This file was terribly outdated. The example is still silly (and won't
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@ -7,28 +7,25 @@ This document gives a step-by-step example of how to create a new C
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extension module on the mac. For this example, we will create a module
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to interface to the programmers' API of InterSLIP, a package that
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allows you to use MacTCP (and, hence, all internet services) over a
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modem connection. <p>
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modem connection. The actual example does not work anymore, as both
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MacTCP and Interslip died long ago, but the text is still mostly
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correct.<p>
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<H2>Prerequisites</H2>
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There are a few things you need to pull this off. First and foremost,
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you need a C development environment. Actually, you need a specific
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development environment, CodeWarrior by <A
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HREF="http://www.metrowerks.com/">MetroWerks</A>. You will probably
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need the latest version. You may be able to get by with an older
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HREF="http://www.metrowerks.com/">MetroWerks</A>. You will
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need Version 7 or later. You may be able to get by with an older
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version of CodeWarrior or with another development environment (Up to
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about 1994 python was developed with THINK C, and in the dim past it
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was compiled with MPW C) assuming you have managed to get Python to
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compile under your development environment, but the step-by-step
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character of this document will be lost. <p>
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Next, you need a <A
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HREF="http://www.python.org/python/Sources.html">python source
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distribution</A>. For PowerPC and cfm68k development you can actually
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get by without a full source distribution, using the Development
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distribution. You'll also need a functional python interpreter, and
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the Modulator program (which lives in <CODE>Tools:Modulator</CODE> in
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the standard source distribution). You may also find that Guido's <A
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Next, you need to install the Developer option in the MacPython installer.
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You may also find that Guido's <A
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HREF="http://www.python.org/doc/ext/ext.html">Extending and embedding
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the Python interpreter</A> is a very handy piece of documentation. I
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will skip lots of details that are handled there, like complete
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@ -155,70 +152,36 @@ compile, and that if you import it in a python program you will see
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all the methods. It is, of course, not yet complete in a functional
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way... <p>
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<H2>Adding a module to Classic 68K Python</H2>
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What you do now depends on whether you're developing for PowerPC (or
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for CFM68K) or for "traditional" mac. For a traditional 68K Python,
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you will have to add your new module to the project file of the Python
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interpreter, and you have to edit "config.c" to add the module to the
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set of builtin modules. In config.c you will add the module at two
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places: near the start of the file there is a list of external
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declarations for all init() routines. Add a line of the form
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<CODE><PRE>
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extern void initinterslip();
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</PRE></CODE>
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here. Further down the file there is an array that is initialized with
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modulename/initfunction pairs. Add a line of the form
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<CODE><PRE>
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{"interslip", initinterslip},
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</PRE></CODE>
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here. You may want to bracket these two lines with
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<CODE><PRE>
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#ifdef USE_INTERSLIP
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#endif
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</PRE></CODE>
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lines, that way you can easily control whether the module is
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incorporated into python at compile time. If you decide to do the
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latter edit your config file (you can find the name in the "C/C++
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language" section of the MW preferences dialog, it will probably be
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"mwerks_nonshared_config.h") and add a
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<CODE><PRE>
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#define USE_INTERSLIP
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</PRE></CODE>
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Make the new interpreter and check that you can import the module, see
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the methods (with "dir(interslip)") and call them. <p>
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<H2>Creating a plugin module</H2>
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For PowerPC or cfm68k development you could follow the same path, but it is
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actually a better idea to use a dynamically loadable module. The
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advantage of dynamically loadable modules is that they are not loaded
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until a python program actually uses them (resulting in less memory
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usage by the interpreter) and that development is a lot simpler (since
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your projects will all be smaller). Moreover, you can distribute a
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plugin module by itself without haveing to distribute a complete
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python interpreter. <p>
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The easiest way to build a plugin module is to use the distutils package,
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this works fine on MacOS with CodeWarrior. See the distutils documentation
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for details. Keep in mind that even though you are on the Mac you specify
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filenames with Unix syntax: they are actually URLs, not filenames.
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<p>
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Go to the "PlugIns" folder and copy the files xx.prj,
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and xx.prj.exp to interslipmodule.prj and
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interslipmodule.prj.exp, respectively. Edit
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interslipmodule.prj.exp and change the name of the exported routine
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"initxx" to "initinterslip". Open interslipmodule.prj with CodeWarrior,
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Alternatively you can build the project file by hand.
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Go to the ":Mac:Build" folder and copy the files xx.carbon.mcp,
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and xx.carbon.mcp.exp to interslipmodule.carbon.mcp and
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interslipmodule.carbon.mcp.exp, respectively. Edit
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interslipmodule.carbon.mcp.exp and change the name of the exported routine
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"initxx" to "initinterslip". Open interslipmodule.carbon.mcp with CodeWarrior,
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remove the file xxmodule.c and add interslipmodule.c and make a number
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of adjustments to the preferences:
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<UL>
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<LI> in PPC target, set the output file name to "interslipmodule.pcc.slb",
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<LI> in cfm68k target set the output file name to "interslipmodule.cfm68k.slb".
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<LI> in PPC target, set the output file name to "interslipmodule.carbon.slb",
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<LI> if you are working without a source distribution (i.e. with a normal
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binary distribution plus a development distribution) you will not have
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a file <code>PythonCore</code>. The installation process has deposited this
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a file <code>PythonCoreCarbon</code>. The installation process has deposited this
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file in the System <code>Extensions</code> folder under the name
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<code>PythonCore <i>version</i></code>. Add that file to the project, replacing
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<code>PythonCore</code>.
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<code>PythonCoreCarbon <i>version</i></code>. Add that file to the project, replacing
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<code>PythonCoreCarbon</code>.
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<LI> you must either download and build GUSI (if your extension module uses sockets
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or other Unix I/O constructs) or remove GUSI references from the Access Paths
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settings. See the <a href="building.html">Building</a> document for where to get GUSI
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and how to build it.
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</UL>
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Next, compile and link your module, fire up python and do the same
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tests as for 68K python. <p>
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Next, compile and link your module, fire up python and test it. <p>
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<H2>Getting the module to do real work</H2>
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