why does this hang

[Jeff Shannon]

John Hunter wrote:

> Now.  Each time the code froze, I copied the .py file to a suitably
> named version like file1.hang.py, or if it ran I called it
> file1.nohang.py.  That way I could compare exactly what was different
> and could keep a record cause I was trying lots of things.  I came
> back this morning and none of the code that was giving me troubles is
> freezing!??  No reboot, no change in file contents.  So it looks like
> the bug is random (except it sure was repeatable last night).

This is just a guess, of course, but maybe it's specific values for times
that are causing the problems?  Perhaps an am/pm thing?  If the only thing
that's changed is the time of day that you're running it......

Jeff Shannon
Technician/Programmer
Credit International