Re: Python and Boost 1.28, Boost 1.29

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-18 09:08:53

"Xavier WARIN(Compte LOCAL) - I23" <xavier.warin_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi ,
> 
> 
> I'm trying to move from boost 1.26 to boost 1.28 and i want to
> change the number of arguments of the functions i can connect to
> python.  Therefore i modified the gen_all.py in libs/python/src (as
> i did for the 1.26 version) but i get the following error :
> 
>  python gen_all.py
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "gen_all.py", line 24, in ?
>     print gen_all(args)
>   File "gen_all.py", line 9, in gen_all
>     open('callback.hpp', 'w').write(gen_callback(args))
>   File "gen_callback.py", line 5, in gen_callback
>     return (
>   File "gen_function.py", line 237, in gen_functions
>     result = result + apply(gen_function, (template, x) + args,
> keywords)
>   File "gen_function.py", line 216, in gen_function
>     result = result + expand(_gen_common_key(key, n, args, fill))
>   File "gen_function.py", line 170, in <lambda>
>     expand = (lambda s, n = n:
> NameError: global name 'args' is not defined
> 
> Has somebody  done a patch for this problem ?

I don't think so. You might try to see if it's fixed in this
unsupported archive of Boost.Python v1:

   http://www.boost.org/libs/python/build/python_v1.zip

> Besides i'd like if there is a maximum number of arguments for the
> function i want to connect to python with boost 1.29. (i can't move to
> boost 1.29 now but i plan to do it later).

It's configurable; see

    http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/v2/configuration.html

HTH,
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