Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get

[Robin Becker]

In article <91rcjo$2dtl$1 at news2.ottawa.cyberus.ca>, Gordon Williams
<g_will at cyberus.ca> writes
>Using
>W95
>Python 2.0
>Pythonwin build 135
>
>I am now in the process of converting some python 1.5.2 code to python 2.0.
>I now get the message below.
>
>
>Fatal Python error: PyThreadState_Get: no current thread
>
>abnormal program termination
>
>I'm sending and receiving information in one thread via a serial port.  In
>the 1.5.2 code I was using the Marshal serial module.  As that only works
>with 1.5.2, I have now converted that to use windows native stuff using Mark
>Hamond's work.
>
>There was a thread earlier this month about this same problem.  I think that
>they were also using W95.  It was unclear whether it was resolved or how it
>was resolved.
>
>Before I start tracking the problem down, is this a known problem?  What
>causes it? Any pointers on where I should look first?
>
>Regards,
>
>Gordon Williams
I had a problem with popen3 and Win95 vs 134 (as I recall), I think that
got solved by 135 so this must be another. Certainly the problem I saw
wasn't observed except on Win95/8 (Win NT and 2000 escaped).
-- 
Robin Becker