How do you make Python reliable???

[Richard]

"Aubrey Hutchison" <abhjrpe at comcast.net> wrote in message news:<DZGdnfzNJ7uTBD2iRVn-vQ at comcast.com>...
> Using Python 2,3,2 with idle for developing programs
> about 200 lines long. - Problem is not common to any specific program.
> Program are rather simple with no trick programming. Usually no classes but
> a few functions using math module with long integers.
> 
> Usually for the first few tryout everything works fine and
> then idle locks "out" windows xp pro..  I can run other programs, but
> clicking on idle icon gets me an hour glass for a few moments and then goes
> away.
> 
> Acts like I filled up memory but with 1 gig that should not
> be a problem.
> 
> Word, Acad, quickbasic, and anyother program will work when python starts
> doing this lock out. But python will not work.  Killing the computer is the
> usual way out of the problem.
> 
> Shuting down just get me a dialog window telling me to click to shut down
> windowmenu.  Which only gets me the
> same dialog a few moment later.
> 
> Full power off is usually the only way, and at time upon reboot -the same
> will continue.
> 
> When this happens I can load a game, Acad or word which work as they should.
> 
> When this starts I get an indication the idle is not responding and I kill
> it with the status panel.Some times this happens only once but usually it
> ends up as a lock out.
> 
> Computer is clean- no virus.
> 
> Thanks for any help
> 
> Aubrey

Install win23all (linked from python.org's python download page). It
has PythonWin which is much better and appears to run your code in a
seperate python instance.

Richard