[PYTHONMAC-SIG] Bomberoo with applet memory set too low...

[Steve Spicklemire]

I like option-drag... it's consistent with the interpreter
that way (you can option-drag to it as well...)

-steve

>>>>> "Jack" == Jack Jansen <Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl> writes:

    >>  My little Python application does things the Unix way --
    >> assume you have infinite virtual memory and suck an entire file
    >> in with a single read() or readlines() call.  This has some
    >> rather negative consequences on the Mac.  The most troublesome
    >> is that I get an Error 10 bomb dialog if I haven't set the
    >> applet's min size/preferred size values high enough.  Two
    >> questions:
    >> 
    >> 1. Shouldn't Python crap out more gracefully in this situation?

    Jack> Definitely... It isn't always simple, though: if it is
    Jack> Python who does the malloc that fails it usually gets turned
    Jack> into a MemoryError exception, but if it's the underlying C
    Jack> library things usually get messy. I can't seem to reproduce
    Jack> this bomb, though: do you have example code?

    >>  2. Can BuildApplet be modified to set defaults for
    >> min/preferred sizes so users (programmers) don't have to
    >> remember to pop up the applet's info box and increase those
    >> values?

    Jack> I'm not sure I like this. BuildApplet is interface-less at
    Jack> the moment, and I'd like to keep it that
    Jack> way. Option-dropping a python source on buildapplet could
    Jack> cause a dialog to appear, but then people are likely to
    Jack> forget to option-drop.

    Jack> What do people think?  -- Jack Jansen | ++++ stop the
    Jack> execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal ++++ Jack.Jansen@cwi.nl | ++++
    Jack> if you agree copy these lines to your sig ++++
    Jack> http://www.cwi.nl/~jack | see
    Jack> http://www.xs4all.nl/~tank/spg-l/sigaction.htm



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