Roger that, and thanks. I've just started learning Python this summer. 
Before I retired I spent 20 years supporting & maintaining a rather 
specialized programming language that was a component of something 
called EIS (Boeing - Estimating Information System).
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Scrounging the web, I've found many seeming unrelated, but identical 
"line #425 of Help.py in boa package" nastygrams. So boa was suspect 
from the beginning.
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I think I'll poke into it, so I too, can make Python appear to crash:-) 
Maybe I'll fix boa by accident? Thanks for the knowledge.
--- so much to learn, so little time - TTFN
Brett Cannon wrote:
> Brett Cannon <brett@python.org> added the comment:
> 
> It's a Boa Constructor bug. And technically Python didn't crash, it threw 
> an exception and that triggered Boa Constructor exit with a non-zero 
> status.
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> nosy: +brett.cannon
> resolution:  -> invalid
> status: open -> closed
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