[Pythonmac-SIG] Zope py2app, some progress

[Bob Ippolito]

On Feb 11, 2005, at 12:26 PM, Roger Binns wrote:

>>> All the example code is in Objective C.  Quite simply there is
>>> far too steep a learning curve to get through these layers be
>>> it Objective C or pseudo objects in C plus mapping into Python
>>> land.
>> Uh, no it isn't.  A fair share of the IOKit examples are pure C or  
>> C++.
>
> Ok, more accurately the examples that were looking at hierarchies
> are in Objective C.  And I'm sure that working with IOKit, in C or  
> Objective C, once you have done it a few times is quick and easy.  If  
> you haven't then a time investment is needed to understand the docs,  
> the examples, the types, actually write code that works, map it into  
> Python etc.

There's a command-line application called ioreg that prints the  
hierarchy.  It is written in C, so it's only using IOKit,  
CoreFoundation, and POSIX:

http://www.opensource.apple.com/darwinsource/10.3.8/IOKitTools-38/ 
ioreg.tproj/

-bob