On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 17:43, Simon van der Linden <svdlin...@src.gnome.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 17:27 +0100, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: >> have found a double free and I'm not sure what is the proper fix. > > Thanks for finding it, Tomeu! > >> To reproduce, instantiate a boxed: python -c "from gi.repository >> import Pango; Pango.FontDescription()" > > I could reproduce it. It has already been fixed a few weeks ago in my > local branch. I need to push it ASAP, I know, I know, I know; please > wait a few more days ;-)
Don't worry, I tried keeping me busy with other stuff but failed to resist the temptation ;) >> Any ideas? > > I experienced other problems with the GC and boxed wrappers, and IIRC, > it was caused by the way those wrappers are allocated and initialized. I suspect that after it is released for the first time, its memory is overwritten in such a way that tp_flags says that it's GC'ed. Then, the second time it is going to be released, Python thinks it is GC'ed and does this weird stuff. Regards, Tomeu > Normally, in the invoke method, the newly-created boxed wrapper's > reference count wouldn't need to be incremented (IIRC, again; I haven't > had time to look at the code, sorry). > > Cheers, > > -- > Simon van der Linden > > > -- «Sugar Labs is anyone who participates in improving and using Sugar. What Sugar Labs does is determined by the participants.» - David Farning _______________________________________________ pygtk mailing list pygtk@daa.com.au http://www.daa.com.au/mailman/listinfo/pygtk Read the PyGTK FAQ: http://faq.pygtk.org/
