Empty array parameters (for example colormaps, series) cause DearPyGui to crash later on, making fault finding difficult.

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import dearpygui.dearpygui as dpg

dpg.create_context()
dpg.create_viewport()
dpg.setup_dearpygui()

with dpg.window(label="tutorial"):
    dpg.add_button(label="Press me")

more_code_to_explain_my_issue()

dpg.show_viewport()
dpg.start_dearpygui()
dpg.destroy_context()

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import dearpygui.dearpygui as dpg

class MainWindow():
def init(self):
self.colormapRegistry = dpg.add_colormap_registry(label="Colormap Registry") colours = [] # not intentional, can not reproduce failure self.colorMap = dpg.add_colormap(colours, qualitative=False, parent=self.colormapRegistry) with dpg.window(label="Death by empty array", width=-1, height=-1, pos=(0, 0), tag="Death by empty array"): with dpg.plot(label="Spectogram",height=600, no_menus=False, width=-1, crosshairs=True, no_mouse_pos=True): self.specPlot = dpg.last_item() dpg.bind_colormap(self.specPlot, self.colorMap) self.specXaxis = dpg.add_plot_axis(dpg.mvXAxis, no_gridlines=True, no_tick_marks=True, no_tick_labels=True, foreground_grid=True) self.specYaxis = dpg.add_plot_axis(dpg.mvYAxis, label="Frequency kHz", no_gridlines=False, no_tick_marks=False, no_tick_labels=False, foreground_grid=True) self.heatSeries = dpg.add_heat_series([], rows=1, cols=1, parent=self.specYaxis, format="", tag="spectrogram") # kills but may have been a different series if name == 'main': import dearpygui.dearpygui as dpg

dpg.create_context()
dpg.create_viewport(title='Death by empty array', width=400, height=400, x_pos=0, y_pos= 0)

main = MainWindow()
dpg.setup_dearpygui()
dpg.show_viewport()
dpg.set_primary_window("Death by empty array", True)
dpg.start_dearpygui() ################## dies here ###########
dpg.destroy_context()

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