[Tutor] puzzling traceback -- what to do with it?

[Brian van den Broek]

Hi all,

I just ran a program of mine and got the traceback:

>>>
Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\PYTHON24\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 233, in asyncqueue
     self.putmessage((seq, request))
   File "C:\PYTHON24\lib\idlelib\rpc.py", line 333, in putmessage
     raise IOError
IOError


This stumps me, as I've almost no idea what rpc.py, putmessage, and
asyncqueue are. (A quick glance at the code made me realize my
code-reading skills and knowledge of IDLE aren't up to tracking this 
down on my own.)

Furthermore, the code that produced this runs just fine via other 
methods (running from within SciTe, the python command line, etc.) 
And, sometimes, but not always, closing the offending code, running 
something else, and then trying again with the code that caused the 
traceback makes it work.

I'm thinking IDLE bug, but also that it would be a good idea to 
solicit opinions/expertise here before running off screaming BUG to 
the IDLE folks :-)

Any suggestions for what the problem might be, or how to narrow it 
down before reporting?

Thanks and best,

Brian vdB