[pypy-dev] dlopen NotImplementedError

[Maciej Fijalkowski]

CDLL(None) (or LoadLibrary(None)) is supposed to return to you the
whole namespace (all loaded libraries). It's unsupported as far as I
can tell.

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 12:45 AM, Alex Gaynor <alex.gaynor at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:41 PM, <exarkun at twistedmatrix.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 09:54 pm, alex.gaynor at gmail.com wrote:
>> >On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Gary Robinson <garyrob at me.com> wrote:
>> >>Hmm, I'm thinking the dlopen error might be my problem. I think I
>> >>built
>> >>python at /root/pypy, and then moved it to a more proper location. But
>> >>the
>> >>error message is referring to /root/pypy, so I'm guessing it has that
>> >>location hardcoded because that's where I built it?
>> >>
>> >>I'm going to rebuild but I wanted to post this message so that you
>> >>guys
>> >>don't worry about it (unless rebuilding doesn't help).
>> >Nope, it's a known thing, anything trying to import ctypes on fast-
>> >forward
>> >blows up ATM.  If anyone knows what dlopen(None) is supposed to mean,
>> >can
>> >they let me know and I'll try to take a pass at fixing this?
>>
>>  From the dlopen man page:
>>
>>  If filename is NULL, then the returned handle is for the main program.
>>
>> I imagine that's the case someone is trying to trigger with
>> ctypes.LoadLibrary(None) (which is what the name `dlopen` is bound to in
>> this context).  On the other hand, maybe it's just a screw up somewhere
>> else that causes None to show up instead of the right library name, I
>> haven't looked at the code in question much.
>>
>> Jean-Paul
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>
> Ok I see the issue I think.  It's coming from PyDLL(None).  Not sure what
> the right solution is there, I know Amaury said he was working on the
> cpythonapi stuff.
>
> Alex
>
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