Re: [Matplotlib-users] Pylab causes crash if not given some idle time using raw_input()?

[Wellenreuther, G. <ger...@de...>]

Dear all,

just noticed that the problem also happens with the raw_input - I guess 
I just closed the figure-windows during the raw_input-call. Closing the 
figures (either manually or with pylab.close()) prevents the crash, but 
I wonder why? Memory should not be an issue, python crashes when only 
using 100MB.

Cheers, Gerd

Wellenreuther, Gerd wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I just again faced a problem appearing whenever I quickly generate 
> multiple plots (using Windows XP, Python 2.5, matplotlib 0.98.1):
> 
>> pylab.ion()
>> for n in range(n_elements):
>> ##    print
>> ##    print element_symbols[n]+'-'+element_linegroup[n]
>> ##    print normalized_mass_fractions[:,:,n]
>>     pylab.figure()
>> ##    pylab.imshow(normalized_mass_fractions[:,:,n])
>>     pylab.pcolor(normalized_mass_fractions[:,:,n])
>>     pylab.title(element_symbols[n]+'-'+element_linegroup[n])
>>     pylab.draw()
>> ##    raw_input()
>>
> 
> My script crashes if and only if I do not have a raw_input at the end, 
> windows points towards:
> 
> AppName: pythonw.exe	 AppVer: 0.0.0.0	 ModName: tk84.dll
> ModVer: 8.4.2.12	 Offset: 0000bddf
> 
> Most probably I am just abusing python/pylab, or maybe this is a known 
> issue?
> 
> Cheers, Gerd