[New-bugs-announce] [issue26108] Calling PyInitialize with 2.7.11 on Windows x64 terminates process

[David Heffernan]

New submission from David Heffernan:

Environment: 
 - Python 2.7.11 from python.org, x64.
 - Windows 10 or Windows 8.1
 - MSVC 2015

I compiled the most basic embedding example, taken from the Python docs:

#include <Python.h>

int
main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
  Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);  /* optional but recommended */
  Py_Initialize();
  PyRun_SimpleString("from time import time,ctime\n"
                     "print 'Today is',ctime(time())\n");
  Py_Finalize();
  return 0;
}

When run the call to Py_Initialize does not return and the process is terminated.

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components: Windows
messages: 258194
nosy: David Heffernan, paul.moore, steve.dower, tim.golden, zach.ware
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Calling PyInitialize with 2.7.11 on Windows x64 terminates process
type: crash
versions: Python 2.7

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