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diff --git a/libreport/src/report-python/README b/libreport/src/report-python/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1c9c3a27 --- /dev/null +++ b/libreport/src/report-python/README @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +Currently (2011-05), include/report/*.h are: + +dump_dir.h +event_config.h +problem_data.h +report.h +run_event.h + +and we wrap all of them except event_config.h. + +Python wrappers for C types and functions declared in include/report/FOO.h +should be implemented in corresponding FOO.c file in this directory. + +Their (C-level) declarations should go to common.h. + +Note that methods don't have to be declared in common.h: +they can be static functions inside FOO.c, and exposed to the rest +of the world via PyTypeObject instance. In FOO.c: + +static PyObject *p_method_name(PyObject *pself, PyObject *args) +... +static PyMethodDef p_FOO_methods[] = { +{ "method_name", p_method_name, METH_VARARGS, NULL } +... +}; +PyTypeObject p_FOO_type = { + .tp_methods = p_FOO_methods, +... +}; + +and only p_FOO_type needs to be declared in common.h. + +Similarly, (de)allocators, attr getters/setters also can be static functions +and be hooked into p_FOO_type. + +However, non-method functions can't be static. + + +File reportmodule.c contains the initialization function which should +initialize types (p_FOO_type objects) and hook up finctions from every +FOO.c so that they are usable from python code. + +Python wrappers for C constants (enums, defines) are created directly +by reportmodule.c. |