Robert Kern wrote: > On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 18:31, Nat Wilson <njwilso...@gmail.com> wrote: >> It throws this out. >> >> Python 2.6.1 (r261:67515, Jan 24 2009, 16:08:37) >> [GCC 4.0.0 20041026 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 4061)] on darwin >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >> >>> import os >> >>> os.urandom(16) >> '\xe0;n\x8a*\xb4\x08N\x80<\xef\x9b*\x06\x1b\xc4' >> >>> > > Well, looking at the C code for random_seed(), I don't see a way for > it to return NULL without having an exception set (assuming that the > Python API calls aren't buggy). Except maybe the assert() call in > there. When you built your Python, are you sure that -DNDEBUG was > being used? >
Well, the gcc used to compiler Python is rather ancient and that gcc release by Apple has the reputation to be "buggier than a Florida swamp in July" and at least for building Sage it is blacklisted. So I would suggest updating gcc by using some more recent XCode and trying again. Cheers, Michael _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
