protocol.py, brine.py, and compat.py causing trouble

[Dave Angel]

Josh English <Joshua.R.English at gmail.com> Wrote in message:
> I do not know what these three filesare doing, but suddenly they have caught in a loop every time I try to run some code.
> 
> I grabbed the trace decorator from the python library and this is the last bit of the output:
> 
> 
> trollvictims.py(129):         if self.current_attack:
> trollvictims.py(130):             print "returning", self.current_attack, type(self.current_attack)
> <string>(532):  protocol.py(439):  protocol.py(228):  protocol.py(229):  protocol.py(244):  brine.py(366):  brine.py(368):  brine.py(369):  brine.py(369):  brine.py(366):  brine.py(367):  

.............

> This is where I managed to send a keybord interrupt. I was working just fine, tweaking a line, running the code, tweaking a line, running the code, until this point.
> 
> I'm on Windows 7 using Python 2.7.5. I should upgrade, and will do so, but what are these files and why are they suddenly crashing on me?
> 


Since they're not part of the stdlib, and you don't remember
 writing them, you might get a hint by printing
    import brine
    print (brine.__brine__)


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DaveA