Python datastructure -> Corba IDL

[Sascha Matzke]

Hello,

On 19 Feb 2000, Samuel A. Falvo II <kc5tja at garnet.armored.net> wrote:
>In article <slrn8at0ld.a02.sascha at bespin.three.signals.de>, Sascha Matzke wrote:
>>how can I represent the following datastructure in Corba IDL...
>>
>>([{},{},...],0)
>>
>>a tuple of a list of dictonaries and an integer...
>
>	// NOTE: CORBA hasn't a clue as to what a "dictionary" or other
>	// associative arrays are, so your software will need to build these
>	// data structures manually.  Ie., it'll require some amount of
>	// "custom marshaling" on your part.
>
>	struct DictEntry
>	{
>	   string key;
>	   any data;	// I'm not sure what you're storing here...
>	};
>
>	// From this point on, CORBA can handle everything else.
>
>	typedef sequence<DictEntry> Dictionary;
>	typedef sequence<Dictionary> DictionaryList;
>
>	struct MyStruct
>	{
>	   DictionaryList	list_of_dic;
>	   long			integer;
>	};

And how do I represent this thing in python... I can't simply return the
datastructure above ([{},{},...],0)....

Sascha
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