[Python.NET] PyEval_GetGlobals

May 2, 2008

      I am trying to write a C# program that runs a python script.  It,
looks something like this:

            PythonEngine.Initialize();

            PyList pyargv = null;
            PyObject sys = PythonEngine.ImportModule("sys");
            if (sys.HasAttr("argv"))
            {
                pyargv = sys.GetAttr(new PyString("argv")) as PyList;
            }
            else
            {
                pyargv = new PyList();
                foreach (string arg in argv)
                {
                    pyargv.Append(new PyString(arg));
                }
            }
            sys.SetAttr("argv", pyargv);

            string dir = System.IO.Path.GetDirectoryName(argv[0]);
            if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty(dir))
            {
                PyList path = new PyList(sys.GetAttr("path"));
                PyObject pydir = new PyString(dir);
                if(!path.Contains(pydir))
                {
                    path.Append(pydir);
                }
            }
            PyObject module =
PythonEngine.ImportModule(System.IO.Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(argv[0]));
            if(module!=null) module.Dispose();
            PythonEngine.Shutdown();

So far, so good.  At this point you may ask why I'm bothering and not
just using python.exe.  Just trust me, that it's a bit specialized,
and I need to do a few other things.  Namely, make some changes to the
global namespace.  So, I added a function to PythonEngine to return

  new PyDict(Runtime.PyEval_GetGlobals());

So that I can start adding some objects to it that the script can make use of.

Unfortunately, PyEval_GetGlobals returns 0.  It does so in
PythonEngine.RunString as well.  This seems kind of strange to me.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks,
Mark.

[Python.NET] PyEval_GetGlobals

Mark Tigges