PracticalMayaPython: RuntimeError: Internal C++ object (PySide.QtGui.QStatusBar) already deleted.

TLDR: If you get that error for the code on page 163, see the fix at https://github.com/rgalanakis/practicalmayapython/pull/2/files

In August, reader Ric Williams noted:

I’m running Maya 2015 with Windows 7 64-bit. On page 163 when we open the GUI using a Shelf button, the GUI status bar does not work, (it works when called from outside Maya). This RuntimeError appears: RuntimeError: Internal C++ object (PySide.QtGui.QStatusBar) already deleted.

I no longer have Maya installed so I couldn’t debug it, but reader ragingViking (sorry, don’t know your real name!) contributed a fix to the book’s GitHub repository. You can see the fix here: https://github.com/rgalanakis/practicalmayapython/pull/2/files
And you can see the issue which has more explanation here: https://github.com/rgalanakis/practicalmayapython/issues/1

Thanks again to Ric and ragingViking. I did my best to test the code with various versions of Maya but definitely missed some things (especially those which required manual testing). If you find any other problems, please don’t hesitate to send me an email!