[pygtk] Strange crash issue on Windows w/ PyGTK, Cairo...

[CJ Kucera]

dave wrote:
> There's basically three ways we've been able to crash pygtk:
> 1. TreeModels/TreeViews. These are touchy. Don't do things to them they
> are not expecting or they die, and take Python.exe down too.

Hello, thanks for the response.  It doesn't look like any of those
really apply here...  I do use a TreeView on my preferences screen, but 
removing it just makes the app crash on the first runthrough, isntead of
waiting for the second.

> 2. Dialog boxes (this is more of a freeze than a crash). We currently
> wait a few seconds after displaying one to touch it, as they run their
> own mainloop or something which tends to freeze up if you don't.

I do have a couple of Dialog boxes in the app, though none are actually
being used while I experience this issue (and as you mention, the
problems you've seen isn't really a crash so much as a freeze, which
isn't happening here).

> 3. Psyco, the x86 optimizer. It works great, but randomly will crash
> your application under load, which is non-optimal.

And then, this one just doesn't apply to me.

> Not sure if that helps!

Certainly does - it's nice to see that someone else has at least seen
that kind of crash before.  I'm still incredibly mystified by it.  I
just don't see how adding a "pass" statement to a random function can
mean the difference between a crash and a working app.  Ditto for
removing unused functions, etc...

-CJ

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