[egenix-users] segfault in method .pydate() of DateTime

[M.-A. Lemburg]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Szoska, Daniel wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Python dies with a segmentation fault, can someone reproduce this:
>>
>>>>> import mx.DateTime
>>>>> mx.DateTime.Date(2012, 1, 1).pydate()
>> segmentation fault
>>
>> This happens with .pydatetime() and .pytime() too.
>>
>> I tried it with Python 2.7.2, egenix-mx-base 3.2.2 under Linux, Max OS 10.7
>> and Windows XP.
> 
> Thank you for reporting this.
> 
> We have done some preliminary tests and it appears to be caused
> by the fact that mxDateTime uses a lazy import of the datetime
> module to implement interfacing with Python's datetime module
> types.
> 
> The problem doesn't show up in the tests because the datetime
> module's C API is already initialized by the time the .pydate()
> (et al.) tests are run.
> 
> We will issue a new patch level release to address the problem.
> 
> Until then, please use the following trick to force initialization
> of the datetime C API in mxDateTime:
> 
> # Trick to force initialization of the datetime C API in mxDateTime:
> import mx.DateTime
> import datetime
> mx.DateTime.today() == datetime.date.today()
> 
> Background: The comparison causes a forced initialization.

Here's a patch which fixes the problem.

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