[Numpy-discussion] API broken after 1.1.1 (previously "crashes after switching to 1.3.x")

Adrian E. Feiguin afeiguin at uci.edu
Thu Jun 2 16:15:35 EDT 2005


Hi Todd,

I compiled the cvs version and it seems that you have fixed the problem, 
excellent! However, your "fix" for older versions doesn't work, any 
suggestions?

Thanks!
<ADRIAN>

Todd Miller wrote:

>I looked over your diffs but I don't think they're related to the
>problem you're seeing.  
>
>>From your previous posts and those of Sebastian,  I had the impression
>that you're using numarray in an embedded context... so  I found
>embedded "from numarray import *".  
>
>I learned that numarray embedding "broke" for numarray-1.2.3 by adding
>the unnecessary requirement that sys.argv exist.  I fixed this in
>numarray CVS.  A possible alternative to my fix which should work for
>older versions of numarray is to call PySys_SetArgv(0,NULL) after
>Py_Initialize() to ensure that sys.argv exists.
>
>Regards,
>Todd
>
>On Wed, 2005-06-01 at 18:37, Adrian E. Feiguin wrote:
>  
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>As I've been discussing withTodd, scigraphica crashes after switching to 
>>a newer version of numarray. I checked that it does not crash with 
>>Numeric, or numarray-1.1.1, so I figured that at some point something 
>>was broken. It seems that at some point between numarray-1.1.1 and 1.2.3 
>>some change broke the API. What I mean is that my libraries simply fail 
>>to load numarray. I did diff between headers, and the only relevant 
>>change that I noticed between 1.1.1 and 1.2.3 that I guess could be 
>>related to this problem is in libnumeric.h:
>>
>>132c132
>>< static int  PyArray_Converter  (PyObject *, PyObject **);
>>---
>> > static int  XXX_PyArray_Converter  (PyObject *, PyObject **);
>>140c140
>>< static int  PyArray_ValidType  (int type);
>>---
>> > static int  XXX_PyArray_ValidType  (int type);
>>208c208
>>< #define  PyArray_Converter (libnumeric_API ? (*(int (*)  (PyObject *, 
>>PyObject **) ) libnumeric_API[ 25 ]) : (*(int (*)  (PyObject *, PyObject 
>>**) ) libnumeric_FatalApiError))
>>---
>> > #define  XXX_PyArray_Converter (libnumeric_API ? (*(int (*)  
>>(PyObject *, PyObject **) ) libnumeric_API[ 25 ]) : (*(int (*)  
>>(PyObject *, PyObject **) ) libnumeric_FatalApiError))
>>216c216
>>< #define  PyArray_ValidType (libnumeric_API ? (*(int (*)  (int type) ) 
>>libnumeric_API[ 29 ]) : (*(int (*)  (int type) ) libnumeric_FatalApiError))
>>---
>> > #define  XXX_PyArray_ValidType (libnumeric_API ? (*(int (*)  (int 
>>type) ) libnumeric_API[ 29 ]) : (*(int (*)  (int type) ) 
>>libnumeric_FatalApiError))
>>
>>I hope this helps. I'll work with 1.1.1 from now on, unless you think 
>>the problem is in my code.
>>Any ideas?
>>Thanks
>><ADRIAN>
>>
>>Todd Miller wrote:
>>
>>    
>>
>>>Hi Adrian,
>>>
>>>I don't think you should be doing both "import_array()" and
>>>"import_libnumeric()".  Those should be roughly equivalent.  If you're
>>>using only the Numeric compatible API (no NA_ functions) then do:
>>>
>>>#include "numarray/arrayobject.h"
>>>
>>>... and later in your init function:
>>>
>>>import_array();
>>>
>>>just like Numeric.  If you also need some of the NA_ functions,  then
>>>look at Src/_dotblas.c or Src/_numarraymodule.c for how to interface
>>>with both native and numeric compatible interfaces at the same time.  If
>>>you only need NA_ functions, look at Src/_ndarraymodule.c.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Todd
>>>
>>>On Fri, 2005-05-27 at 18:37 -0700, Adrian E. Feiguin wrote:
>>> 
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>>>Hi Todd,
>>>>
>>>>Thank you for your reply. I have a completely new installation, there 
>>>>are no conflicts with previous installations.
>>>>I found that the problem is in import_libnumeric in libnumeric.h. It 
>>>>seems that the libnumeric_API is not initialized because it doesn't pass 
>>>>the line:
>>>>
>>>>       PyObject *module = 
>>>>PyImport_ImportModule("numarray.libnumeric");     \
>>>>       if (module != NULL) 
>>>>{                                               \
>>>>
>>>>Any ideas?
>>>>Thank you again,
>>>><ADRIAN>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Todd Miller wrote:       
>>>>
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>        
>>>>
>>>>>Hi Adrian,
>>>>>
>>>>>On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 18:00 -0700, Adrian E. Feiguin wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi! I'm the lead developer of scigraphica (SG) 
>>>>>>http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net and I'm using python and numarray to 
>>>>>>parse math. SG is built on top of libscigraphica, and libscigraphica has 
>>>>>>all the python code. I've been using an old version 0.6.1, and 
>>>>>>everything worked fine. After switching to 1.6.2the program crashes. 
>>>>>>I'll give you some info to see if you can tell me what's wrong:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I'm using:
>>>>>>#define PY_ARRAY_UNIQUE_SYMBOL PyArrayXXX
>>>>>>#include <arrayobject.h>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>and in the code:
>>>>>>  import_libnumeric();
>>>>>>  import_array();
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  object=PyRun_String ("from numarray import *", Py_single_input, 
>>>>>>main_dict, sg_dict);
>>>>>>
>>>>>>(I noticed that you have to add import_libnumeric now)
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>In general,  this is not true. 
>>>>>
>>>>>Paradoxically,  if you're using the numeric compatible API,
>>>>>import_array() is all you need to do.  If you're using both the numarray
>>>>>native and numeric compatible APIs,  then you need to 
>>>>>import_libnumarray() and import_libnumeric().
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
>>>>>>The gdb output is:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Importing python module: sys
>>>>>>Importing python module: pickle
>>>>>>Importing python module: os
>>>>>>Importing python module: numarrayProgram received signal SIGSEGV, 
>>>>>>Segmentation fault.
>>>>>>[Switching to Thread 1083181376 (LWP 11648)]
>>>>>>0x400ab0b5 in PyObject_GetAttrString ()
>>>>>> from 
>>>>>>/home/afeiguin/cvs/test/libscigraphica-2/scigraphica/.libs/libscigraphica-2.0-2.0.so.0
>>>>>>#0  0x400ab0b5 in PyObject_GetAttrString ()
>>>>>> from 
>>>>>>/home/afeiguin/cvs/test/libscigraphica-2/scigraphica/.libs/libscigraphica-2.0-2.0.so.0
>>>>>>#1  0x40b1ff66 in deferred_libnumarray_init () at 
>>>>>>Src/libnumarraymodule.c:152
>>>>>>#2  0x40b21f8c in NA_NumArrayCheck (op=0x0) at Src/libnumarraymodule.c:1357
>>>>>>#3  0x40b43c1c in PyArray_Check (op=0x0) at Src/libnumericmodule.c:216
>>>>>>#4  0x4004d903 in python_insert_object (worksheet=0x81ba4e0, row=0, col=0,
>>>>>>  object=0x80bda3c, orient=GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL, link=0, as_is=0)
>>>>>>  at sg_python_worksheet.c:802
>>>>>>#5  0x4004da12 in python_sheet (worksheet=0x81ba4e0, row=0, col=0,
>>>>>>  command=0x8366d68 ".1", orient=GTK_ORIENTATION_VERTICAL)
>>>>>>  at sg_python_worksheet.c:843
>>>>>>#6  0x40061f7c in sg_worksheet_cell_set (worksheet=0x81ba4e0, row=0, col=0,
>>>>>>  text=0x8365520 ".1", formula=1, eval=1) at sg_worksheet.c:508
>>>>>>#7  0x40061d59 in set_cell (sheet=0x81ba4e0, row=0, col=0, data=0x81ba4e0)
>>>>>>  at sg_worksheet.c:439
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Look that in #4 object=0x80bda3c, and in #3 op=0x0.
>>>>>>Any hints?
>>>>>>  
>>>>>>
>>>>>>       
>>>>>>
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>>>>>numarray-0.6.1 is very old so in order to transition to numarray-1.3.2
>>>>>you should:
>>>>>
>>>>>a. completely delete your numarray installation
>>>>>
>>>>>b. reinstall numarray
>>>>>
>>>>>c. rebuild and reinstall any extensions based on numarray.
>>>>>
>>>>>My guess is that either you have overlapping/conflicting numarray
>>>>>installations or you have extensions from numarray-0.6.1 trying to run
>>>>>against numarray-1.3.2.
>>>>>
>>>>>Regards,
>>>>>Todd
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>     
>>>>>
>>>>>          
>>>>>
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