Obtaining the PyObject * of a class
Bronner, Gregory
gregory.bronner at lehman.com
Wed Mar 12 11:04:48 EDT 2008
The short answer is that you don't need to:
Anything that has a 'handle' attribute that is an int should be fine to
pass into the function, and your typemap will be fine (with some
additional checking)
If you really insist on absolute type safety, however, you'll need an
instance of the Pin class to compare to. Actually, all you need is an
instance of the Pin Type -- you can use PyObject_TypeCheck (if I
recall).
Chances are, the name 'Pin' is already in your locals or globals, so you
find the object, grab its type, and then check the type.
Personally, I wouldn't bother.
________________________________
From: Cooper, Andrew [mailto:ACooper at cimtek.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 7:34 PM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: RE: Obtaining the PyObject * of a class
The part I'm having problem with is as follows:
I want to replace the 'strcmp' below with a call to
PyObject_IsInstance(o, pinClassPyObject)
But I don't know how to get the PyObject* for the Pin class that is
defined in the %pythoncode section
Here is a cut down version of the interface file
%module example
typedef long pin;
typedef unsigned short ushort;
ushort wkDefinePin(char *, char *, pin *OUTPUT);
%pythoncode
{
class Pin(object):
def __init__(self, name, tic):
self.handle = wkDefinePin(name,tic)[1]
return
}
%typemap(in) (pin tp)
{
//
// TODO: really need to change this to IsInstance type code
//
if(strcmp($input->ob_type->tp_name,"Pin") == 0)
{
$1 = PyInt_AsLong(PyObject_GetAttrString($input,"handle"));
}
else
{
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,"arg must be type Pin");
return NULL;
}
}
%typemap(in) (int nCnt_tp, pin *tp)
{
/* Check if is a list */
if (PyList_Check($input))
{
int i;
$1 = PyList_Size($input);
$2 = (pin *) malloc(($1) * sizeof(pin));
for (i = 0; i < $1; i++)
{
//
// TODO: really need to change this to IsInstance type code
//
PyObject *o = PyList_GetItem($input,i);
if (strcmp(o->ob_type->tp_name, "Pin") == 0)
{
$2[i] = PyInt_AsLong(PyObject_GetAttrString(o,"handle"));
}
else
{
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,"list must contain Pins");
free($2);
return NULL;
}
}
$2[i] = 0;
}
else
{
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,"not a list");
return NULL;
}
}
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From: python-list-bounces+acooper=cimtek.com at python.org
[mailto:python-list-bounces+acooper=cimtek.com at python.org] On Behalf Of
Bronner, Gregory
Sent: 11 March 2008 20:52
To: Michael Wieher; python-list at python.org; accooper at cimtek.com
Subject: RE: Obtaining the PyObject * of a class
I'd strongly disagree.
SWIG is very useful for wrapping large scale projects in a
non-interfering manner. If you have to generate bindings for 1000+
classes, it is by far the easiest way to do things.
It isn't clear what you are doing that requires the PyObject*, or which
one you'd like.
In general, the output one is found in $result, and $input is input
PyObject for that typemap.
________________________________
From: Michael Wieher [mailto:michael.wieher at gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 3:09 PM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: Re: Obtaining the PyObject * of a class
2 things:
1st. there is a python mailing list for people interested in C++
extension type stuff
2nd. SWIG is useless and overly complicated, its much easier to just
generate your own C++ code by hand, less confusion, and much more
clarity. I find no value in using anything else.
People complain about the "boilerplate" code, but honestly, copy &
paste, change three characters, and you're done. And you know exactly
what is happening, how when and why.
2008/3/11, Chris Mellon <arkanes at gmail.com>:
On Tue, Mar 11, 2008 at 12:13 PM, Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote:
>
> "Cooper, Andrew" <ACooper at cimtek.com> wrote in message
>
news:C03234BF0E2A8C419C4C307D0914EB730251D3A9 at MAILSERVER.cimtek.on.ca...
>
> | Are there any Python C API experts/SWIG experts out there that can
help
> | me with this issue please.
>
> | I',m currently using SWIG to generate a python interface to a C DLL.
>
> Some people have switched to using ctypes for this, and many other
SWIG
> users have stopped reading clp. But I hope someone answers who can.
>
Using Pyrex or Cython is likely to be much easier than using SWIG for
this.
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