[Numpy-discussion] API broken after 1.1.1 (previously "crashes after switching to 1.3.x")
Todd Miller
jmiller at stsci.edu
Fri Jun 3 06:28:47 EDT 2005
On Thu, 2005-06-02 at 19:11, Adrian E. Feiguin wrote:
> 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?
Try this instead (or get and use the "real" argc, argv):
PySys_SetArgv(0, &"");
Todd
> 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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