In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Paul Rubin wrote: > However, the malloc problem has probably already screwed things up > long before the application actually freezes. Your best bet is > to recompile Python with malloc debugging enabled and/or run Python > itself under a debugger.
A simple thing to try would be to invoke Python with MALLOC_CHECK_ set to 3. This enables extra checking in the glibc malloc routine, which might help shed some light on the problem. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list