--- David Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently people testing Boost.Python with GCC on Linux have reported > that the extensions being tested have to be compiled with exactly the > same version of GCC as the Python they're being loaded into, or they > get mysterious crashes. > > That doesn't correspond to my past experience; it has always been true > that, as long as the compiler used to build Python and the one used to > build the extension have compatible 'C' ABIs, we've been okay. Yes, > if you were going to pass types like FILE* across the Python/C API, > then you additionally need to be sure that the two compilers are using > the same 'C' library. That said, none of the Boost.Python tests do > that. > > I'm wondering if there has been a well-known recent change either in Python > or GCC that would account for these new reports. Any relevant > information would be appreciated.
Maybe the problems are due to libstdc++ incompatibilities? See my other message: http://lists.boost.org/boost/2005/07/29883.php Cheers, Ralf __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour: http://tour.mail.yahoo.com/mailtour.html -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
