[capi-sig] How to inspect module objects.

[Guillaume Yziquel]

Hello.

I'm currently reworking the existing software embedding Python (v2.5 for 
now) into Objective Caml.

You can already do some trivial things with it:

> yziquel at seldon:~$ ocaml
>         Objective Caml version 3.11.1
> 
> # #use "topfind";;
> - : unit = ()
> Findlib has been successfully loaded. Additional directives:
>   #require "package";;      to load a package
>   #list;;                   to list the available packages
>   #camlp4o;;                to load camlp4 (standard syntax)
>   #camlp4r;;                to load camlp4 (revised syntax)
>   #predicates "p,q,...";;   to set these predicates
>   Topfind.reset();;         to force that packages will be reloaded
>   #thread;;                 to enable threads
> 
> - : unit = ()
> # #require "python.interpreter";;
> /usr/lib/ocaml/python: added to search path
> /usr/lib/ocaml/python/python.cma: loaded
> /usr/lib/ocaml/python/oCamlPython.cmo: loaded
> # let q = Python.Module.import "dolfin";;
> val q : Python.obj = <abstr>
> # let w = Python.Module.import "modulethatdoesnotexist";;
> Exception: Python.Exception.Python_failure <abstr>.
> # 

So it catches exceptions when trying to import a module that does not 
exist, and it succeeds when importing dolfin, a module that does exist 
on my box.

But then I'd like to inspect the contet of this module. So, here's my 
question: How do you access the content of this module, or the content 
of the python object, preferably with the C API.

All apologies if these questions seem trivial to you, but I'm quite new 
to python and its internals. Pointers to relevant (tutorial?) 
documentation are appreciated.

All the best,

-- 
      Guillaume Yziquel
http://yziquel.homelinux.org/