Re: [Swig-devel] SWIG wrapped C++ method that throw exceptions causes Python to segfault when 'thread' mode is enabled

[William S F. <ws...@fu...>]

Arto Vuori wrote:
>> Is this the same issue:
>> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2818499&group_id=1645&atid=301645 
> 
> 
> It might be. Symptomps are same (segfault) when using threads and 
> exceptions. I have not tried his typemap workaround, as the code with 
> -threads enabled is obviously wrong.
> 
>>
>>
>> If so, Kris or Arto, can you provide the missing testcase, then we can 
>> commit the fix? We'd be looking for a simple interface file and 
>> associated python script which demonstrates the problem.
>>
>> William
> 
> Issue can be easily demonstrated with existing Examples/python/exception 
> test case - you just need to enable -threads option to swig. As an 
> attachment is updated version of the patch with modified exception test 
> case included that would segfault without rest of the the patch.
> 
Thanks for the testcase Arto. I've used this as a regression test -
Examples/test-suite/threads_exception.i and committed the fix earlier 
this month based on your patch.

William