python mysteriously halts

[Todd]

Hello everyone,

I ran a python script last night which connects to a matlab automation
server via DCOM (using win32com). I expected to see the results when
I came in this morning. But apparently, not long after I left, python
stopped. I hit enter in the console, and it started again. I scoured
the handful of lines of code to see if there was any kind of input
statement put there by accident but couldn't find one. Furthermore,
I've run this code many times without it pausing. It's still possible
I've done something boneheaded, but I'm wondering if there is another
reason (e.g. a pause in the win32com module, some kind of timeout
feature if the system is idle, etc.). thank you

[Peter Otten]

Re: python mysteriously halts

Todd wrote:

I ran a python script last night which connects to a matlab automation
server via DCOM (using win32com). I expected to see the results when
I came in this morning. But apparently, not long after I left, python
stopped. I hit enter in the console, and it started again. I scoured
the handful of lines of code to see if there was any kind of input
statement put there by accident but couldn't find one. Furthermore,
I've run this code many times without it pausing. It's still possible
I've done something boneheaded, but I'm wondering if there is another
reason (e.g. a pause in the win32com module, some kind of timeout
feature if the system is idle, etc.). thank you

You could start your debugging process by hitting Control-C instead of
<enterand study the traceback.

Peter

[Tim Golden]

Re: python mysteriously halts

Todd wrote:

I ran a python script last night which connects to a matlab automation
server via DCOM (using win32com). I expected to see the results when
I came in this morning. But apparently, not long after I left, python
stopped. I hit enter in the console, and it started again.

Symptomatically , at least, this can be caused by someone starting to
select (with the mouse) an area of the screen: the process will pause
until <Enteris pressed, which copies the area to the clipboard. This
only happens with a console window, but it sounds like that's what
you had running.

TJG

[goldfita@gmail.com]

Re: python mysteriously halts

On Jul 7, 10:17 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden .me.ukwrote:

Todd wrote:

I ran a python script last night which connects to a matlab automation
server via DCOM (using win32com).  I expected to see the results when
I came in this morning.  But apparently, not long after I left, python
stopped.  I hit enter in the console, and it started again.

>
Symptomatically , at least, this can be caused by someone starting to
select (with the mouse) an area of the screen: the process will pause
until <Enteris pressed, which copies the area to the clipboard. This
only happens with a console window, but it sounds like that's what
you had running.
>
TJG

That might be it, although I don't recall doing that. Fortunately/
unfortunately, it happened a few times, but it seems to have stopped
now.

[Todd]

Re: python mysteriously halts

On Jul 7, 10:17 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden .me.ukwrote:

Todd wrote:

I ran a python script last night which connects to a matlab automation
server via DCOM (using win32com).  I expected to see the results when
I came in this morning.  But apparently, not long after I left, python
stopped.  I hit enter in the console, and it started again.

>
Symptomatically , at least, this can be caused by someone starting to
select (with the mouse) an area of the screen: the process will pause
until <Enteris pressed, which copies the area to the clipboard. This
only happens with a console window, but it sounds like that's what
you had running.
>
TJG

That might be it, although I don't recall doing that. Fortunately/
unfortunately, it happened a few times, but it seems to have stopped
now.

[Gabriel Genellina]

Re: python mysteriously halts

En Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:26:28 -0300, Todd <goldfita@signa lsguru.net>
escribió:

On Jul 7, 10:17 am, Tim Golden <m...@timgolden .me.ukwrote:

>Todd wrote:

I ran a python script last night which connects to a matlab automation
server via DCOM (using win32com).  I expected to see the results when
I came in this morning.  But apparently, not long after I left, python
stopped.  I hit enter in the console, and it started again.

>>
>Symptomaticall y, at least, this can be caused by someone starting to
>select (with the mouse) an area of the screen: the process will pause
>until <Enteris pressed, which copies the area to the clipboard. This
>only happens with a console window, but it sounds like that's what
>you had running.

>
That might be it, although I don't recall doing that. Fortunately/
unfortunately, it happened a few times, but it seems to have stopped
now.

You could disable that behaviour by unchecking "Quick edit mode" (or
something like that) in the Default preferences for the console window.
(It's unchecked by default on WinXP and Win2003, I think).

--
Gabriel Genellina