BPL crash

From: Andreas Dietrich (quasi_at_[hidden])
Date: 2001-08-16 18:25:33

Hi.

The following code results in a segfault when calling test from python:

#include <Python.h>

namespace { 

   PyObject *test(int l,int h){
      // not reached
      return 0;
   }
}
#include <boost/python/class_builder.hpp>
namespace python = boost::python;
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(crash) {
  try {
    python::module_builder this_module("crash");
    this_module.def(test,"test");
  }
  catch(...) {
    python::handle_exception(); 
  }
}

My setup:

Linux/i386

$ g++-2.96 -v
Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/2.96/specs
gcc version 2.96 20000731 (Mandrake Linux 8.1 2.96-0.58mdk)

I tried python 2.0, 2.1 each with and without exceptions enabled when
compiling bpl and crash.cpp. All with the same result, import crash works
fine, crash.test(1,1) segfaults. 

Can anybody help me? I tried to look at it in a debugger, but I don't even
begin to understand the magic inside of boost::python :-(

Andreas
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