Pass 'this' to a python script in an extended application

[Stou Sandalski]

I figured it out.  I just made my main class a singleton and it worked
fine... it always works right after I post a message =)

Stou

Stou Sandalski wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an application consisting of a main C++ class (and other
> classes) stored inside a DLL.  The application uses a small main
> executable that links against the main DLL, then initializes and runs
> the core class.  The python bindings are inside a .pyd module that also
> links against the core DLL file.  I was able to generate the python
> bindings against the core class using SWIG.   The application can now
> be run either by the bootstrap executable or through the python console
> like:
>
> import foo
> s = foo.MainClass()
> s.run();
>
> This is awesome, however I want to be able to launch python scripts
> from within the application itself (no matter how it was started) and
> supply these scripts with a "pointer" to the already initialized main
> Class something like:
>
> import foo
>
> s = foo.GetMainClass()
> s.someMethod().
>
> I found this:
>
> http://docs.python.org/ext/extending-with-embedding.html
>
> but the problem is that I don't know how to "give" the python
> interpreter a "pointer" to my class that will be compatible with the
> already defined bindings that SWIG generated.  I am trying to keep the
> core application dll from knowing about the .pyd extension module.
>
> I apologize if this post belongs in a group dedicated to SWIG.
> 
> Stou