Exception in Python 2.3.3 Interpreter

[Terry Reedy]

"Saravanan" <saravanand at vsnl.net> wrote in message 
news:1115627455.511797.7590 at o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> Im running Python Application as a Windows Service (using windows
> extensions).  But, sporadically the application crashes (crash in
> Python23.dll) and this stops the service.  This problem cann't be
> reproduced easily in my system and the call stack generated by the
> application is given below. Please note that the call stack generation
> is taken from crash dump file.
>
> The crash occured at the following line:
> c = strcmp(vname, wname) (object.c)

I am puzzled by this line.  I can't see how it could execute.
Is this C or Python code? from the distribution or your code?
How is the result of strcmp (-1, 0, 1 ?) supposed to be callable?
Is this guarded by a rarely triggered condition?

Terry J. Reedy