I can reproduce this behaviour on several Ubuntu boxes with '--with-
system-ffi'.
Actually the ctypes unittests throw errors with this configuration, and
eventually die with a segfault.
It would probably be a good idea to insert some runtime checks in ctypes
itself, the sizes of the various c_...
Matthias, sorry that it took so long for me to understand the problem.
Your last comment made it clear that there is indeed a ctypes bug. Here
is a simple fix that should correct the problem (tested on x86 ubuntu
feisty, with --with-system-ffi). Should the report be opened again?
Index: Modules/
I can reproduce this behaviour on several Ubuntu boxes with '--with-
system-ffi'.
Actually the ctypes unittests throw errors with this configuration, and
eventually die with a segfault.
It would probably be a good idea to insert some runtime checks in ctypes
itself, the sizes of the various c_...
Matthias, sorry that it took so long for me to understand the problem.
Your last comment made it clear that there is indeed a ctypes bug. Here
is a simple fix that should correct the problem (tested on x86 ubuntu
feisty, with --with-system-ffi). Should the report be opened again?
Index: Modules/
Matthias, sorry that it took so long for me to understand the problem.
Your last comment made it clear that there is indeed a ctypes bug. Here
is a simple fix that should correct the problem (tested on x86 ubuntu
feisty, with --with-system-ffi). Should the report be opened again?
Index: Modules/
I can reproduce this behaviour on several Ubuntu boxes with '--with-
system-ffi'.
Actually the ctypes unittests throw errors with this configuration, and
eventually die with a segfault.
It would probably be a good idea to insert some runtime checks in ctypes
itself, the sizes of the various c_...
Matthias, sorry that it took so long for me to understand the problem.
Your last comment made it clear that there is indeed a ctypes bug. Here
is a simple fix that should correct the problem (tested on x86 ubuntu
feisty, with --with-system-ffi). Should the report be opened again?
Index: Modules/
I can reproduce this behaviour on several Ubuntu boxes with '--with-
system-ffi'.
Actually the ctypes unittests throw errors with this configuration, and
eventually die with a segfault.
It would probably be a good idea to insert some runtime checks in ctypes
itself, the sizes of the various c_...
Matthias, sorry that it took so long for me to understand the problem.
Your last comment made it clear that there is indeed a ctypes bug. Here
is a simple fix that should correct the problem (tested on x86 ubuntu
feisty, with --with-system-ffi). Should the report be opened again?
Index: Modules/
I can reproduce this behaviour on several Ubuntu boxes with '--with-
system-ffi'.
Actually the ctypes unittests throw errors with this configuration, and
eventually die with a segfault.
It would probably be a good idea to insert some runtime checks in ctypes
itself, the sizes of the various c_...
I can reproduce this behaviour on several Ubuntu boxes with '--with-
system-ffi'.
Actually the ctypes unittests throw errors with this configuration, and
eventually die with a segfault.
It would probably be a good idea to insert some runtime checks in ctypes
itself, the sizes of the various c_...
Matthias, sorry that it took so long for me to understand the problem.
Your last comment made it clear that there is indeed a ctypes bug. Here
is a simple fix that should correct the problem (tested on x86 ubuntu
feisty, with --with-system-ffi). Should the report be opened again?
Index: Modules/
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