[Metakit] PyDS 0.7.2 database corruption

Jean-Claude Wippler jcw at equi4.com
Fri May 14 11:41:32 CEST 2004


Nicholas Riley wrote:

> I am not sure whether this is PyDS threading issues or Metakit bugs.
> In any case, Metakit should not crash while attempting to read data
> from a database!

Agree.  But stray pointer writes can damage things.  I'm not saying 
this is the case here, just pointing out that software bugs in the same 
address space can damage a MK datafile despite its failsafe logic.

> If anyone (Jean-Claude?) wants to see one/more of the databases, I can
> send them.

Please do.

-jcw



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