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uvloop pypy3.9 error on import

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
backend

Research direction

Start by reproducing the import on Debian Bullseye with PyPy 3.9 and uvloop 0.17.0, then inspect uvloop/init.py and the imported loop.pypy39-pp73-x86_64-linux-gnu.so associated with the undefined PyContext_CopyCurrent symbol. Done means uvloop imports successfully under PyPy and the relevant import behavior is covered by an appropriate regression test.

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Description

  • uvloop version: 0.17.0
  • Python version: pypy3.9
  • Platform: Debian Bullseye
  • Can you reproduce the bug with PYTHONASYNCIODEBUG in env?: Yes
  • Does uvloop behave differently from vanilla asyncio? How?: Vanilla asyncio does not create this error

uvloop fails to import with the following traceback

  File "/var/gpob/GB.py", line 36, in <module>
    import uvloop
  File "/usr/lib/pypy3.9/site-packages/uvloop/__init__.py", line 7, in <module>
    from .loop import Loop as __BaseLoop  # NOQA
ImportError: /usr/lib/pypy3.9/site-packages/uvloop/loop.pypy39-pp73-x86_64-linux-gnu.so: undefined symbol: PyContext_CopyCurrent```
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