[PyKDE] Bizarre backtrace?

[Bill Soudan]

Hi all,

I've been working on a client/server process monitor type application
lately, with a plain python backend and a PyQt GUI that communicate via
XMLRPC.  I've run into a stumbling block today though that I can't quite
figure out, I was hoping someone may be able to shed some light on it
and/or suggest a few debugging tips, as I'm somewhat of a Python newbie.

Here's the bizarre backtrace I'm receiving, which happens when the process 
monitor backend invokes a method in the PyQt GUI using XMLRPC:

socket_notifier fired, calling handle_request
----------------------------------------
Exception happened during processing of request from ('xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx', 
61438)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/SocketServer.py", line 221, in handle_request
    self.process_request(request, client_address)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/SocketServer.py", line 240, in process_request
    self.finish_request(request, client_address)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/SocketServer.py", line 253, in finish_request
    self.RequestHandlerClass(request, client_address, self)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/SocketServer.py", line 513, in __init__
    self.setup()
  File "/usr/lib/python2.2/SocketServer.py", line 557, in setup
    self.rfile = self.connection.makefile('rb', self.rbufsize)
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'sipThis'
----------------------------------------

I can't for the life of me figure out why the exception is being thrown,
and the fact it appears related to sip is especially bizarre because this
particular bit of code really has nothing to do with PyQt or sip at all.  
The only possible conneciton is that I'm using a QSocketNotifier to tell
me when a request is waiting on the socket.  I have verified that the 
exception is in fact being thrown from that line, however, by placing 
debugging print statements in the library modules.

Any tips?  The other oddity is that this error occurs randomly, most 
requests succeed..  I'd say it happens about 25% of the time.

Obligatory version info:

sip-3.2.4-1
PyQt-devel-3.2.4-1
PyQt-3.2.4-1
python2-2.2-16
python2-devel-2.2-16

RedHat-7.3, all components installed via rpm.

Thanks,
Bill