[python-win32] Python COM server corrupting VB parameter?

[Gerry Stellenberg]

I'm struggling through the development of some python COM server code as a
relative newbie and running into an issue.  My win32com module is build 214.

My python COM server class:

class Controller:
	_public_methods_ = [ 	<snip> ]
	_reg_progid_ = "VPinMAME.Controller"
	_reg_clsid_ = "{F389C8B7-144F-4C63-A2E3-246D168F9D39}"
	_public_attrs_ = [ 	<snip>,
				'Switch',
				<snip>]

	_readonly_attrs_ = [ 	<snip> ]


	switch = [True]*128

lastSwitch = 0

	def Switch(self, number):
		return True

	def SetSwitch(self, number, value):
		return True



My client is a VB client.  The issue occurs when the client issues the
following:

Controller.Switch(mSw(x)) = False

mSw is an array.

If I print mSw(x) before making the COM call, it prints out the expected
value, but if I print it out again after the call, mSw(x) is " ".

I'm assuming the parameter is being passed by reference and something on the
python side is corrupting it.  To rule out the code that I used to have in
SetSwitch, I removed it all and now just return, but the corruption still
occurs.

Do I need to handle the params differently, or is this an issue with
win32com?  The values of the params are the expected values; so I know the
values aren't getting corrupted on the way in.

Thanks.
- Gerry

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