On Dec 1, 3:29 am, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 11/30/2011 7:58 AM, Christian Heimes wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Am 30.11.2011 11:42, schrieb Ben Richardson: > >> Python crashes every time i run the following command… > > >>>>> import cv > >> Segmentation fault: 11 > > >> Python quit unexpectedly - any help would be greatly appreciated - > >> thankyou in advance :) > > >> Here is crash report… > > [...] > > >> Thread 0 Crashed:: Dispatch queue: com.apple.main-thread > >> 0 ??? 000000000000000000 0 + 0 > >> 1 org.python.python 0x00000001006c7885 PyImport_Import > >> + 121 > >> 2 org.python.python 0x00000001006c7a1e > >> PyImport_ImportModule + 32 > >> 3 cv.so 0x00000001004f5082 initcv + 18 > >> 4 org.python.python 0x00000001000dc071 > >> _PyImport_LoadDynamicModule + 177 > > > It looks like you have a faulty 3rd party library with an extension > > module called cv.so that is causing the segfault. The segfault occurs > > either inside or during the import of the cv module. initcv() is the > > init function of the cv module that is called automatically during the > > import. > > In other words, contact the authors of the cv module. Or perhaps first > check to make sure that the cv.so build you are running is intended to > be compatible with the Python build you are running. > > -- > Terry Jan Reedy
IOW python is a very safe language when python means python It can be very unsafe when it includes and tries to link carelessly written C. A safer intermediate option may be to try via ctypes [Of course assuming that clarifying from the authors of cv what is their intended use scenario is somehow a non-option] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
