dogtail-devel [Bug 528617] New: __accessible.getChildAtIndex does not return

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           Summary: __accessible.getChildAtIndex does not return
           Product: dogtail
           Version: CVS HEAD
          Platform: Other
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: blocker
          Priority: Normal
         Component: Recorder
        AssignedTo: dogtail-maint gnome bugs
        ReportedBy: maximilian mehnert googlemail com
         QAContact: dogtail-maint gnome bugs
     GNOME version: Unspecified
   GNOME milestone: Unspecified


Please describe the problem:
debugging dogtail, I ended up in tree.py.
This snippet is around line 465 of tree.py.

        elif attr == "children":
            if self.__hideChildren: return
            children = []
            for i in xrange (self.__accessible.getChildCount ()):
                if isinstance(self, Root):
                    try: a = self.__accessible.getChildAtIndex (i)
                    except atspi.SpiException:
                        import traceback
                        logger.log(traceback.format_exc())
                else: a = self.__accessible.getChildAtIndex (i)

At some point, I can see
try: a = self.__accessible.getChildAtIndex (i)
getting called but then it never returns.

Is this somehow known or can anyone suggest howto debug this further?


Steps to reproduce:
1. setup: debian system
at-spi 1.22.1-1
python-at-spi 0.6.1-1.1
python-dogtail 0.6.1-3 or subversion head
2. run sniff or recorder
3. they get stuck in the line mentioned above


Actual results:


Expected results:


Does this happen every time?
yes

Other information:


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