Python2.5 RC1 vs sgmlop.c

[Steve Holden]

Robin Becker wrote:
> I have a segfault problem in Python2.5 RC1 (win32) when using the venerable 
> extension sgmlop.c.
> 
> In case that was just because our copy was very old I downloaded a later source 
> from http://pyxml.cvs.sourceforge.net, but that code (version 1.14 loewis) still 
> suffers from this problem.
> 
> The problem occurs after a call to free at line so I'm guessing something has 
> changed related to allocations. Is there some magic going on which redefines 
> malloc/realloc etc etc? I'm fairly sure the object in question (-->buffer) isn't 
> passed directly to python so I would have thought that malloc/realloc/free were 
> appropriate. Another parser attribute does hold an array of pointers to python 
> objects, but again I don't think that should be a problem.
> 
> Has anyone got any clue what the problem might be or a fixed version of the code?

I'm guessing this might be to do with the changes that have been made to 
enable 64-bit readiness in the code, but I couldn't suggest specifics.

Suspect all pointers and integers first :-)

regards
  Steve
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