Returning lists from python COM servers

[Olly Smith]

uhmmmmm, strangely enough, changing it to

==
return [tags,vals]
==

on the server side fixed it!

Now the question is: WHY!?

"Olly Smith" <oliver.smith at removethisbit.baesystems.com> wrote in message
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> Using this snippet on the server side:
>
> ==
> return (tags,vals)
> ==
>
> Where tags and vals are equal length lists (actually a dict that maps
> strings to strings split up so it can be returned from the COM object)
>
> This snippet on the client side:
>
> ==
> tags,vals = self.prodcat.getPDF(id)
> ==
>
> I get this error (mildly snipped cgitb output):
>
> ==
>  547         tag,val = self.prodcat.getPDF(id)
>
> ValueError: unpack tuple of wrong size
>       __doc__ = 'Inappropriate argument value (of correct type).'
>       __getitem__ = <bound method ValueError.__getitem__ of
> <exceptions.ValueError instance at 0x00849670>>
>       __init__ = <bound method ValueError.__init__ of
<exceptions.ValueError
> instance at 0x00849670>>
>       __module__ = 'exceptions'
>       __str__ = <bound method ValueError.__str__ of <exceptions.ValueError
> instance at 0x00849670>>
>       args = ('unpack tuple of wrong size',)
> ==
>
> Any ideas on where I'm going wrong? I'm pulling my hair out trying to work
> this one out.
>
> Thanks
>
> Olly
>
>
>