Illegal instruction: 4 thrown on darwin

[mysyzygy]

Performing the following on specific mac computers throws an illegal instruction: 4 error and kills python running python 3.6.5, 3.6.3, and 3.5.4.

$ ipython
In [1]: import samplerate
In [2]: src = samplerate.Resampler('sinc_best', channels=1)
Illegal instruction: 4

Occurs on:
Model Identifier: MacPro6,1
Processor Name: Quad-Core Intel Xeon E5
macOS: 10.12.6
Darwin Kernel Version 16.7.0

$ pip list
Package Version

---

cffi 1.11.5
numpy 1.14.5
pip 10.0.1
pycparser 2.18
samplerate 0.1.0
setuptools 39.0.1

[tuxu]

Interesting. I'll check the compiler options for the included binaries. In the meantime, you could install libsamplerate from Homebrew, and either replace the included binary (see here) or remove it (will fall back to the one installed on the system).

[mysyzygy]

Thanks tuxu, I'll give that a try and let you know.

[mysyzygy]

Yea, that build works thanks!

[CrepeGoat]

I'm finding what looks like the same issue on my machine:

>>> import samplerate
>>> resampler = samplerate.Resampler('sinc_medium', channels=1)
Illegal instruction: 4

Machine details:

$ sw_vers
ProductName:	Mac OS X
ProductVersion:	10.13.6
BuildVersion:	17G14042

$ python --version
Python 3.8.6

$ pip list
Package             Version
------------------- ---------
...
cffi                1.14.5
numpy               1.20.2
pip                 21.0.1
pycparser           2.20
samplerate          0.1.0
setuptools          49.2.1
...

[tuxu]

Could you try to install libsamplerate through Homebrew?

$ brew install libsamplerate

The binary shipped with python-samplerate unfortunately still contains instructions for a newer processor generation.

[CrepeGoat]

The binary shipped with python-samplerate unfortunately still contains instructions for a newer processor generation.

so is my problem that my processor is too old for the OSX wheel for this package? Is such a compatible wheel something I could make and contribute to this package?

Could you try to install libsamplerate through Homebrew?

...ok it took me a couple reads to understand this right, sorry... here you're asking me to install the required DLL, NOT the package itself.

In that case, it seems like it'd be more useful to fix the wheels/tarball than do a one-time fix on just my machine. But that depends on your response to my first comment, I guess. I'm curious what you think!

[tuxu]

Yes, indeed. I took the binary from a Homebrew installation on my 2014 MacBook Pro (3 GHz, Core i7). Unfortunately the binary was optimized for this CPU when I installed it.

Regarding the second point: I fully agree that the wheel should be fixed! However, the dylib that is included in the wheel will only be used if libsamplerate can't be found elsewhere on your system. So installing the library through Homebrew should resolve the problem too, without modifying the wheel or Python installation.