unicode('some\xasda string') crashes IPython

[mARK]

i got this crash (report attached) experimenting with unicode():

In [6]: unicode('some\xasda string')
------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError: invalid \x escape

python 2.5.2, ipython 0.8.2, ubuntu 8 on a quad-core 64-bit intel processor.

[mARK (ipython-mbloore)]

the on-screen output ended with

If you can email this file to the developers, the information in it will help
them in understanding and correcting the problem.

You can mail it to: Ville Vainio at <email address hidden>
with the subject 'IPython Crash Report'.

If you want to do it now, the following command will work (under Unix):
mail -s 'IPython Crash Report' <email address hidden> < /home/mark/.ipython/IPython_crash_report.txt

To ensure accurate tracking of this issue, please file a report about it at:
http://projects.scipy.org/ipython/ipython/report

the URL leads to a closed wiki. i don't know if the email address is still valid. it didn't bounce, anyway.

[Fernando Perez (fdo.perez)]

Hi,

as best I can tell, with current IPython from bzr the problem doesn't occur:

In [1]: unicode('some\xasda string')
------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError: invalid \x escape

In [2]:

The error message is (correctly) reported, but no crash happens.

If you can reproduce it with current IPython please reopen the bug, else it seems to have been fixed since 0.8.2.

For now I'm closing it as 'Invalid' since it can't be reproduced with the current codebase, please reopen otherwise.

[Fernando Perez (fdo.perez)]

As mentioned in previous comment, reopen with full details if you can reproduce it with the current codebase.

[mARK (ipython-mbloore)]

i got the same thing with IPython 0.8.4, which i take to be current. crash report attached.
the on-screen output still ends with old reporting links, too.

[mARK (ipython-mbloore)]

i just grabbed and built the code from bzr, and got the same behaviour. the crash report file is only slightly different.

[Brian Granger (ellisonbg)]

I have confirmed this bug in IPython trunk on OS X.

[Brian Granger (ellisonbg)]

Never mind, I don't reproduce the error. I get

In [1]: unicode('some\xasda string')
------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError: invalid \x escape

But no crash

[mARK (ipython-mbloore)]

i still get a crash using ipython 0.9.1. as before, i'm using python 2.5.2 under ubuntu 8.04 on a 64-bit quad-core intel processor.
i have attached the crash report.

[Brian Granger (ellisonbg)]

Are you using the 32 or 64 bit ubuntu?

Brian

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:42 PM, mARK <email address hidden> wrote:
> i still get a crash using ipython 0.9.1.  as before, i'm using python 2.5.2 under ubuntu 8.04 on a 64-bit quad-core intel processor.
> i have attached the crash report.
>
> ** Attachment added: "IPython_crash_report.txt"
>   http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25474306/IPython_crash_report.txt
>
> --
> unicode('some\xasda string') crashes IPython
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241661
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of IPython
> Developers, which is subscribed to IPython.
>
> Status in IPython - Enhanced Interactive Python: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> i got this crash (report attached) experimenting with unicode():
>
> In [6]:  unicode('some\xasda string')
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ValueError: invalid \x escape
>
>
> python 2.5.2, ipython 0.8.2, ubuntu 8 on a quad-core 64-bit intel processor.
>

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Assistant Professor of Physics
Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
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[mARK (ipython-mbloore)]

i am using 64-bit ubuntu.

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mARK bLOORE <email address hidden>

----- Original Message ----
From: "Brian Granger - <email address hidden>" <+ipython+mbloore+e4a9853c06.ellisonbg#<email address hidden>>
To: <email address hidden>
Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 8:58:33 PM
Subject: Re: [Bug 241661] Re: unicode('some\xasda string') crashes IPython

Are you using the 32 or 64 bit ubuntu?

Brian

On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 4:42 PM, mARK <email address hidden> wrote:
> i still get a crash using ipython 0.9.1. as before, i'm using python 2.5.2 under ubuntu 8.04 on a 64-bit quad-core intel processor.
> i have attached the crash report.
>
> ** Attachment added: "IPython_crash_report.txt"
> http://launchpadlibrarian.net/25474306/IPython_crash_report.txt
>
> --
> unicode('some\xasda string') crashes IPython
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241661
> You received this bug notification because you are a member of IPython
> Developers, which is subscribed to IPython.
>
> Status in IPython - Enhanced Interactive Python: Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> i got this crash (report attached) experimenting with unicode():
>
> In [6]: unicode('some\xasda string')
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> ValueError: invalid \x escape
>
>
> python 2.5.2, ipython 0.8.2, ubuntu 8 on a quad-core 64-bit intel processor.
>

--
Brian E. Granger, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
<email address hidden>
<email address hidden>

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unicode('some\xasda string') crashes IPython
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/241661
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Status in IPython - Enhanced Interactive Python: Incomplete

Bug description:
i got this crash (report attached) experimenting with unicode():

In [6]: unicode('some\xasda string')
------------------------------------------------------------
ValueError: invalid \x escape

python 2.5.2, ipython 0.8.2, ubuntu 8 on a quad-core 64-bit intel processor.

[mARK (ipython-mbloore)]

i have just upgraded to IPython 0.10, and still get the crash.