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<h2><a name="macosx"></a>Does Boost.Python work with Mac OS X?</h2>
<blockquote>
<p>The short answer: as of January 2003, unfortunately not.</p>
<p>The longer answer: using Mac OS 10.2.3 with the December Developer's
Kit, Python 2.3a1, and bjam's darwin-tools.jam, Boost.Python compiles
fine, including the examples. However, there are problems at runtime
(see <a href=
"http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2003-January/003267.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2003-January/003267.html</a>).
Solutions are currently unknown.</p>
<p>It is known that under certain circumstances objects are
double-destructed. See <a href=
"http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2003-January/003278.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2003-January/003278.html</a>
for details. It is not clear however if this problem is related to the
Boost.Python runtime issues.</p>
</blockquote>
It is known to work under 10.2.8 and 10.3 using
Apple's gcc 3.3 compiler:
<pre>gcc (GCC) 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1493)</pre>
Under 10.2.8 get the August 2003 gcc update (free at
<a href="http://connect.apple.com/">http://connect.apple.com/</a>).
Under 10.3 get the Xcode Tools v1.0 (also free).
<p>
Python 2.3 is required. The Python that ships with 10.3 is
fine. Under 10.2.8 use these commands to install Python
as a framework:
<pre>./configure --enable-framework
make
make frameworkinstall</pre>
The last command requires root privileges because the target
directory is
<tt>/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.3</tt>.
However, the installation does not interfere with the Python
version that ships with 10.2.8.
<p>
It is also crucial to increase the <tt>stacksize</tt> before
starting compilations, e.g.:
<pre>limit stacksize 8192k</pre>
If the <tt>stacksize</tt> is too small the build might crash with
internal compiler errors.
<hr>
<h2><a name="xref">How can I find the existing PyObject that holds a C++