Malloc error

[mankoff]

Hi Group,

I'm brand spanking new to Python. Never coded in it, but I'm
comfortable coding in general in other languages. 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

My python version is:

$ python
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 22 2008, 07:57:53)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>

And this is on an Intel MacBook running 10.5.2

The error is getting printed hundreds of times until I CTRL+C at which
point I see:

Python(36979) malloc: *** error for object 0xa58074: Non-aligned
pointer being freed
*** set a breakpoint in malloc_error_break to debug
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "v2_to_bdb.py", line 104, in <module>
    main()
  File "v2_to_bdb.py", line 101, in main
    fill_dbm(f, dbm, info, ids, sources)
  File "v2_to_bdb.py", line 34, in fill_dbm
    mystring = stationstring.serialize(dict, data)
KeyboardInterrupt

And advice on how to work around this error will be much appreciated.

Thanks,

   -k.