival.
>
> > That was not my question, really. I wanted to know where the object
> > whose AsLong value was taken came from. And before you say "it's
> > in the arg parameter" of convertsimple() - sure it is. However, how
> > did it get there? It's in an argument tuple - and where came
> > that from?
>
> Looking at the call stack OP posted, -1 is coming as forth parameter
> of
> __import__, I *guess* at the first import in site.py or at implicit
> "import site". I think it'd be helpful if OP also tried if it works:
> python -S -c -v "print -1, type(-1), id(0), id(-1)"
>
>   -- Leo

Here is the output, along with my printf statements that show the call
stack:

builtin___import__
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 0
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 1
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 2
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 3
convertitem
builtin___import__
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 0
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 1
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 2
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 3
convertitem
BRAD 20
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 0
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 1
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 2
convertitem
builtin___import__
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 0
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 1
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 2
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 3
convertitem
builtin___import__
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 0
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 1
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 2
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 3
convertitem
convertitem
convertitem
convertitem
convertitem
builtin___import__
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 0
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 1
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 2
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 3
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 4
convertitem
ival: 4294967295
builtin___import__
PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 0
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 1
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 2
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 3
convertitem
vgetargskeywords: positional arg: 4
convertitem
ival: 4294967295
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<string>", line 1, in <module>
NameError: name 'v' is not defined