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| From | emile <emile@fenx.com> |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: Odd ValueError using float |
| Date | 2015-03-14 13:01 -0700 |
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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.python |
| Message-ID | <mailman.372.1426363315.21433.python-list@python.org> (permalink) |
On 03/14/2015 11:24 AM, Peter Otten wrote: > emile wrote: > >> On 03/14/2015 09:08 AM, Peter Otten wrote: <snip> >>> Why are you checking >>> >>> int(decval) >> >> >> because it sure smells like int should work: >> >> (Pdb) "3"<decval<"5" >> True > > That's a normal string comparison when decval is a string. This and the > ValueError is expected Python behaviour: yes -- but i'd previously shown decval to have a length of 1, and how many things then fit that equation? <snip> >>> to get a meaningful traceback and post that. >> >> I don't get a traceback -- it spews: >> >> Fatal Python error: deletion of interned string failed >> >> This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual >> way. >> Please contact the application's support team for more information. >> >> then crashes and I get a Microsoft pop-up that says python.exe has >> encountered a problem and needs to close. > > That does look bad. Most likely an extension written in C corrupts the > interpreter or it's even a bug in the interpreter itself. I'm tight on time the rest of the day, but I think I'll next zap all the pyc versions, install a fresh 2.6.x python, and let it recompile. About the only theory I have at the moment to explain the sudden failure after years of non-failure is disk based bit-rot. Emile
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Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-13 15:10 -0700
Re: Odd ValueError using float Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-03-13 19:33 -0700
Re: Odd ValueError using float Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-14 14:09 +1100
Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-14 08:28 -0700
Re: Odd ValueError using float Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-03-15 02:52 +1100
Re: Odd ValueError using float Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-03-14 17:08 +0100
Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-14 10:08 -0700
Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-14 10:17 -0700
Re: Odd ValueError using float Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-03-14 19:24 +0100
Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-14 13:01 -0700
Re: Odd ValueError using float Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-03-15 15:01 +0100
Re: Odd ValueError using float emile <emile@fenx.com> - 2015-03-17 13:48 -0700
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