Python C Object Comparison

[Anand K Rayudu]

Dear Craig,

Thanks a lot for the suggestions.
I am just considering to create a user defined data type to  wrap the C 
pointer.
I can add compare method for that data type.
So all my APIs returns the new data type rather than PythonC Object.

But hoping that it is not lot of over head with respect to memory usage 
and performance .
I guess that's what you suggested me!!
Probably any way to add my own comparison function to pythonC object 
will be simpler for me,
as it calls for very less change, with out disturbing my existing C  
APIS and python customization code.

Thanks again for the suggestion
Regards,
Anand

Craig Ringer wrote:

>On Thu, 2005-01-06 at 18:34, Anand K Rayudu wrote:
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>>Here is my python code
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>>import myModule
>>
>>a=myModule.myAPI1("1")
>>b=myModule.myAPI2("name")
>>
>># basically both above functions return same C pointer.
>># so i want to compare
>>if(a==b): print "They are same"
>>else : print "They are different"
>>
>>python always prints they are different,
>>I guess this is because in python layer we create PythonCObject for 
>>every C pointer, and that is how it is exposed to python. Though both 
>>the APIs are returning the same C pointer, they are different instances 
>>of PythonCObject.
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>That sounds likely to me.
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>>So i guess that is the reason comparison is failing.
>>How ever is it possible to make python to compare actual C pointer, 
>>rather than the PythonCObject Pointer.
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>You might be able to subclass PyCObject and work with your subclassed
>version (that adds a __eq__ method). In the end, though, I don't think
>that's the right path to proceed down.
>
>My understanding is that CObjects are for passing pointers through
>Python code in a safe way. I don't think they're really intended for
>uses where the Python code is actually working with the objects, only
>pass them around as opaque objects.
>
>If you want to actually work with the objects you're passing around, I'd
>think about implementing my own type that better fits the API my
>extension module wants to present to Python code.
>
>I'm using PyCObjects as a temporary ugly hack in an embedded app I'm
>working on... but it's seriously ugly. What I should do, and will soon
>do now that I've tested the concept of what I'm doing and it works, is
>move all my functions into a class and make the class own and manage the
>C++ object (and pointer to it) that it owns.
>
>Perhaps that's a better solution for you too? 
>
>If you want any opinions from folks here about the best way to solve
>your problem, you'll probably need to explain a bit more of your problem
>- like what your extension module is doing that makes it have to pass
>PyCObjects around and get Python code to work with them.
>
>--
>Craig Ringer
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