python segfaulting, MemoryError (PyQt)

[Diez B. Roggisch]

>> As the documentation of pyqt clearly states, connecting signals doesn't
>> increment the refcount on a passed slot, thus
>>   you need to keep a reference to your slots around.
> 
> But it does increase the refcount for lambda slots.

Has that changed? It has been a while, but I've been bitten by this before,
so I was pretty sure about my answer.

Diez