Re: [Pyobjc-dev] Re: PyShellView?

[Dinu G. <gh...@da...>]

Michael Hudson:

> If I implement this delgate method and press "backspace" in the text
> view, I get a core dump deep in Scary Internals Land.  I've not got
> the latest PyObjC on my laptop, and my laptop is at home so I can't
> update, but does this sound familiar to anyone?  Might it be cured by
> a new libffi (for example)?

Have you read Ronald's follow-up message to mine you're citing?

Ronald Oussoren wrote:

> Now that I look at your message again I see what's wrong: don't use 
> outlets to store the committedLength. If you store anything in outlets 
> you must make sure that that object stays alive by other means (e.g. 
> store a reference in a regular instance variable or even call 
> 'retain'). That doesn't help for "plain python" value though, 
> therefore you shouldn't store plain-python values in outlets. I'm 
> going to add something about this issue to the documentation.
>
> Basic guideline: Only use outlets if you're going to set them from 
> Interface Builder, otherwise use "regular" instance variables.

Does that help?

Dinu

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