lisa$ gdb -args ./python -c "id(1000000000000)" GNU gdb (GDB) 7.0-ubuntu ... (gdb) b builtin_id Breakpoint 1 at 0x46dbe5: file Python/bltinmodule.c, line 912. ... (gdb) where #0 builtin_id (self=, v=1000000000000) at Python/bltinmodule.c:912 #1 0x000000000048118f in call_function (pp_stack=0x7fffffffcb50, oparg=1) at Python/ceval.c:3833 #2 0x000000000047c06a in PyEval_EvalFrameEx (f=Frame 0xc30cb0, for file , line 1, in (), throwflag=0) at Python/ceval.c:2645 #3 0x000000000047f5bb in PyEval_EvalCodeEx (co=0xa04ea0, globals= {'__builtins__': , '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None}, locals= {'__builtins__': , '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None}, args=0x0, argcount=0, kws=0x0, kwcount=0, defs= 0x0, defcount=0, kwdefs=0x0, closure=0x0) at Python/ceval.c:3282 #4 0x0000000000472db7 in PyEval_EvalCode (co=0xa04ea0, globals= {'__builtins__': , '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None}, locals= {'__builtins__': , '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None}) at Python/ceval.c:721 #5 0x00000000004b4540 in run_mod (mod=0xac3400, filename=0x5ac242 "", globals= {'__builtins__': , '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None}, locals= {'__builtins__': , '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None}, flags=0x7fffffffd1d0, arena=0xab6b40) at Python/pythonrun.c:1694 #6 0x00000000004b427d in PyRun_StringFlags (str= 0xa0d550 "id(1", '0' , '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None}, locals={'__builtins__': , '__name__': '__main__', '__doc__': None, '__package__': None}, flags=0x7fffffffd1d0) at Python/pythonrun.c:1628 #7 0x00000000004b2b7f in PyRun_SimpleStringFlags (command= 0xa0d550 "id(1", '0'