[PyQt] Literals as template parameters

[Phil Thompson]

On 8 Jul 2017, at 4:58 pm, Shaheed Haque <srhaque at theiet.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi Phil,
> 
> On 23 June 2017 at 08:55, Phil Thompson <phil at riverbankcomputing.com> wrote:
>> On 22 Jun 2017, at 5:59 pm, Shaheed Haque <srhaque at theiet.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi Phil,
>>> 
>>> SIP 4.19.3.dev1706161918 does not seem to like literals (or at least
>>> literal numbers) as template paramters. The "16" here:
>>> 
>>>       static int parseParenthesizedList(const QByteArray &data,
>>> QVarLengthArray<QByteArray, 16> &result, int start = 0)
>>>           [int (const QByteArray &data, QVarLengthArray<QByteArray,
>>> 16> &result, int start = 0)];
>>> 
>>> results in a syntax error. Temporarily changing the "16" to "a16"
>>> suppresses the error. (i've not been able to think of a way to use
>>> this as a workaround though).
>> 
>> The workaround is to define a C++ typedef in the %ModuleHeaderCode or %TypeHeaderCode and use that typedef in the declaration (and the mapped type definition that will be needed).
> 
> I tried replacing this SIP code with:
> 
>        WTF::Vector<unsigned char, 0> &codeBlock();
> 
> with:
> 
>        typedef WTF::Vector<unsigned char, 0> foo;
>        foo &codeBlock();
> 
> but the result is still a syntax error. (I also added the
> corresponding C++ typedef in %TypeHeaderCode to check if that made any
> difference). Did I perhaps misinterpret the suggested workaround?

Yes you did. Put the typedef in the C++ code only and refer to that name in the .sip code.

Phil