Python - "object layout"

Question

Hi, can somebody describe the following exception? What is the "object layout" and how it is defined? Thanks

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test_gui.py", line 5, in <module>
    suite = AlgorithmEngine('gui_suite')
  File "/home/honza/Research/Voiar/algorithm.py", line 169, in __init__
    self.algorithms = self._initAlgorithms()
  File "/home/honza/Research/Voiar/algorithm.py", line 232, in _initAlgorithms
    self._initGUIAlgorithm(obj)
  File "/home/honza/Research/Voiar/algorithm.py", line 218, in _initGUIAlgorithm
    cls.__bases__ = bases
TypeError: __bases__ assignment: 'QWidget' object layout differs from 'GUIAlgorithm'

Answer 1

It means that you tried to change the type of an object (by assigning to __bases__) and the new type wasn't compatible with the old one. This happens when the underlying C data structure isn't the same for both types.

See http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg52950.html for a list of differences between types that might trigger this exception.