need help porting ctypes to Linux

[Michael Hudson]

Thomas Heller <theller at python.net> writes:

> 3.  When my extension does something wrong, I see
> 'Speicherzugriffsfehler' ('access violation' or so) printed on the
> console.  Why isn't a core dump (for examination) created?

Possibly because your Linux vendor thinks you're a wet-behind-the-ears
grandfather who would be scared by a core file.  Try executing

ulimit -c unlimited

before running your program.

> Do I have to enable this?  Or is it possible to configure gdb so
> that it will automatically pop up to examine the program's state?

If you run your program under gdb (i.e. execute

$ gdb python

and type "run") then any signal -- including sig 11 -- will dump you
into gdb.

Cheers,
M.

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