[Python-Dev] Release candidate followed by feature freeze?

[Neil Schemenauer]

On Mon, Oct 02, 2000 at 09:36:03PM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> What's the other?

Some people from Origin Systems have reported a crash.  They are
using Python in a large application (probably related to the
Ultima Online game).  I will put the bug report in the database
today.

They are using a custom version of cPickle that may be causing
the problem.  It is an instance object which is causing the
trouble.  My malloc() == NULL patch for classobject.c did not fix
things.  They still haven't reported back regarding the cPickle
fix.

> Hooft's problem makes heavy use of Tkinter and Pmw, it seems.
> Maybe that's a clue?

I don't think _tkinter does anything special (unlike cPickle and
new).

> Does he also use threads?

His interpreter has threads enabled it seems.  Maybe I should get
him to test without threads, assuming he doesn't require them.

> Is he willing to send his entire program over?

From his bug report I understood that he was unwilling to make it
available.  New that I re-read the report I see that he did not
say that.  I will ask him.

> Anyway, I'm not yet ready to disable GC by default -- that's sensible
> but also defeats the purpose...

Okay.  I think I've found a possible problem.  When I set
threshold0 to 1 in the C code, weird things start happening.  I'm
looking into it.

  Neil