python script crashed and you want to debug it? if no trace back provided with the line number where the exception raised, then the crash caused by an extension module (most likely written in C), i don't know howto debug it, but at least you can find the place where the crash occures by adding lots of print statements with debug information.
i don't think compiling to c would make it easier. there are python debuggers but i've never used one (these can only debug python scripts not the binary extension modules). pdb builtin module: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-pdb.html nice debugger with gui: http://www.digitalpeers.com/pythondebugger/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
