[PyQt] Debugging segfault in PyQt application?

[Giuseppe Corbelli]

On 20/12/2013 22:02, Jason Tiller wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I collaborate on a complex PyQt application.  We're experiencing
> segfaults that arise from QtCore, but I'm stumped as to how to drill
> down into the coredump and get useful information from the backtrace.
> Anybody have any suggestions as to a useful approach for debugging
> segfaults in PyQt applications?  We can currently cause the issue
> (fairly) reliably every 20 minutes or so with manual button mashing.

The core dump (as Phil said with debugging symbols) is useful to look at the 
C++ side. If you want a starting point from the Python side have a look at
https://pypi.python.org/pypi/faulthandler/

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