[PyKDE] How to add handwritten *.cpp files to a sip generated module with configure.py

[Gerard Vermeulen]

Hi Phil,

Ulrich Berning kindly provided me with code to build PyQwt with configure.py.

One of his changes was to put a few handwritten *.cpp files to interface
the Numerical Python extension modules (numpy and numarray) in the qwtmod.sip
file.

The problem is that there are conflicts between the header files of numpy and
numarray (numarray should become the successor of numpy, so there is an
overlap in their API). Putting all the interface code in the qwtmod.sip file
leads to compile errors because of the inclusion of the conflicting headers in
the same .cpp file. 

Ulli did not see it, because he is only having numpy, I guess.


I can think of several solutions to add extra files to a sip module:

(1) put those interface files in a static library that is to be linked to
    the PyQwt extension module. I think it is a bit tedious and fear
    that linking a static lib to the extension has a tiny chance of causing
    problems.

(2) add the extra sources to the .sbf file before it is being used by the
    Makefile.__init__() function (this is what I did, but it is hackish)

(3) Add an extra argument "extra_sbf = {}' to the Makefile.__init__()
    function to pass something like:
    extra_sbf = { 'sources' : 's1.cpp s2.cpp', 'moc_headers': 'm1.h m2.h' }

I prefer (3) and am willing to send a patch. Or do you have another suggestion?

Gerard