Question

Why does Python crash when I run PS5 (Spring 2011)?

When I run the test everything is ok. I've done everything except part 4 (user-specified triggers) and it says that it should work by now.

Answer 1

Anyone?

Answer 2

you didn't post your code. the question you asked probably wasn't what you intended. if it should work it should work so something is wrong and if you want us to de-bug or troubleshoot it for you, you need to post your code and ask more specific questions. i imagine that anyone reading this forum that isn't posting a similar question does not have a problem with their ps5 solutions

Answer 3

@David
Can you provide more information by adding some code
Just copy your code and paste it here like `YOUR_CODE_HERE`
Then we'll be able to help you

Answer 4

pls use a code pasting site like:
http://dpaste.com
http://pastebin.com
http://codepad.org

select Python for syntax hi-lighting

Answer 5

Sorry for the delay but wasn't able to post it sooner.

http://dpaste.com/794541/

Answer 6

what is not happening? I got two news stories as soon as i ran it then it slept and polled and slept and ...........
seems to be working

Answer 7

kinda cool

Answer 8

i can change the triggers in the main_thread function and get different stories

Answer 9

I just completed the last part (Part 4 - http://dpaste.com/795168/ ) and I stil have the same problem. When I run it,it says ''Python has stop working".

Answer 10

I already added '()' in line 336 but it still crashes.

Answer 11

Can it crash if it returns too many news? It appears to crash when I use 'Syria' as a trigger.

Answer 12

it is not crashing when i use it with Syria as a trigger - i am using v 2.7.2
I'm not getting any hits on Syria today
here are my triggers
http://dpaste.com/795200/

Answer 13

try to play with it in the shell/idle
use ctrl-c to stop the main loop and
try to run the process function (see line 14 of this post) - http://dpaste.com/795203/
then you can see if that is working

Answer 14

It is working now thanks.

Answer 15

what was it??

Answer 16

I am not sure. After I fixed the lack of brackets, I saved, closed and opened again and it was good to go.

Answer 17

:)