Would this be called a bug in inspect ?

[Stef Mientki]

Terry Reedy wrote:
> Stef Mientki wrote:
>
>>   print getmembers ( wx )
>> crashes
>>
>> but not always:
>>  >>> print getmembers (wx)
>> [('ACCEL_ALT', 1), ('ACCEL_CMD', 2), ('ACCEL_CTRL', 2), 
>> ('ACCEL_NORMAL', 0), ('ACCEL_SHIFT', 4), ('ADJUST_MINSIZE', 0), (
>
> I suspect that wx has an erratic bug, which their tests do not catch.
> So I would send this off to them.
I did, and the bug is already fixed,
but I need some more time to update, while most of my programs crash 
with the newer version.

But the real point is, should a module like inspect not be insensitive 
to these kind of errors ?

cheers,
Stef

>
>>  >>> print getmembers (wx)
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>  File "<interactive input>", line 1, in <module>
>>  File "P:\Python\lib\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\wx\_gdi.py", 
>> line 242, in __repr__
>>    def __repr__(self):                 return 'wx.Colour' + 
>> str(self.Get(True))
>>  File "P:\Python\lib\site-packages\wx-2.8-msw-unicode\wx\_gdi.py", 
>> line 230, in Get
>>    return _gdi_.Colour_Get(*args, **kwargs)
>> TypeError: in method 'Colour_Get', expected argument 1 of type 
>> 'wxColour *'
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