TypeError: tp_basicsize for type '_bleak_winrt_Windows_Foundation.EventRegistrationToken' (24) is too small for base '_winrt.Object' (32)

[fernandoaestrella]

The problem
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Copied the example from here https://github.com/kevincar/bless/blob/master/examples/server.py and ran it

Reproduction
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Copied the example from here https://github.com/kevincar/bless/blob/master/examples/server.py to VS Code in a new python file, inside a virtual environment (virtual environment folder is called ".venv")

imported bless via
python -m pip install bless
and ran it
an error indicated I didn't have bleak_winrt so i got it via
python -m pip install bleak-winrt
then I ran it again and got the error below

Expected behavior
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Expected the server to run and advertise a BLE message

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Traceback (most recent call last):
File "d:\dev\magic\py\sb\boxes\ble_s\main.py", line 12, in
from bless import ( # type: ignore
File "d:\dev\magic\py\venv\Lib\site-packages\bless_init_.py", line 41, in
from bless.backends.winrt.server import ( # noqa: F401
File "d:\dev\magic\py\venv\Lib\site-packages\bless\backends\winrt\server.py", line 14, in
from bless.backends.winrt.service import BlessGATTServiceWinRT
File "d:\dev\magic\py\venv\Lib\site-packages\bless\backends\winrt\service.py", line 4, in
from bleak_winrt.windows.devices.bluetooth.genericattributeprofile import ( # type: ignore # noqa: E501
File "d:\dev\magic\py\venv\Lib\site-packages\bleak_winrt\windows\devices\bluetooth_init_.py", line 10, in
import bleak_winrt.windows.devices.bluetooth.genericattributeprofile
File "d:\dev\magic\py\venv\Lib\site-packages\bleak_winrt\windows\devices\bluetooth\genericattributeprofile_init_.py", line 15, in
import bleak_winrt.windows.devices.enumeration
File "d:\dev\magic\py\venv\Lib\site-packages\bleak_winrt\windows\devices\enumeration_init_.py", line 15, in
import bleak_winrt.windows.foundation
File "d:\dev\magic\py\venv\Lib\site-packages\bleak_winrt\windows\foundation_init_.py", line 7, in
_ns_module = bleak_winrt.import_ns_module("Windows.Foundation")
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "d:\dev\magic\py\venv\Lib\site-packages\bleak_winrt_init.py", line 15, in _import_ns_module
module = module_from_spec(spec)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: tp_basicsize for type '_bleak_winrt_Windows_Foundation.EventRegistrationToken' (24) is too small for base '_winrt.Object' (32)

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• OS: [e.g. Windows, macOS, Linux]
  Win10

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[magnusjjj]

Got the exakt same error, windows 11 :).

[goodztc]

I encountered the same problem and found that using a lower version of Python can solve it, Verified on Python version 3.9.19

[goodztc]

Got the exakt same error, windows 11 :).

you can try Python version 3.9.19

[LucasVos]

Same issue here.. I would love to stay on Python 3.12 instead of going down :-)
Is there another workaround?

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