[Pythonmac-SIG] Python and LabVIEW (yet another thought)

[Marcus H. Mendenhall]

>On Friday, June 21, 2002, at 03:27 , Marcus H. Mendenhall wrote:
>>>To be completely sure that Python (and the underlying GUSI and 
>>>SIOUX libraries) don't touch any windows you can call 
>>>PyMac_SetConsoleHandler(PyMac_DummyReadHandler, 
>>>PyMac_DummyWriteHandler, PyMac_DummyWriteHandler) before calling 
>>>PyMac_Initialize(). See
>>
>>

OK, I went ahead and looked at the source for the PyMac stuff to see 
whether this type of solution is feasible.  The problem probably 
arises even earlier in the startup process than setting up the 
console handlers, since init_common initializes all the Mac toolbox 
stuff, even in the fully embedded (faceless) case.

I may try to dredge up a Mac with a current copy of CW7, and build a 
custom PythonCore which does no mac UI initialization, and see if 
this can be made compatible with LabVIEW.

If this works, it might not be a bad idea to add some switches so 
that it is easy to build versions of Python which can be embedded in 
full-fledged mac apps, which already have a running UI, and are 
likely to take exception to anyone reinitializing stuff. Basically, 
what I need is a copy of the unix Python compiled into the form of a 
Mac shared library, since most of the things I plan to do with it 
will have no need for Mac interface elements to be accessed from 
Python.

Any thoughts?

Marcus