[NCLUG] Python wierdness

[Marcio Luis Teixeira]

Hi everyone:

I'm having a very frustrating problem with Python 2.2 (and I was able to 
reproduce it both on my Intel and PowerPC box).

Here's what happens: Whenever I load a particular package (Numerical Python) 
Python starts misbehaving. The package loads ok, but from that point on, 
Python only lets me type commands very, very slowly. If I type too fast (at 
my normal typing rate), it hangs and the CPU load goes through the roof. Once 
this happens, Python appears frozen and only responds to Control-C. When I 
type Control-C, it says "KeyboardInterrupt" and gives me another prompt. 
What's really odd about the problem is that this annoyance aside, Python 
works fine. If I restrain myself to typing one character a second, I would 
have no problems at all!

Is there anything I can do to find out what the heck is going on? Can I ask 
Python to tell me what it was so busily doing when I hit Control-C? That way 
I could at least file a semi-competent bug report :)

Marcio Luis Teixeira