See my next post, please. The question has changed, some, but this information may still be helpful.
Now, I'm not really looking for actually creating member functions of my C++ class in Python, but I would like to create something similiar. Essentially, I want my C++ class Entity to have some functions like "OnKeyPres()" which then runs a script in Python which modifies the Entity. So, mabye the OnKeyPress script would look something like so:
def Run(self,data):
if(data.key == LEFT):
self.AddForce(-1.0,0.0)
if(data.key == RIGHT):
self.AddForce(1.0,0.0)
if(data.key == UP):
self.AddForce(0.0,1.0)
if(data.key == DOWN):
self.AddForce(0.0,-1.0)
So, I've tried out Boost.Python and cooked up some POS code.
void Script::RunScript(Entity *e, EventData *data)
{
object module(handle<>(borrowed(PyImport_AddModule("__main__"))));
object dictionary = module.attr("__dict__");
try
{
//Get e and data into Python...
dictionary["self"] = new Entity(e);//Must be garbage collectable
dictionary["data"] = data;
//Run the source
PyRun_SimpleString(source.c_str());
PyRun_SimpleString("Run(self,data)");//run.c_str());-+
}
catch (error_already_set)
{
PyErr_Print();
}
Entity* newEntity = extract<Entity*>(dictionary["self"]);
e->SetSelf(newEntity);
}
Basically, Script is a class that reads in a script from a file, then runs it on a given Entity with some data thrown. This doesn't feel right to me. A couple things are bad:
1. I have to new a copy of e so that it can be GCed by Python.
2. PyErr_Print() doesn't seem to do anything since I don't have a Python window up.
3. It doesn't run the script.
4. I can't just modify e directly, I have to make a copy of it, then modify the copy, then modify e to be like teh copy.
Basically, it's a mess, and it doesn't even run the script. I have expose the Entity class and init'ed it. I've checked and it does load the script properly, so it's not that.
So, my question is, quite simple really, how the heck do I do this? I'm sure I'm messing something up, because I've only ever used Python as a scripting language in very small test cases before. No turoials I have found have covered much about this with Boost.Python.
[Edited by - Ezbez on October 8, 2006 8:44:00 AM]
