why wouldn't we continue to do what is done now, and build SDL ourselves with the correct runtime?
On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 10:51 AM, Lenard Lindstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > When pygame.image.load is given a Python file object it passes the C FILE > pointer on to SDL by calling SDL_RWFromFP in get_standard_rwop in > rwobject.c. While this has worked so far on Windows it may soon be the case > that SDL will not use the same C run-time as Python. I tried using an SDL > linked to msvcrt with a Python linked to msvcr71 and predictably the > interpreter crashed when loading an image from an open file. Since great > care has been taken in Pygame to separate SDL memory management from > Python's it should also be done for file access. I don't suggest > implementing the changes to rwobject.c immediately, but if it is necessary I > can will do them. > > -- > Lenard Lindstrom > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >
