Problem with C-API

[Duncan Booth]

John Dean wrote:

> PyRun_String("def title();", Py_file_input, dict, dict);
> PyRun_String("\treturn 'Foo Bar'", Py_file_input, dict, dict);
> PyRun_String("x = title()", Py_file_input, dict, dict);
> PyObject * result = PyRun_String("print x", Py_file_input, dict, dict);
> printf( "The result is %s\n", PyObject_AsString( result );
> 
> Each line throws an error.

Please don't paraphrase your code when asking questions such as this. The 
code above doesn't even compile (unmatched parentheses) so any response 
must be a guess as to which parts were wrong in your original code and 
which errors you introduced just for the posting.

Each call to PyRun_String is independant. You seem to think you can call 
the function with part of your source code and then continue with more of 
the source in another call. You cannot.

Try concatenating the lines together to at least make complete statements.
Also make sure to handle the result from every call to PyRun_String: check 
it for null, if it is null you should format and print the error message.

The following is your code rewritten as a working program. When you run it, 
it will tell you about the syntax error in your Python code. Fix that and 
you will see your program output.

#include <python.h>

void run() {
    PyObject *dict = PyDict_New();
    PyObject *result;
    if (dict==NULL) {
        PyErr_Print();
        return;
    }

    result =  PyRun_String("def title();\n\treturn 'Foo Bar'\n",
        Py_file_input, dict, dict);
    if (result==NULL) {
        PyErr_Print();
        return;
    } else {
        Py_DECREF(result);
    }

    result = PyRun_String("x = title()", Py_file_input, dict, dict);
    if (result==NULL) {
        PyErr_Print();
        return;
    } else {
        Py_DECREF(result);
    }

    result = PyRun_String("print x", Py_file_input, dict, dict);
    if (result==NULL) {
        PyErr_Print();
        return;
    } else {
        PyObject *rString = PyObject_Str(result);
        if (rString==NULL) {
            Py_DECREF(result);
            PyErr_Print();
            return;
        }
        
        printf( "The result is %s\n", PyString_AsString(rString));
        Py_DECREF(rString);
        Py_DECREF(result);
    }
}

int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    Py_Initialize();
    run();
}