[SciPy-user] Segfault in scipy.sparse module

[Stéfan van der Walt]

On 17/04/2008, David Cournapeau <david at ar.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp> wrote:
>     I got a segfault with scipy.svn on the sparse module. I think I saw
>  a similar report on a Mailing List, but cannot find it. My configuration:
>
>     - winxp
>     - atlas 3.8.0 compiled by myself with cygwin (I also tried with pure
>  blas/lapack from netlib)
>     - mingw32 compilers
>     - both numpy and scipy are today checkout.
>
>  The segfault always happens at the add_sub_test (TestBSR). This seems at
>  least os/compiler specific, since it does not happen on linux with gcc.
>  Maybe some problem between g++ and the msvc runtime ?

IIRC, Tom Waite filed a ticket for the same issue?

Regards
Stéfan