Re: python problems

[Jody Goldberg <jody gnome org>]

On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 04:35:03PM +1100, Charles R. Twardy wrote:
> I've been trying to pin down the problems with Python2.3 and gnumeric.
> I wrote a very simple uitest plugin (attached, 'tar xvzf' in your
> .gnumeric/<version>/plugins directory. When I run it normally, it works,
> but complains of invalid pointers:
>
> hawthorn:~/.gnumeric/1.2.0-bonobo>gnumeric
> free(): invalid pointer 0x41363e00!
> free(): invalid pointer 0x41363df0!
> Added new sheet  Sheet4
> free(): invalid pointer 0x41363e20!
> Set text:  Sheet4
> free(): invalid pointer 0x41363e10!
> free(): invalid pointer 0x41363dc0!
> Closed dialog box from sheet  Sheet1
> free(): invalid pointer 0x41363dd0!
> free(): invalid pointer 0x41363de0!
>
>
> On request, I ran it through valgrind. Output attached as grindlog.
>
> Before making the script very simple, behaviour was either a Gnumeric hang
> or a segfault.
>
> -Charles
>
> -- 
> Charles R. Twardy                    www.csse.monash.edu.au/~ctwardy
> Monash University                    sarbayes.org
> Computer Sci. & Software Eng.
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> ==4077== Conditional jump or move depends on uninitialised value(s)
> ==4077==    at 0x46A006F4: PyObject_Free (in /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0)
> ==4077==    by 0x469FAA38: (within /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0)
> ==4077==    by 0x46A04410: PyString_InternInPlace (in /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0)
> ==4077==    by 0x46A044C2: PyString_InternFromString (in /usr/lib/libpython2.3.so.1.0)

Please rerun with the options
    valgrind --alignment=8 --num-callers=20

and send me the results.

Thanks