Newbie: Python suitability question

[Cameron Laird]

In article <3921EFC8.53C372FC at araidesign.com>,
Chris Arai  <chris at araidesign.com> wrote:
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>I am contemplating using python to act as a graphical interface to an
>embedded application that will be cross compiled for a 68K micro
>controller.  The reasons I (think) I want to use python are:
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>1. I need to create a simulator for the target embedded system for rapid
>development.
>2. I'm in a hurry and lazy and want to create a simple GUI quickly.
>3. I can easily (??) port from Linux to Windows.
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>The outline is that I need to simulate the graphical display that the
>embedded app will have and to feed the app keypad inputs via mouse
>clicks.  So the embedded app is running and creating a memory map for
>its graphical display, which python then redraws for the desktop, while
>mouse clicks to the buttons are passed to the embedded app.  The
>questions I am having difficulty answering are:
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>1. Do I embed python in my app? Or...
>2. Do I extend python with my app?
>3. Will I need to use threads to do this?
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>My guess is that I will have to embed python.  Thus my app will start,
>call python to create the GUI, and then the app continues it's
>processing in a loop which on each cycle of the loop updates python with
>the new display info and also grabs inputs that were made to the python
>GUI.  Is this possible?
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>AND last of all, is this an appropriate use of python, or is there a
>better way?
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Yes, Python is good for this role.

I have a strong bias toward extending rather than
embedding Python for cases such as yours.  Are you
saying that it's possible to identify a command-line
(-like) application at the heart of this, and you
want Python to manage screen display, configuration,
...?  That's perfect for an architecture in which
Python manages the embedded application.  Or does the
deliverable embedded application really communicate
only through a displayable memory bitmap?

I'll say this a different way:  I don't understand
the deliverable's communications, in isolation.  It's
only prudent to tackle that first, before specifying
details of the connection between the application and
Python.
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