[PyQt] PyQt / SIP from an embedded Python interpreter

[Phil Thompson]

On Fri, 7 Jun 2013 23:44:17 +0200, Johan Thelin
<johan.thelin at pelagicore.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I've been experimenting with using PyQt and SIP from a Python
> interpreter embedded into a larger C++ application. I do this on Linux
> (Kubuntu 13.04), Qt 5 and PyQt/SIP from last Wednesday (June 5th).
> This gives me an unresolved symbol, _Py_NoneStruct, when importing
> PyQt5.QtCore. However, adding -lpython2.7 to sip and QtCore, it works.
> I guess the import statement does a dlopen, and it fails to resolve
> the symbols, despite them being linked into my host application for
> some odd reason.
> 
> So, to the point. Am I doing something wrong here? Should things just
> work? I've tried the -Wl,-E and -rdynamic, which was what Google
> indicated could help. Alas, no luck with them.

You could look at how the Designer plugin is built as that is doing
something similar.

> If I'm not doing something wrong, do you want my patches to SIP and
PyQt5?

Always happy to consider patches.

Phil