[PyKDE] exported symbols - all or none?

[Anthony Heading]

On Wed, Apr 27, 2005 at 10:30:35PM +0100, Phil Thompson wrote:
> But is it called from Python? If it is then why not use SIP to create a module 
> with the required functionality?

Indeed that's what I should do.  It's just a slightly larger organizational
change to my current codebase than I'd expected.

> The problem with that is that I would have to publish the data structure that 
> represents the API. At the moment it is internal and I do change it between 
> versions.

Very fair.

> It generates a lot of files, but those don't generate any code. Those files 
> define how a module accesses the API of those modules it %Imports.

Indeed.  I had just missed the conceptual principal that %Import is the
new correct way for any and all access to other modules' wrapper code.

> Yes - the constraint is a result of the module API not being published.
> 
> I'm quite happy to add stuff to the documented API (either at the C/C++ level 
> or within the sip module) if it makes sense and is maintainable.
> 
> Can you give me a real-life example of what you are trying to do?

Let me try and rework my code instead.  I think if anything useful comes out
of this discussion other than my education, it might be a documentation
patch for the SIP reference manual which mentions the concepts you've highlighted:
    -	SIP now strictly generates Python plugins, not libraries
    -	%Import is needed for all source-level interaction with another module
    -	although %Import may generate lots of files, they're interface not code

Thanks very much

Anthony

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