Bugs item #1295808, was opened at 2005-09-19 21:44 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1295808&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Extension Modules Group: Python 2.4 Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Trent Mick (tmick) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: expat symbols should be namespaced in pyexpat Initial Comment: The Problem: - you embed Python in some app - the app dynamically loads libexpat of version X - the embedded Python imports pyexpat (which was built against libexpat version X+n) --> pyexpat gets the expat symbols from the already loaded and *older* libexpat: crash (Specifically the crash we observed was in getting an old XML_ErrorString (from xmlparse.c) and then calling it with newer values in the XML_Error enum: // pyexpat.c, line 1970 ... // Added in Expat 1.95.7. MYCONST(XML_ERROR_UNBOUND_PREFIX); ... The Solution: Prefix all a exported symbols with "PyExpat_". This is similar to what Mozilla does for some common libs: http://lxr.mozilla.org/seamonkey/source/modules/libimg/png/mozpngconf.h#115 I'll attach the gdb backtrace that we were getting and a patch. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1295808&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com