Re: [xml] using "raise" in Python error handler callbacks

[Daniel Veillard <veillard redhat com>]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2005 at 10:25:41PM +0100, Andrew McDermott wrote:
> Whilst experimenting with the Python bindings I noticed that exceptions 
> are not propagated when using registerErrorHandler().  If I run the 
> following I get the error message:
> 
> 	/etc/passwd : failed to parse.
> 
> However, there is no Traceback for the "raise".  Is this correct?
> 
> import libxml2
> import sys

  You have
    Python calling C calling Python.
the internal exception in the callback does not cross the C boundary
I don't see how this could work without disastrous side effects like
memory leaks or general instability in the program.

Daniel

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