Re: [Libvir] PATCH: Add missing APIs to python binding

On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 09:02:09AM -0500, Daniel Veillard wrote: > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 01:58:07PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2008 at 04:04:46AM -0500, Daniel Veillard wrote: > > > On Sun, Jan 20, 2008 at 05:23:46PM +0000, Daniel P. Berrange wrote: > > > > The python binding is missing all the APIs relating to CPU pinning and > > > > schedular parameters because they are too hard for the generator to manage. > > > [...] > > > > The generator fails on the C code part of the bindings completely, so that > > > > is hand-written. It also fails on the python part of the bindings, but > > > > the way the generator is structured doesn't enable us to hand-write the > > > > python part for methods within objects :-( So I have basically just editted > > > > the generator to blacklist all the out-parameters, and blacklist the in > > > > parameters which specify list lengths. > > > > > > I'm not sure why you had to patch the generator.py , could you explain > > > a bit ? Also I don't see in the patch any extra entry in > > > python/libvirt-python-api.xml , its purpose is to help the generator > > > writing the python side of the bindings for hand generated ones. So i > > > wonder if the two are not related. > > > > I've no idea what python/libvirt-python-api.xml does - it just seems to > > duplicate info already in docs/libvirt-api.xml ? > > Well, docs/libvirt-api.xml is automatically generated from the headers > (and C modules), but python/libvirt-python-api.xml is manually created > to describe similar input but for the functions where the C binding is done > manually. This allows the generator to plug them at the libvirt.py level. Ok, here's a re-done patch to use that to override the python signature