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

[Jack Jansen]

Then I'm afraid we have to blame it on MacOS9's Tcl/Tk's ever growing 
list of
erratic behaviour...

On zondag, feb 9, 2003, at 01:17 Europe/Amsterdam, Tom Kacvinsky wrote:

> 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?
>
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