I see, thanks Victor! JOOC, why don't you use a (int,char**) typemap for
(argc,argv) instead of the helper class?, seems to me like it will result in
a simpler api.

Regards
-Carlos

On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 5:58 PM, victor <Victor.Lazzarini@nuim.ie> wrote:

> You have to use the helper class CsoundArgVList e.g:
>
> def compile(csound, args=[]):
>      arglist = csnd..CsoundArgVList()
>      arglist.Append("csound")
>      for i in args:
>         arglist.Append(i)
>      res = csound.Compile(arglist.argc(), arglist.argv())
>      return res
>
>
> Then you can do
>
> csound = csnd.Csound()
> compile(csound, ['-odac', '-B1024','-dm0','my.csd'])
>
>
> Victor
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Carlos Pita" <carlosjosepita@gmail.com>
> To: <csound-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 9:44 PM
> Subject: [Cs-dev] Python api and argv
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been messing a bit with the python api and find out that the
> > csoundCompile(cs,argc,argv) or Csound.Compile(argc,argv) are unusable
> > because:
> >
> > 1) the swig typemap for char **  is commented out in python_interface.i
> >
> > 2) no array_functions / array_class support from carrays.i is
> > generated for char*.
> >
> > So I see no way to create a char** from python side.
> >
> > I still can resort to Csound.Compile overloads for (char*),
> > (char*,char*), .... up to 5 strings, but this is rather limited.
> >
> > How is this expected to be done? Why is the typemap for char**
> > commented in the swig interface?
> >
> > Thank you in advance
> > Regards
> > -Carlos
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