Embedded Python 1.5.1 crashes under WIN32

[Lyle Johnson]

See this entry in the Python FAQ list:

	http://www.python.org/doc/FAQ.html#8.7

On Wed, 17 Nov 1999 19:42:03 +0100, Sven Havemann
<s.havemann at tu-bs.de> wrote:

>Hi!
>===
>
>I've modified the example from Python-1.5.1/Demo/embed: 
>
>ftp://ftp.cg.cs.tu-bs.de/pub/cg/people/havemann/embeddedPython.tgz
>
>What I want to do is to call PyRun_SimpleFile from my main program. This
>works fine under Irix 6.5, but the same thing crashes inside
>PyRun_SimpleFile when compiled with VC6.0SP2 under Win32, which is a
>great pity. I have attached the demo.cpp file, and the complete
>(compiled) project is in the tarfile above. Does anybody know why it
>crashes??? 
>
>I wanted to build it as a plain Win32 console application, and I've
>renamed it to demo.cpp because I wanted it to be compiled as a C++ file. 
>
>I'd appreciate if you could Re: to me directly using the email below,
>because I can't follow the news regularly.
>
>TIA, greetings, Sven.
>
>--
>__________________________________________________________________
> dipl-inform. Sven Havemann        Institut fuer ComputerGraphik
> Odastrasse 6                      Rebenring 18
> 38122 Braunschweig - Germany      38106 Braunschweig - Germany
> Tel. 0531/2808955                 Tel. 0531/391-2108, Fax: -2103
> mailto:s.havemann at tu-bs.de        http://www.cg.cs.tu-bs.de
>
>
>=========================demo.cpp==================================
>#include <stdio.h>
>#include "Python.h"
>
>// #define SHOWPYFILE
>
>static char *argv0;
>
>void initxyzzy(); /* Forward */
>
>int main(int argc, char ** argv)
>{
>   argv0 = argv[0];
>   Py_Initialize();
>
>   initxyzzy();
>
>   PySys_SetArgv(argc, argv);
>
>   printf("Hello, brave new world\n\n");
>
>   PyRun_SimpleString("import sys\n");
>   PyRun_SimpleString("print sys.builtin_module_names\n");
>   PyRun_SimpleString("print sys.modules.keys()\n");
>   PyRun_SimpleString("print sys.argv\n");
>
>   char* filename="test.py";
>   FILE* myfile=fopen(filename,"r");
>#ifdef SHOWPYFILE
>   char line[200];
>   printf("Reading file %s\n",filename);
>   while(fgets(line,200,myfile)!=NULL) {
>      printf("Read: %s",line);
>   }
>#else
>   PyRun_SimpleFile(myfile,filename);
>#endif
>   fclose(myfile);
>
>   printf("\nGoodbye, cruel world\n");
>
>   Py_Exit(0);
>   return 0;
>}
>
>char *getprogramname()
>{
>        return argv0;
>}
>
>/* A static module */
>
>PyObject *xyzzy_foo(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
>{
>        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, ""))
>                return NULL;
>        return PyInt_FromLong(42L);
>}
>
>PyMethodDef xyzzy_methods[] = {
>        {"foo",         xyzzy_foo,      1},
>        {NULL,          NULL}           /* sentinel */
>};
>
>void initxyzzy()
>{
>        PyImport_AddModule("xyzzy");
>        Py_InitModule("xyzzy", xyzzy_methods);
>}
>==================test.py======================================
>print "this is from PyRun_SimpleFile"
>for i in range(100): print i*i,
>==================OUTPUT IRIX==================================
>Hello, brave new world
>
>('__builtin__', '__main__', 'array', 'fast_umath', 'imp', 'marshal',
>'math', 'operator', 'posix', 'signal', 'strop', 'struct', 'sys',
>'umath')
>['xyzzy', 'os', 'exceptions', '__main__', 'posix', 'sys', '__builtin__',
>'site', 'signal', 'UserDict', 'posixpath', 'stat']
>['./demo']
>this is from PyRun_SimpleFile
>0 1 4 9 16 25 36 49 64 81 100 121 144 169 196 225 256 289 324 361 400
>441 484 529 576 625 676 729 784 841 900 961 1024 1089 1156 1225 1296
>1369 1444 1521 1600 1681 1764 1849 1936 2025 2116 2209 2304 2401 2500
>2601 2704 2809 2916 3025 3136 3249 3364 3481 3600 3721 3844 3969 4096
>4225 4356 4489 4624 4761 4900 5041 5184 5329 5476 5625 5776 5929 6084
>6241 6400 6561 6724 6889 7056 7225 7396 7569 7744 7921 8100 8281 8464
>8649 8836 9025 9216 9409 9604 9801
>
>Goodbye, cruel world
>==================OUTPUT WIN32==================================
>-- Hello, brave new world
>
>('__builtin__', '__main__', '_socket', 'array', 'binascii', 'cPickle',
>'cStringI
>O', 'cmath', 'errno', 'imageop', 'imp', 'marshal', 'math', 'md5',
>'msvcrt', 'new
>', 'nt', 'operator', 'pcre', 'regex', 'rgbimg', 'rotor', 'select',
>'signal', 'so
>undex', 'strop', 'struct', 'sys', 'thread', 'time')
>['xyzzy', 'os', 'exceptions', '__main__', 'ntpath', 'strop', 'nt',
>'sys', '__bui
>ltin__', 'site', 'signal', 'UserDict', 'string', 'stat']
>['T:\\WORK\\HAVEMANN\\SW\\PYTHON-1.5.1\\DEMO\\EMBED\\VC60.exe']
>=====================** CRASH **================================
>================================================================
>__________________________________________________________________
> dipl-inform. Sven Havemann        Institut fuer ComputerGraphik
> Odastrasse 6                      Rebenring 18
> 38122 Braunschweig - Germany      38106 Braunschweig - Germany
> Tel. 0531/2808955                 Tel. 0531/391-2108, Fax: -2103
> mailto:s.havemann at tu-bs.de        http://www.cg.cs.tu-bs.de