[capi-sig] Equivalent of PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize in python2.4

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 19.10.2012 13:36, endeavor john wrote:
> Hello Team,
> While cross-compiling XBMC  Apllication.The code is generated using Java.
> I am getting an error :PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize.is undefined, i
> understand that this api is defined in python2.6.
> But we are supposed to compile this with python-2.4 libraries.
> 
> Can you please let us know what is the equivalent API in python 2.4.This is
> the Code which using the "PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize" API.
> 
>  static PyObject* xbmc_XBMCAddon_xbmc_RenderCapture_getImage(PyObject*
> self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
>   {
>   RenderCapture* rc =
> ((RenderCapture*)retrieveApiInstance((PyObject*)self,&PyXBMCAddon_xbmc_RenderCapture_Type,"getImage","XBMCAddon::xbmc::RenderCapture"));
>   if (rc->GetUserState() != CAPTURESTATE_DONE)
>   {
>     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, "illegal user state");
>     return NULL;
>   }
> 
>   ssize_t size = rc->getWidth() * rc->getHeight() * 4;
>   return PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize((const char *)rc->GetPixels(), size);
> }

This depends a bit on what the library expects as input elsewhere and
whether the memory area allocation is being managed elsewhere or not.

You could use a PyBuffer_FromReadWriteMemory() or a PyString_FromStringAndSize()
with Python 2.4.

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