Can anyone reproduce this crash?

Alf P. Steinbach alfps at start.no
Fri Apr 16 08:23:19 EDT 2010


* Alf P. Steinbach:
> * MRAB:
>> Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
>>> Python 3.1.1 in Windows XP Prof:
>>>
>>>
>>> <code filename="sum.v4.py" language="Py3">
>>> def number_from_user( prompt ):
>>>     while True:
>>>         spec = input( prompt )
>>>         try:
>>>             return float( spec )
>>>         except ValueError:
>>>             s = "Sorry, '{}' is not a valid number spec. Try e.g. 
>>> '3.14'."
>>>             print( s.format( spec ) )
>>>             print()
>>>
>>> print( "This program computes the sum of two numbers A and B." )
>>> print()
>>> a = number_from_user( "Number A, please: " )
>>> b = number_from_user( "Number B, please: " )
>>> sum = a + b
>>> print()
>>> print( "{} + {} = {}".format( a, b, sum ) )
>>> </code>
>>>
>>>
>>> To be thorough I tested the reaction to typing [Ctrl C] at the first 
>>> prompt. It then displayed the first part of traceback output,
>>>
>>>
>>> <output part="1">
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Alf> sum.v4.py
>>> This program computes the sum of two numbers A and B.
>>>
>>> Number A, please: Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> </output>
>>>
>>>
>>> and seemingly hung for, I don't know, 20 seconds?, whereupon 
>>> Microsoft's "Please tell Bill Gates about it" box popped up; the 
>>> interpreter had crashed.
>>>
>>> Regretfully declining the offer to tell Bill Gates, and this I don't 
>>> quite understand, possibly buffer thing?, one more line of output 
>>> then appeared:
>>>
>>>
>>> <output part="2">
>>>   File "C:\Documents and Settings\Alf\sum.v4.py", line 13, in <module>
>>>
>>> C:\Documents and Settings\Alf> _
>>> </output>
>>>
>>>
>>> In a normal traceback there are four more lines.
>>>
>>> I thought I'd report this so I tried it several times more but unable 
>>> to reproduce: instead of above hang + crash + truncated traceback the 
>>> complete expected traceback appeared and the program terminated 
>>> properly.
>>>
>>> Can anyone reproduce?
>>>
>> I also have Python 3.1.1 on Windows XP Professional, but it doesn't
>> crash for me!
>>
>> Does it happen every time?
> 
> No, that's the problem, I'm unable to reproduce consistently or nearly 
> at all.
> 
> It just happened again (that's the second time), and this time I chose 
> "Debug", firing up Visual Studio 2003 as the Just-In-Time debugger. 
> However, and this has /never/ happened before, Visual Studio did not 
> manage to catch the process state and reported the program as terminated.
> 
> Here's the contents of the Visual Studio output pane:
> 
> 
> <vsinfo>
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\Program Files\cpython\python31\python.exe', No 
> symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\ntdll.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\kernel32.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\python31.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\user32.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\gdi32.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\advapi32.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\rpcrt4.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\shell32.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\msvcrt.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\shlwapi.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 
> 'C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.VC90.CRT_1fc8b3b9a1e18e3b_9.0.30729.1_x-ww_6f74963e\msvcr90.dll', 
> No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\imm32.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 
> 'C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2982_x-ww_ac3f9c03\comctl32.dll', 
> No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\comctl32.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\version.dll', No symbols loaded.
> 'python.exe': Loaded 'C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\apphelp.dll', No symbols loaded.
> The thread 'Win32 Thread' (0xd54) has exited with code -1073740777 
> (0xc0000417).
> The program '[3292] python.exe: Native' has exited with code -1073740777 
> (0xc0000417).
> </vsinfo>
> 
> 
> The error code 0xc0000417 is some custom one, not a standard Windows code.
> 
> The crash address reported by the tell-Bill box was a low one with four 
> zeroes at front, but I didn't note it because that box doesn't support 
> copy to clipboard and I was sure I'd get it in Visual Studio, which I 
> didn't.

I managed to crash it a third time. Same problem with JIT debugging, but this 
time I noted manually some info from the tell-Bill box:


<info>
AppName: python.exe
AppVer: 0.0.0.0
ModName: msvcr90.dll
ModVer: 9.0.30729.1
Offset: 00068389

(Error Report Contents)
Code: 0xc0000417
Address: 0x0000000078588389
</info>


The tell-Bill box also reported more modules loaded than Visual Studio, but I 
think that has to do with the box itself:


<modules>
Module 1   python.exe
Module 2   ntdll.dll
Module 3   kernel32.dll
Module 4   python31.dll
Module 5   USER32.dll
Module 6   GDI32.dll
Module 7   ADVAPI32.dll
Module 7   RPCRT4.dll
Module 9   SHELL32.dll
Module 10  msvcrt.dll
Module 11  SHLWAPI.dll
Module 12  MSVCR90.dll
Module 13  IMM32.dll
Module 14  comctl32.dll  (FileVer 6.0:2900.2982)
Module 15  comctl32.dll  (FileVer 5.82:2900.2982)
Module 16  faultrep.dll
Module 17  VERSION.dll
Module 18  USERENV.dll
Module 19  WINSTA.dll
Module 20  NETAPI32.dll
Module 21  WTSAPI32.dll
Module 22  SETUPAPI.dll
Module 23  Apphelp.dll
</modules>


Finally, the box said that if I sent the report the following file would be 
attached:


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Cheers,

- Alf  (baffled)



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