Smart Playlists totally broken under iTunes 10.7

Hi all --
OS X 10.6.8 and iTunes 10.7.
My smart playlists have abruptly stopped updating altogether (they have all of the contents they used to).
The only thing I've found that has any effect is if I go into Edit Smart Playlist and check limit to 25 songs, the playlist becomes completely blank. If I then uncheck the same setting, it remains blank.
Just tried reinstalling iTunes 10.7, no luck.
Anyone else seen this? It's very frustrating!

J Vinocur,
I am running 10.7 (on Windows) and Smart Playlists are working correctly.
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