[Pythonmac-SIG] Debugging Extensions on Mac

[Gustavo Tabares]

Bob Ippolito wrote:
> On 9/6/06, Gustavo Tabares <gustabares at verizon.net> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Sorry if this isn't the right forum for this, but I have been searching
>> Google for a couple days without finding any close answers.
>>
>> I am trying to debug Python extensions on the Mac. I am already able to
>> compile/link both debug and release versions of my extension using both
>> Xcode and distutils. The extension fully works in Release mode. I copied
>> down the source for Python-2.4.3 and made a debug version of the Python
>> interpreter.
>>
>> The problem comes when I try to import the debug version of my extension
>> in the debug Python interpreter. I get the following:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>> ImportError: Failure linking new module: extension.so: Symbol not found:
>> _Py_InitModule4
>>   Referenced from: extension.so
>>   Expected in: dynamic lookup
>
> Try building the extension with the debug interpreter.
>
> -bob
>
Oops! Ignore my previous message. This /did/ work. I was pointing my 
include paths to the wrong location.


Thanks for the help!


Gustavo