Handle SystemError from corrupted cache files gracefully#79
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[WIP] Fix SystemError for wbdata on Mac OS
Handle SystemError from corrupted cache files gracefully
Nov 30, 2025
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When the shelve cache file becomes corrupted,
shelved_cacheraisesSystemError: Negative size passed to PyBytes_FromStringAndSizeduring initialization, crashing wbdata on import. Users had to manually delete the cache directory to recover.Changes
SystemErrorduring cache initialization, remove corrupted files, and recreate a fresh cache_remove_cache_files()to handle shelve's various file extensions (.db,.dir,.bak,.dat, etc.)Original prompt
This section details on the original issue you should resolve
<issue_title>SystemError: Negative size passed to PyBytes_FromStringAndSize</issue_title>
<issue_description>Run on Mac OS 15.3.2, Python 3.11, wbdata 1.1.0. After calling
wbdata.get_data(indicator=indicators), error happened at the import sentence.This can be fixed by
rm -rf ~/Library/Caches/wbdata.However, I must do that every time after calling
wbdata.get_data(indicator=indicators)Here is a part of my project: