c/c++ extensions and help()

[Lenny G.]

Is there a way to make a c/c++ extension have a useful method
signature? Right now, help(myCFunc) shows up like:

myCFunc(...)
description of myCFunc

I'd like to be able to see:

myCFunc(myArg1, myArg2)
description of myCFunc


Is this currently possible?

Thanks,
Lenny G.

 

[Robert Kern]

Is there a way to make a c/c++ extension have a useful method
signature? Right now, help(myCFunc) shows up like:

myCFunc(...)
description of myCFunc

I'd like to be able to see:

myCFunc(myArg1, myArg2)
description of myCFunc

Is this currently possible?

There really isn't a way to let the inspect module know about extension
function arguments. Just put it in the docstring.

--
Robert Kern
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"In the fields of hell where the grass grows high
Are the graves of dreams allowed to die."
-- Richard Harter

 

[Philip Austin]

There really isn't a way to let the inspect module know about
extension function arguments. Just put it in the docstring.

The next release of boost.python should do this automatically:

(http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2005-July/009243.html)


Help on built-in function lcm:

lcm(...)
C++ signature:
lcm(int, int) -> int

Help on method numerator:

numerator(...) method of boost_rational_ext.int instance
C++ signature:
numerator(boost::rational<int> {lvalue}) -> int


Regards, Phil