why does this hang

[John Hunter]

>>>>> "Alex" == Alex Martelli <aleaxit at yahoo.com> writes:

    Alex> Yes, but not with Boost Python -- generally such weirdness
    Alex> results from wrong reference count handling in the extension
    Alex> (addref/decref not correctly matched) and Boost Python in my
    Alex> experience handles those for you smoothly and without
    Alex> errors.  Strange...

If the problem rears its ugly head again, any suggestions for how to
go about locating the source of it?

What do you think it means that even the famed Ctrl-C fails to abort
the freeze.... ?

Thanks,
John Hunter