[PD] PyPd

[Chris McCormick]

On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 10:50:44PM -0500, Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote:
> This looks quite useful.  Is the process management pretty robust?  I  
> have a big python script for running help patches and unit tests.  It  
> mostly works quite well, but occasionally there is some weird bug in a  
> patch that causes the pd process to hang without notification.

I guess it depends how the pd process is "hanging". If it's a proper crash then
Pd.py will fire a callback method which you can override. I have never had the
pd process just hang ( [bang( -> [until]? ) before so I don't know how it would
react. Maybe I should test that.

> Here's my script:
>
> http://pure-data.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pure-data/trunk/scripts/load_every_help.py?view=log

Looks good.

> I suppose this script should use PyPd.

Well, I don't know. If it works well now then why change it? :)

I don't actually use the subprocess module, rather a Popen, which is probably a
mistake. That's probably because I started it before the subprocess module was
available. I like how you are auto-generating the netreceive patch. I am just
including it in the patches/ subdirectory. I guess my way gives the author
flexibility to use [python-interface] in their own patch as a singleton for
communicating with Python.

Basically because you know your script better I think it would be a good idea
to stick with it until there is a compelling reason to change and learn
something new.

We are using it primarily for managing a long-running Pd process rather than a
one-shot unit test. Maybe your script is more sensible for tests which just
fire and then exit immediately.

Chris.

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