[Python-Dev] python 2.5.3 segmentation fault with gcc 4.1.2

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    Stijn> any hints what might cause this (or how i can figure it out). i
    Stijn> have a coredump, but have no clue what to look for.

I can reproduce it on my Mac.  The croak happens while it is attempting to
raise the exception about a bad file descriptor.  Unfortunately, in
PyErr_Restore the call to PyThreadState_GET() returns NULL which means that
_PyThreadState_Current is NULL.  I see no differences between pystate.[ch]
in the 2.5 and 2.6 branches.  There must be something different about the
way PyThreadState_Swap or PyThreadState_DeleteCurrent are used.  Those are
the only two routines which appear to set it.  

Did this not happen with 2.5.2?

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