How to exit Python nicely after error in embedded C code?

[Louis Luangkesorn]

(I'm asking this out of complete ignorance, obviously)
In this situation (error occurs in a C function that is called by other C
functions which are called by Python), would having the original C call from
Python in a try...except block catch the exception?  (I'm just learning how to
do this, in both C++ and Python, but I have not done this in real life yet.  It
seems like a nice, cheap way of using exceptions in C, just call everything from
Python :-)

Louis

Alex Martelli wrote:

> "Edward C. Jones" <edcjones at erols.com> wrote in message
> news:3A9B3B7D.66E31386 at erols.com...
> > Suppose I have a C function that is called only by other C functions (so
> it
> > doesn't return a PyObject *). If I find an error condition in the the C
> > function, is there function I can call that will exit the C code back into
> > Python so Python can clean up and exit. The function is called by many
> different
> > C function in case of error.
> >
> <sample code deleted>

>
> In C, you can portably achieve this effect only by having this
> function return or set an error indicator and having every
> caller test it (there is a mechanism called setjmp/longjmp,
> but it may not work as desired everywhere).  In C++, it's
> easy, of course -- that's what exceptions are for.
>
> Alex

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