fatal error: GC object already tracked

[Vikram]

hi,

i have a program which uses multiple threads and downloads pages using
pycurl and processes these pages among other things. the program works
fine with python 2.2 and pycurl 7.10.8 ;

with python 2.3 i get two kinds of errors maybe related? a) python dumps
core and prints out "Fatal Python error: GC object already tracked" b) the
program just waits at update_refs() function inside the python GC code
path and doesn't append anything to the logs nor perform any activity.


any idea why or suggestions ?

Vikram

ps: the Fatal Python error: GC object already tracked" error seems to be
an open bug filed by someone else in october 2003.

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(gdb) bt
#0 0x8819082c in kill () from /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4
#1 0x881dea8a in abort () from /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4
#2 0x80d4eb5 in Py_FatalError ()
#3 0x80855b4 in PyTuple_New ()
#4 0x80b340a in load_args ()
#5 0x80b2dc8 in call_function ()
#6 0x80b02ac in eval_frame ()
#7 0x80b3054 in fast_function ()
#8 0x80b2eb5 in call_function ()
#9 0x80b02ac in eval_frame ()
#10 0x80b3054 in fast_function ()
#11 0x80b2eb5 in call_function ()
#12 0x80b02ac in eval_frame ()
#13 0x80b3054 in fast_function ()
#14 0x80b2eb5 in call_function ()
#15 0x80b02ac in eval_frame ()
#16 0x80b1821 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#17 0x80b30fd in fast_function ()
#18 0x80b2eb5 in call_function ()
#19 0x80b02ac in eval_frame ()
#20 0x80b1821 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#21 0x80b30fd in fast_function ()
#22 0x80b2eb5 in call_function ()
#23 0x80b02ac in eval_frame ()
#24 0x80b1821 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#25 0x80f6fc6 in function_call ()
#26 0x805ad0f in PyObject_Call ()
#27 0x80b3750 in ext_do_call ()
#28 0x80b03d1 in eval_frame ()
#29 0x80b3054 in fast_function ()
#30 0x80b2eb5 in call_function ()
#31 0x80b02ac in eval_frame ()
#32 0x80b1821 in PyEval_EvalCodeEx ()
#33 0x80f6fc6 in function_call ()
#34 0x805ad0f in PyObject_Call ()
#35 0x8061b7d in instancemethod_call ()
#36 0x805ad0f in PyObject_Call ()
#37 0x80b2a80 in PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords ()
#38 0x80db217 in t_bootstrap ()
#39 0x8816b0a8 in _thread_start () from /usr/lib/libc_r.so.4
#40 0x0 in ?? ()