[Python-Dev] Python initialization and embedded Python

[Victor Stinner]

2017-11-22 12:04 GMT+01:00 Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net>:
> IMHO this really needs a simple solution documented somewhere.  Also,
> hopefully when you do the wrong thing, you get a clear error message to
> know how to fix your code?

Right now, calling PyMem_RawMalloc() before calling
_PyRuntime_Initialize() calls the function at address NULL, so you get
a segmentation fault.

Documenting the new requirements is part of the discussion, it's one
option how to fix this issue.

Victor