[Pythonmac-SIG] Weird issues with Python 9.2.x and CarbonLib/Tkinter

[Tom Kacvinsky]

Hi Jack,

None of the FDK libs have CarbonLib dependencies (according to the
"The Fragmalyzer").

Tom

On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Jack Jansen wrote:

>
> On vrijdag, feb 7, 2003, at 23:11 Europe/Amsterdam, Tom Kacvinsky wrote:
>
> > I am using Adobe's OpenType FDK on my PowerBook G4 running MacOS
> > 9.2.2.  I have had some weird crashing issues with the interpreter.
> > I am using the class version of Python 9.2.1 and 9.2.2.  Everytime
> > I crash, the MacsBug log I get says there is an umapped memory
> > exception in _tkinter.ppc.slb.  IF I disable CarbonLib 1.6, the
> > problems go away.
>
> Some of the OpenType folks used to be on this list, so they may be able
> to tell you more, but I think there may be some sort of a mixup between
> classic and carbon. Tkinter only works in classic, but maybe some other
> part of OpenType can work both in classic and carbon, and if carbon is
> available it uses that but thereby breaks classic Python?