[libvirt] [PATCH 04/10] python: Implement virStreamSend/Recv

[Daniel Veillard]

On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 09:23:13PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
> The return values for the python version are different that the C version
> of virStreamSend: on success we return a string, an error raises an exception,
> and if the stream would block we return int(-2). We need to do this
> since strings aren't passed by reference in python.

  I find this a bit bizarre, either we return a string or we return an
integer, but if we don't have any other way to provide the information
Since we provide the wrapper what about returning
  (code#, "string value")
allowing to have only one type on return instead (i.e. just change
recv() in the override below)


> Signed-off-by: Cole Robinson <crobinso at redhat.com>
> ---
>  python/generator.py                  |    9 +++--
>  python/libvirt-override-virStream.py |   35 +++++++++++++++++++
>  python/libvirt-override.c            |   62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  python/typewrappers.c                |   14 ++++++++
>  python/typewrappers.h                |    1 +
>  5 files changed, 117 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

> +
> +    def recv(self, nbytes):
> +        """Write a series of bytes to the stream. This method may
> +        block the calling application for an arbitrary amount
> +        of time.
> +
> +        Errors are not guaranteed to be reported synchronously
> +        with the call, but may instead be delayed until a
> +        subsequent call.
> +
> +        On success, the received data is returned. On failure, an
> +        exception is raised. If the stream is a NONBLOCK stream and
> +        the request would block, integer -2 is returned.
> +        """
> +        ret = libvirtmod.virStreamRecv(self._o, nbytes)
> +        if ret == None: raise libvirtError ('virStreamRecv() failed')
> +        return ret

  otherwise looks fine to me,

Daniel

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