Michael Curran <m...@nvaccess.org> added the comment:
As requested, I created a pr which adds a test to show the crash. It is marked as expected failure on 32 bit (x86) and runs successfully as expected on x64. What would be the next steps in moving this issue forward? I don't think I have the knowledge to be able to start on an actual fix for the bug myself, but I and my organization are happy to assist where we can. A little bit of background: The NvDA screen reading software allows blind and vision impaired people across the globe to access the Windows Operating System independently, improving socialization, education and employment outcomes. It is used by around 200,000 people in over 150 countries. The NVDA screen reader is written primarily in Python, and is currently using Python 3.7. We would like to upgrade to a newer Python release, but currently cannot due to this bug. We currently use the x86 build of Python as a small (but significant) number of our users are still on a pure 32-bit build of Windows. Taking into account the fact that are main demographic are people from developing countries, it is not simple for many of our users to upgrade their existing hardware to 64-bit. There will come a time where we will drop x86 support, and just release an x64 build of NVDA, but right now our pure x86 user numbers are still too high. We would love to be able to get our 200,000 users onto a more recent and secure Python version as soon as possible, but we can only do this once this bug is addressed. This bug has now been open for 2 years. If the bug is impossible to fix, or no one is able, then perhaps Python needs to consider dropping support for x86, as currently this build can cause stack corruption, as demonstrated by this issue and the pr tests. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38748> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
