Malloc error

[mankoff]

On May 16, 9:16 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <gagsl-... at yahoo.com.ar>
wrote:
> En Fri, 16 May 2008 16:08:41 -0300, mankoff <mank... at gmail.com> escribió:
>
> > I'm brand spanking new to Python. Never coded in it, but I'm
> > comfortable coding in general in other languages.
>
> Welcome...!
>
> > I'm Trying to get
> > some legacy code to run on a newer machine. I don't have access to the
> > legacy box for debugging.
>
> > I'm getting the following error:
>
> > Python(36979) malloc: *** error for object 0x88374: Non-aligned
> > pointer being freed
> > *** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
>
> Ouch. I'd like to think that the error doesn't come from Python itself but  
>  from some compiled C extension. Are you using any?
> I'd try with the same Python version the legacy box had, if it was older  
> than 2.5.2
>
> --
> Gabriel Genellina

You're right. I was using some C extensions. The bug was there. I've
fixed it and everything appears to be working.

Thanks,

   -k.