[PyQt] Segfault on exceptions in QNetworkAccessManager::createRequest

[Kovid Goyal]

On Thu, Sep 25, 2014 at 04:57:14PM +0100, Phil Thompson wrote:
> The value returned depends on the C++ return type. In this case, where a
> pointer is expected, the value is NULL.
> 
> The way to handle this might be to add a new annotation /NotNone/ that says
> that NULL should not be returned to C++, or another annotation might specify
> the default value that is returned when an exception is raised. However in
> either case you won't be telling C++ that there is a problem and it will
> carry on regardless - maybe a crash is the best thing to do in this
> circumstance.

I'd say print "unhandled exception in method so-and-so" and continue
ignoring the exception. Debugging C++ level crashes is a PITA for most
python developers.

Kovid.

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