Re: xml2py different output (order of definitions) when running with same input file twice.

Swix Blue wrote:
> I've been using ctypeslib in a project to share a common api between C
> code and python code using C header files. It works great except that
> I recently discovered that the xml2py function generates different
> python code for the same input run twice. It looks like it has to do
> with the enums in the header file. (The h2xml always generates the
> same xml file).
>
> I've attached the header file simple.h, and two example outputs from running:
> .....
> I'm using version 0.5.6 of ctypeslib.
>
> Is there a setting I could use to have xml2py always generate the same
> python file for same header file?
>   

I doubt there is a param for this. The contents appears functionally the 
same so the diffs shouldn't be a big deal, if it were me I wouldn't 
worry about it, just use the output and make sure you have a good test 
suite.

ctypesgen does preserve order for each run if that really is a concern. 
E.g. below generates the same content for each run:

    ctypesgen.py simple.h -osimple_ctypes.py

If you need this in xml2py you'll probably need to add this yourself 
(see past mails in the archive on the current status of xml2py).

Chris


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