Seg fault in Python/C API: PyString_FromString(NULL)

Yves-Eric Martin yemartin at garage.co.jp
Wed Apr 12 22:44:31 EDT 2000


On Wed, 12 Apr 2000 10:15:36 GMT
"Mark Hammond" <mhammond at skippinet.com.au> wrote:

> >     First, I am new to the Python/C API, so correct me if I am wrong:
> > shouldn't PyString_FromString(NULL) return Py_None? Or am I out to
> > lunch?
> 
> Nope - you must check for NULL before making the call.


    Ok, that makes sense now. Thanks.


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