sharing the document between the c++ application, the API and the python script

aoloe commented 6 years ago

the c++ application might or not have an open document.
if there is an open document, it's shared with the API.
the API can modify the document.
while the script is running, the C++ application is not allowed to modify the document(s).
(eventually, trough the API it should be possible to change the current document to any other open document)
through the API, it should be possible to open documents / create new documents.
(eventually, the document will be left open when the script is finished)

in https://github.com/aoloe/cpp-pybind11-playground/tree/master/scripter-api i have a Sample::Document which is the document in the Sample C++ application and a ScripterAPI::Document which will be used to create the module for Python.

i'm now looking for a good (modern) way of managing the sharing of the Sample::Document...

aoloe commented 6 years ago

passing a reference is not possible, since there might not be a document.

aoloe commented 6 years ago

the most straight forward way seems to be to pass a raw pointer.

it might also be the only sane way...

aoloe commented 6 years ago

this revision has code that works with raw pointers:

aoloe / cpp-pybind11-playground