FreeOrion

Hi there,

I posted a couple of questions on the dev mailing list yesterday, but I didn't get any answer.

Is this because:
1. I'm used to fast-answer mailing lists and I'm just an impatient newbie
2. The mailing list is hardly looked at by anyone, and everybody uses theses forums instead?

My question was quite technical (C++), should I ask it here in a separate thread?

Thanks a lot, and sorry for the eventual annoyment

- Trib'

Pretty much all discussion is done on the forums. There is a help thread in the programming section for questions that aren't just about how to compile, though making a new thread is fine.

That said, I'm not sure why I didn't get the messages posted to the list...

That said, if I'm reading the times right, it's only been five hours, which is a bit quick to expect a reply...

But to answer the question, I wouldn't bother trying to expose something as complicated as an iterator to Python. Instead, I'd add a new function

const std::set<int>& Fleet::GetShipIDs() const

and expose that to Python. I'm not sure why such a function doesn't already exist.

Makes sense to only expose a std::set<int>.

I'll add the function as well as others in the same vein to the python API (System.GetFleets() for example).

Should I attach the future patch to theses forums or send them by email to the list?
Also, what format to you like your patche? Is the GNU diff -u format ok?

Cheers

- Trib'

Forum post is probably best.

svn diff > descriptive_name.patch