[Cython] Core dump when Python is built without debug symbols

[Marin Atanasov Nikolov]

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Nikita Nemkin <nikita at nemkin.ru> wrote:

> On Thu, 30 May 2013 19:51:16 +0600, Marin Atanasov Nikolov <
> dnaeon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Any idea why having Python with debug symbols actually overcomes this
>> issue?
>>
>
> In debug builds, Python object structure is prepended with a couple of
> extra debug fields, which means a different piece of memory was wrongly
> interpreted and manipulated as a Python object.
>
> It is pure luck that whatever values were there didn't cause a crash.
>
>
>
Thanks for the insight, Nikita! Your assistance is much appreciated!

Best regards,
Marin


>
> Best regards,
> Nikita Nemkin
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