Embedded Boost.Python Enum

[Cory]

Hi,

I have a hopefully quick question about how to use Boost.Python to
export an Enum.
I am embedding python in C++ and am currently exporting my classes in
the following way:

nameSpace["OBJECT"] = class_<OBJECT>("OBJECT")
.def("getType", &OBJECT::getType)
.def("setSprite", &OBJECT::setSprite);

So following this, I assumed that when exporting an enum the following
should work:

nameSpace["OBJECT_TYPE"] = enum_<OBJECT_TYPE>("OBJECT_TYPE")
.value("GENERIC_OBJECT",GENERIC_OBJECT)
.value("MAP_OBJECT",MAP_OBJECT)
.value("TOTAL_OBJECT_TYPES",TOTAL_OBJECT_TYPES)
.export_values();

while the above compiles, it causes the following run time exception:

AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'OBJECT_TYPE'

I took a look at the documentation and the only explanation I found
for enum appeared to be for extending python with modules. using the
following form:

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(enums)
{
enum_<color>("color")
.value("red", red)
.value("green", green)
.export_values()
.value("blue", blue)
;

}

I COULD do the above, I would prefer the first method if possible. I
however do not know how to import the module if it is statically
linked because doing a simple import does not work and I am not
familiar enough with the boost.python library, Python C API, or Python
itself to know how to set it up. So My question is this:

How can I either make the first method of adding an enum work and not
throw the exception, OR once I create the BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE in an
embedded python c++ program how to I then import that module into my
embedded python?

Thanks in advance for any help

-Cory

 

[Cory]

Ok, I finally got it figured out. The secret which no one told me what
that if you're doing embedding, you have to initialize your modules!

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(Enums){ ... } defines the function initEnums()
which must be called before you can import the module. Finally figured
it out by looking here: http://members.gamedev.net/sicrane/articles/EmbeddingPythonPart1.html

It's odd to me that little tidbit got left out of the boost.python
tutorial page on embedding... I must have looked at it 100 times.