[Pyobjc-dev] Re: PyShellView?

[Michael H. <mw...@py...>]

Dinu Gherman <gh...@da...> writes:

> 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?

Yes.

> 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?

No :-)

Cheers,
mwh

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