.pyc crashes, .py doesn't

[Michael Hudson]

cbrand at operamail.com writes:

> The application runs just fine if I change the source file
> (whizdb.py) or delete the bytecode file (whizdb.pyc), but crashes
> with an invalid page fault in MSVCRT.DLL (MS VC++ runtime, I think)
> if whizdb.pyc is accessed for the import.

Wierd!  Can you get a backtrace?  Can you at least tell if it crashes
on import or later, when the app is running?

> I expect there is a problem in my code that is causing this, but, as
> a work-around, is there a way to force Python to import from the
> source file (.py) instead of the bytecode file?  Is there a way to
> prevent Python from writing the pyc file when importing in the first
> place?

Write protecting the directory the .py files are in?  Stopping the
crashes sounds the best bet to me, though.

Cheers,
M.

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