Workaround for broken introspection

8474: Crash after merge places
8498: Crash when attempting to add gramplet
8536: clicking on tag icon in person view causes gramps to crash

gramps/gui/navigator.py

@@ -292,10 +292,18 @@ class Navigator(object):
 # Functions
 #
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-def cb_menu_position(menu, button):
+def cb_menu_position(*args):
     """
     Determine the position of the popup menu.
     """
+    # takes two argument: menu, button
+    if len(args) == 2:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[1]
+    # broken introspection can't handle MenuPositionFunc annotations corectly
+    else:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[3]
     ret_val, x_pos, y_pos = button.get_window().get_origin()
     x_pos += button.get_allocation().x
     y_pos += button.get_allocation().y + button.get_allocation().height

gramps/gui/views/tags.py

@@ -277,10 +277,18 @@ class Tags(DbGUIElement):
                 view.add_tag(trans, object_handle, tag_handle)
         status.end()
 
-def cb_menu_position(menu, button):
+def cb_menu_position(*args):
     """
     Determine the position of the popup menu.
     """
+    # takes two argument: menu, button
+    if len(args) == 2:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[1]
+    # broken introspection can't handle MenuPositionFunc annotations corectly
+    else:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[3]
     ret_val, x_pos, y_pos = button.get_window().get_origin()
     x_pos += button.get_allocation().x
     y_pos += button.get_allocation().y + button.get_allocation().height

gramps/gui/widgets/grampletbar.py

@@ -734,10 +734,18 @@ class TabLabel(Gtk.HBox):
         else:
             self.closebtn.hide()
 
-def cb_menu_position(menu, button):
+def cb_menu_position(*args):
     """
     Determine the position of the popup menu.
     """
+    # takes two argument: menu, button
+    if len(args) == 2:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[1]
+    # broken introspection can't handle MenuPositionFunc annotations corectly
+    else:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[3]
     ret_val, x_pos, y_pos = button.get_window().get_origin()
     x_pos += button.get_allocation().x
     y_pos += button.get_allocation().y + button.get_allocation().height

gramps/plugins/sidebar/dropdownsidebar.py

@@ -205,10 +205,18 @@ class DropdownSidebar(BaseSidebar):
             self.viewmanager.notebook.set_current_page(page_no)
         self.__handlers_unblock()
 
-def cb_menu_position(menu, button):
+def cb_menu_position(*args):
     """
     Determine the position of the popup menu.
     """
+    # takes two argument: menu, button
+    if len(args) == 2:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[1]
+    # broken introspection can't handle MenuPositionFunc annotations corectly
+    else:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[3]
     ret_val, x_pos, y_pos = button.get_window().get_origin()
     x_pos += button.get_allocation().x
     y_pos += button.get_allocation().y + button.get_allocation().height

gramps/plugins/sidebar/expandersidebar.py

@@ -218,10 +218,18 @@ class ExpanderSidebar(BaseSidebar):
             self.viewmanager.notebook.set_current_page(page_no)
         self.__handlers_unblock()
 
-def cb_menu_position(menu, button):
+def cb_menu_position(*args):
     """
     Determine the position of the popup menu.
     """
+    # takes two argument: menu, button
+    if len(args) == 2:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[1]
+    # broken introspection can't handle MenuPositionFunc annotations corectly
+    else:
+        menu = args[0]
+        button = args[3]
     ret_val, x_pos, y_pos = button.get_window().get_origin()
     x_pos += button.get_allocation().x
     y_pos += button.get_allocation().y + button.get_allocation().height