A Monday 21 December 2009 18:42:19 Francesc Alted escrigué: > A Monday 21 December 2009 18:21:34 Anthony Foglia escrigué: > > Francesc Alted wrote: > > > A Monday 21 December 2009 16:31:29 escriguéreu: > > >>> which is the expected error. In fact, your pytables example works > > >>> well for me. That's weird... > > >> > > >> It was introduced in a version after 2.6.1, but it's definitely > > >> there. Here's the bug report I filed, and not only was it confirmed > > >> for Python 2.7, 3.1, and 3.2 as well, but it's a symptom of a > > >> previously known bug. > > >> > > >> http://bugs.python.org/issue7542 > > >> http://bugs.python.org/issue7455 > > >> > > >> According to the second link, the bug was introduced in May, after > > >> 2.6.1 came out. > > >> > > >> Luckily for us, these were newly generated files, so we can patch > > >> them and change the C++ code to write "0.0" and not "0" or "0.0". But > > >> still a parameter might be useful, not only would it give users a way > > >> to avoid this bug, but it should save the time it takes PyTables to > > >> guess whether an attribute is a pickled object. > > > > > > Okay, let's address this. But instead of using a parameter, I prefer > > > to implement a case for the "0." string. The ticket (and fix) is in: > > > > > > http://pytables.org/trac/ticket/253 > > > > > > Of course, this is bad fix in case something would get pickled into a > > > "0.", but I *strongly* doubt it. > > > > > > Thanks for bringing this to my attention! > > > > But it's not just "0.". It also fails with "0". (Which I didn't > > realize till I read the earlier bug report.) > > Ah... And "0" and "0." are the only know values that causes the segfault?
Ok, I've read the python issues above and this seems the case... -- Francesc Alted ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Verizon Developer Community Take advantage of Verizon's best-in-class app development support A streamlined, 14 day to market process makes app distribution fast and easy Join now and get one step closer to millions of Verizon customers http://p.sf.net/sfu/verizon-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Pytables-users mailing list Pytables-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/pytables-users
