$ python
Python 2.3.1 (#1, Sep 23 2003, 10:07:41)
[GCC 3.2.2 20030222 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.2-5)] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more information.
>>> def func(*a): print a
...
>>> func((1, 2, 3)
... )Segmentation fault


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Not sure what other information you need, but I tested
it on several machines with the same version and it
seems to be hardware/other library independant.