[Pyrex] Pyrex 0.9: Compiled code produces segmentation fault

[Greg Ewing]

Matthias Baas <baas at ira.uka.de>:

> I have an extension type "vec3" that represents vectors with 3 float 
> components and an accompanying iterator class "vec3iter" to iterate over 
> the components. But using the iterator can lead to a segmentation
> fault. 
> 
> Personally, I have no clue what the problem might be, is this a bug in 
> Pyrex, Python or my code?

I can't see anything wrong with your code, so it looks like
it may be a Pyrex bug.

There was a problem reported recently concerning trouble that
can arise if a garbage collection occurs during a __new__
method -- this might be a manifestation of that.

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