Embedding Python

[Faraaz Mohammed]

On Tuesday, 1 July 2008 at 21:37:49 UTC+5:30, mk wrote:
> Carsten Haese wrote:
> > python_code is a C string containing the raw bytes from your pyc file. 
> > Casting that to a PyObject pointer will not magically transform it into 
> > a Python code object.
> <scratching my head> well yeah, I kind of didn't think that through..
> A pyc file contains the following:
> > 
> > 1) An 8 byte header containing a magic number.
> > 2) A "marshal" serialization of the code object.
> > 
> > So, in order to transform those contents into a code object, you need to 
> > skip the 8 byte header and an unmarshal the rest. Basically, replace the 
> > line above with something like this:
> > 
> > codeobj = PyMarshal_ReadObjectFromString(python_code+8, size-8);
> > mainobj = PyImport_ExecCodeModule("multiply", codeobj);
> > 
> > where codeobj is of type (PyObject *).
> > 
> > Once that works, add magic number checking and exception handling to taste.
> Thanks. That's exactly what I was looking for.


I tried exactly the same thing. but I am still hitting segmentation fault at PyImport_ExecCodeModule(). python version is 2.7.17