undefined symbol: sipExportedExceptions_limacore

[Laurent Claustre]

Sorry, the implementation is missing.

On 11/28/25 17:28, Phil Thompson wrote:
> On 28/11/2025 16:07, Laurent Claustre wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> porting our C++ project python binding  from sip 4.19 to 6.14 we got
>> the following error when importing the project module:
>>
>> /undefined symbol: sipExportedExceptions_limacore/
>>
>> Looking into the generated sipAPI project file (sipAPIlimacore.h)
>> sipExportedExceptions_limacore is declared as "external":
>>
>> //* The exceptions defined in this module. */
>> extern PyObject *sipExportedExceptions_limacore[];/
>>
>> But none of the .h/.cpp generated file contains its declaration. We
>> have a Exceptions.sip file which looks like:
>>
>> /enum Layer {
>>     Common, Control, Hardware, CameraPlugin,
>> };
>>
>> enum ErrorType {
>>     InvalidValue, NotSupported, Error,
>> };
>>
>>
>> %Exception Exception(SIP_Exception)
>> {
>> %TypeHeaderCode
>> #include "lima/Exceptions.h"
>> using namespace lima;
>> %End
>> %RaiseCode
>>     const std::string& tmpString = sipExceptionRef.getErrMsg();
>>     const char *detail = tmpString.c_str();
>>     PyErr_SetString(sipException_Exception, detail);
>> %End
>> };
>> /
>>
>> Thanks for your help
>>
>> Laurent
>
> Compared to the 4.19 code is the declaration new or is the 
> implementation missing?
>
> Phil

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