[issue37025] Misleading error message "Python failed to load the default activation context"

[Steve Dower]

Steve Dower  added the comment:

Fixed in 2.7 - using issue39553 for removing the code in master.

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[issue37025] Misleading error message "Python failed to load the default activation context"

[Steve Dower]

Steve Dower  added the comment:

Merged the 2.7 fix. Let's just delete the whole block in master.

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[issue37025] Misleading error message "Python failed to load the default activation context"

[Steve Dower]

Steve Dower  added the comment:


New changeset 009a6928727b23344613ab6a9a52b9da56ab905c by Steve Dower (Zackery 
Spytz) in branch '2.7':
bpo-37025: AddRefActCtx() shouldn't be checked for failure (GH-16897)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/009a6928727b23344613ab6a9a52b9da56ab905c


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[issue37025] Misleading error message "Python failed to load the default activation context"

[Zackery Spytz]

Change by Zackery Spytz :


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pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/16897

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[issue37025] Misleading error message "Python failed to load the default activation context"

[Steve Dower]

Steve Dower  added the comment:

This doesn't apply since Python 3.5, as the HAVE_SXS preprocessor variable is 
not defined.

We should just delete this code entirely in 3.9, and patch the message in 2.7.

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[issue37025] Misleading error message "Python failed to load the default activation context"

[Zackery Spytz]

Zackery Spytz  added the comment:

Thank you for the report. I've created a pull request to fix this issue.

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[issue37025] Misleading error message "Python failed to load the default activation context"

[Zackery Spytz]

Change by Zackery Spytz :


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stage:  -> patch review
pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/16579

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[issue37025] Misleading error message "Python failed to load the default activation context"

[Ralf Habacker]

New submission from Ralf Habacker :

When I started Kicad under Windows I got the following error message in 
dbgview: "Python could not load the default activation context".

This message is issued by the Python runtime environment when checking the 
return value of the Windows API function AddRefActCtx() if the return value is 
zero (see 
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/a3488e5902f5c26e5cc289aec2518e7b5058e5d1/PC/dl_nt.c#L107).

According to 
https://docs.microsoft.com/de-de/windows/desktop/api/winbase/nf-winbase-AddRefActCtx,
 this function does not return a value, which makes the check result dependent 
on temporary internal register/stack values and does not indicate a real 
problem.

This check should be completely removed so as not to waste the precious time of 
developers and users searching for the reason for this misleading message.

The corresponding definitions 
https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/2.7/PC/dl_nt.c#L36 (and line 37) should 
also be adjusted.

The issue is also present in version 2.7.

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components: Windows
messages: 343329
nosy: paul.moore, rhabacker, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Misleading error message "Python failed to load the default activation 
context"
type: behavior
versions: Python 3.7

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