wxpython thread exception crash

[david]

  class RedirectText:
      def __init__(self,aWxTextCtrl):
          self.out=aWxTextCtrl

      def write(self,string):
          wx.CallAfter(self.out.WriteText,string) #CallAfter

      def flush(self):
          pass

[david]

[david] wrote:
> What am I doing wrong?
> I'm trying to capture stdErr in a multi-threaded program.
> 
> This code crashes wxPython with
> /Py Assertion Error: C++ assertion "m_count=-1 || m_count=-2" failed/
> 
> What I'm trying to do is redirect stderr and stdout to a wxPython text 
> control.
> In an ideal world, when the worker thread crashes, I should get a stderr 
> message, with no effect on the main thread.
> 
> In an alternate world, I should get an asynchronous exception in the 
> main thread when there is an unhandled exception in the worker thread.
> 
> In the sample below, the program crashes on the following print statement.
> 
> Oddly enough, I do catch the unhandled worker exception in the main 
> thread IF THE WORKER THREAD HAS NO INIT PARAMETER. Note: the init 
> parameter is the only subtle thing in the code.
> 
> Since this is a crash, the exact behaviour will depend on your 
> environment. You may have difficulty seeing stdErr in some environments.
> 
> Python 2.5, wxPython 2.7.2.0, Windows XP.
> (david)
> 
> --------
> import wx
> import sys
> import threading
> 
> class ExceptionThread(threading.Thread):
>     def __init__(self,initvar):
>         threading.Thread.__init__(self);
> 
>     def run(self):
>         raise "ET run"
> 
> 
> class RedirectText:
>     def __init__(self,aWxTextCtrl):
>         self.out=aWxTextCtrl
> 
>     def write(self,string):
>         self.out.WriteText(string)
> 
>     def flush(self):
>         pass
> 
> class Frame(wx.Frame):
>     def __init__(self, image=None, parent=None):
> 
>         wx.Frame.__init__(self, parent)
>         self.text = wx.TextCtrl(self, style=wx.TE_MULTILINE|wx.TE_RICH2)
> 
>     #---- redirection window ----
>         redir=RedirectText(self.text)
>         sys.stdout=redir
>         sys.stderr=redir
> 
> 
> class App(wx.App):
>     def OnInit(self):
>         self.frame=Frame()
>         self.frame.Show()
>         self.Thread=ExceptionThread(1)
>         self.Thread.start();
>         return True
> 
> 
> app = App()
> print 'trigger print failure'
> app.MainLoop()
> 
>