On 03/14/2015 11:24 AM, Peter Otten wrote:
emile wrote:
On 03/14/2015 09:08 AM, Peter Otten wrote:
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Why are you checking
int(decval)
because it sure smells like int should work:
(Pdb) "3"<decval<"5"
True
That's a normal string comparison when decval is a string. This and the
ValueError is expected Python behaviour:
yes -- but i'd previously shown decval to have a length of 1, and how
many things then fit that equation?
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to get a meaningful traceback and post that.
I don't get a traceback -- it spews:
Fatal Python error: deletion of interned string failed
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual
way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.
then crashes and I get a Microsoft pop-up that says python.exe has
encountered a problem and needs to close.
That does look bad. Most likely an extension written in C corrupts the
interpreter or it's even a bug in the interpreter itself.
I'm tight on time the rest of the day, but I think I'll next zap all the
pyc versions, install a fresh 2.6.x python, and let it recompile. About
the only theory I have at the moment to explain the sudden failure after
years of non-failure is disk based bit-rot.
Emile
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