embedding and extending python C API registering callback handler objects

[Tim Spens]

Hello all,

I've been trying to get an example found here http://codeidol.com/python/python3/Embedding-Python/Registering-Callback-Handler-Objects/ 
to work.  Every thing works fine except when I try to trigger an event from c that will call a python function.  Here is my test code:

//-----------------------python code--------------------------//
#! /usr/bin/env python
import time
import callback

def callback1(label,count):
	print 'callback1 successfully triggered from python via callback.so'
	return 'callback1 => %s number %i' % (label, count)

def callback2(label,count):
	return 'callback2 => ' +  label * count

print '\nTest1:'
callback.setHandler(callback1)
callback.triggerEvent()         # simulate events caught by C layer

print '\nTest2:'
callback.setHandler(callback2)

print 'Waiting for callback2 to be called from c:'
while 1:
	time.sleep(.001)

//-----------------------c code-------------------------------//
#include <Python.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

/* keep Python object in C */
static PyObject *Handler = NULL;

void Route_Event(char *label, int count){
    char *cres;
    PyObject *args, *pres;
    /* call Python handler */
    args = Py_BuildValue("(si)", label, count);
    pres = PyEval_CallObject(Handler, args);
    Py_DECREF(args);
    if (pres != NULL){
        /* use and decref handler result */
        PyArg_Parse(pres, "s", &cres);
        printf("%s\n", cres);
        Py_DECREF(pres);
}}

// the actual python callback call
static PyObject *
make_call(PyObject *function, PyObject *args){
    if (function == NULL) return NULL;
    PyObject * val = PyObject_CallObject(function, args);
    Py_XDECREF(args);
    return val;
}

static PyObject *
Register_Handler(PyObject *self, PyObject *args){
    /* save Python callable object */
    Py_XDECREF(Handler);
    PyArg_Parse(args, "O", &Handler);
    Py_XINCREF(Handler);
    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
    return Py_None;
}

static PyObject *
Trigger_Event(PyObject *self, PyObject *args){
    /* let Python simulate event caught by C */
    static int count = 0;
    Route_Event("spam", count++);
    Py_INCREF(Py_None);
    return Py_None;
}

static struct PyMethodDef callback_methods[] = {
    {"setHandler",    Register_Handler},       /* name, address */
    {"triggerEvent",  Trigger_Event},
    {NULL, NULL}
};
                                      /* on first "import callback" */
void initcallback(){                  /* this is called by Python  */
    (void) Py_InitModule("callback", callback_methods);
}

int main(){
	while (1){
		printf("1\n");
		//attempting to call callback2 which is registered to Handler
		//i've also tried args = Py_BuildValue("(si)", label, count); here but I get a segfault.
		PyObject *args = Py_BuildValue("s","c code");
		printf("2\n");
		PyObject* val = make_call(Handler,args);
		printf("3\n");
	    Py_XDECREF (val);
	    printf("4\n");
		sleep(1);
}}

//------------------------compiler stuff----------------------//
gcc callback.c -c -g -Wall -fpic -I /usr/include/python2.5 -o callback.o
gcc callback.c -g -Wall -I /usr/include/python2.5 -L /usr/local/lib -lpython2.5 -o callback
gcc -shared -Wall callback.o -o callback.so

//------------------------test code results-------------------//
../callback.py 
Test1:
callback1 successfully triggered from python via callback.so
callback1 => spam number 0

Test2:
Waiting for callback2 to be called from c:
#NOTHING EVER GETS PRINTED HERE CALLBACK NEVER GETS CALLED?

../callback
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Thanks,
Tim