[PyKDE] potentially bad interactions with re module

[greg landrum]

[System details: RH linux 7.1 kernel 2.4.2-2smp, Python 2.1.1, Qt 3.0.2,
PyQT/Sip-3.1rc2]

So I accidentally chanced upon this this morning:

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Python 2.1.2c1 (#6, Jan 17 2002, 14:22:45) 
[GCC 3.0.3] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import re
>>> import qtcanvas
>>> qtcanvas.QCanvas()
Segmentation fault
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And another crash:

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Python 2.1.2c1 (#6, Jan 17 2002, 14:22:45) 
[GCC 3.0.3] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import qtcanvas
>>> import re
>>> qtcanvas.QCanvas()
Segmentation fault
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Mysteriously, this does not crash:

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Python 2.1.2c1 (#6, Jan 17 2002, 14:22:45) 
[GCC 3.0.3] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import qtcanvas
>>> import _sre
>>> import re
>>> qtcanvas.QCanvas()
<qtcanvas.QCanvas instance at 0x813abf4>
>>> 
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But this does:

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Python 2.1.2c1 (#6, Jan 17 2002, 14:22:45) 
[GCC 3.0.3] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import _sre
>>> import re
>>> import qtcanvas
>>> qtcanvas.QCanvas()
Segmentation fault
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Does this happen to anyone else or is my installation woefully screwed
up?
-greg