Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3716: Application crash when using Boost.Python in a plug-in DLL for that application

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3716: Application crash when using Boost.Python in a plug-in DLL for that application
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-20 17:57:03

#3716: Application crash when using Boost.Python in a plug-in DLL for that
application
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 Reporter:  Emmanuel Giasson <zirconia_@…>            |       Owner:  dave       
     Type:  Bugs                                      |      Status:  new        
Milestone:  Boost 1.42.0                              |   Component:  Python     
  Version:  Boost 1.41.0                              |    Severity:  Showstopper
 Keywords:                                            |  
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Changes (by Amaury Forgeot d'Arc <amauryfa@…>):

 * cc: amauryfa@… (added)

Comment:

 Unloading a Python extension module is not supported.  Even if you manage
 to copy the type, all its members (even tp_name!) are invalid, and will
 lead to a crash.

 Static types are static; this is a limitation of CPython, not a defect of
 Boost.Python.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3716#comment:3>
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