Re: wxPython timer and KEK CaPython314 cause core dump

[Noboru Yamamoto <noboru.yamamoto@kek.jp>]

Hi,

I'm not familiar with WxPytho (yet).

But, the following code works on MacBook running MacOSX 10.4.8 with
Python2.5, wxPython2.7-osx-unicode-2.7.2.0-universal10.4-py2.5.dmg
and KEK version of CaPython314 ( I should have used the different name
to avoid confusion with FNAL version. Sorry).

######################################
import wx,ca

class MyApp(wx.PySimpleApp):
    def OnInit(self):
        frame = wx.Frame(None, -1, "Hello from wxPython")
        frame.Show(True)
        self.frame=frame
        self.ch=ca.channel("fred")
        self.ch.wait_conn()
        self.ch.monitor(self.ca_callback)
        self.ch.flush()
        self.SetTopWindow(frame)
        return True

    def ca_callback(self,valstat):
        self.ch.update_val(valstat)
        self.frame.Title="%s:%f"%(self.ch.name,self.ch.val)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = MyApp(0)
    app.MainLoop()

#############################################

I hope this can give some idea.
Regards,

Noboru Yamamoto
EPICS group/J-PARC control group
KEK, JAPAN

Zhong Ren wrote:
> I managed to isolate a core dump in a minimized Python code
> (see below).  I found two components are essential to cause a
> core dump: wx.Timer and ca.Monitor (or ca.Get).  Can someone
> tell what the problem is?
> 
> ###############################################
> import wx
> import ca
> 
> def onTimer(event): pass
> 
> ca.Monitor('S:SRcurrentAI')
> 
> appli = wx.PySimpleApp()
> frame = wx.Frame(None)
> timer = wx.Timer()
> timer.Bind(wx.EVT_TIMER, onTimer)
> timer.Start(milliseconds = 10, oneShot = False)
> appli.MainLoop()
> ###############################################
> 
> Other info:
> Pyhton 2.5
> wxPython 2.6.3.3
> RedHat Linux x86_64
> GCC 4.1.1
> 
> To test, let the routine run for a while.  A core dump will
> occur in a few minutes.

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