There's a bug in the tokenizer that's triggered by the long lines generated by makepy. See http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1085454&group_id=78018&atid=551954 and www.python.org/sf/1089395
Roger "Tim N. van der Leeuw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Hi, > > When trying to use win32com functionality with Python2.4, the > interpreter often crashes! > > I don't know if it's a known problem already that will be fixed in an > upcoming Python2.4.1 version. > > Basically, the problem is: > makepy.py generates a (large, nearly 2mb) Python file for use with COM > interfaces of an MS Excel. Generating the file seems to work fine. > However, when trying to import this file, the interpreter crashes > trying to compile it into a .pyc file. > > The same file gives no such problems with Python 2.3.5. > > I first just used makepy.py with Python2.4, but it crashed after > generating a large Python file. > > Then I created the file using python2.3.5, and copied it to my > python2.4 installation, and that crashes python2.4 when importing it. > > > So as I said before: is this a known problem already fixed for the next > release, or should I collect crash-information for this problem? > > > cheers, > > --Tim > ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= East/West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list