Closed Hypnootika closed 6 months ago
Thank you for the pr.
Why is the process path relevant in the process structure? Why did get_process_path
need to be changed? And yes, the Linux version works. We should produce as little 'Windows only' stuff as possible. pyMeow should still be cross-platform. I'd rather have less functionality in pyMeow than only partly cross-platform stuff.
It needed to get changed because - atleast in my tests - it didn't work (returned an empty String).
Its rarely needed, thats true. But since the information is avaliable on Linux and Windows, i thought it might be a good addition. On Windows you sometimes need the full path for DLL related functions.
No, relatable, thats why its not a Windows only PR. But since its just a matter of moving/adding the path, its not really a Windows only PR.
If you think, that pyMeow doesn't need it, thats no problem. I mainly did it because i integrated it in my Framework and didn't see a reason why pyMeow shouldn't have a working solution aswell
I see. Well, get_process_path
needs to function properly, so the pull request is completely acceptable. And yes, it's a valuable addition if there's a need for it. However, if we're going to include it, I want it to be functional on both platforms. The only reason I see for not adding it is if get_process_path
might fail, which would cause open_process
to fail as well.
I'm not sure what happens if QueryFullProcessImageNameW
or readLink
fails since both return values are getting discarded. Just returning an empty string?
So, if there's a need for including it in the structure, we must ensure it works on both platforms and is failsafe.
If it fails, atleast on Windows, it returns an empty String. Not sure what it does on Linux.
We could either go for the Options module or the path remains split from the Process object. The use case is rare enough to have it seperate from the object. I guess keeping it as it is and only fix the Win function would be a good point to agree on?
I guess keeping it as it is and only fix the Win function would be a good point to agree on?
:+1:
All right, ill change it. Won't make it till tuesday though.
I removed the automatic path insertion and the path from the Process-object. It is now a plain fix for the getProcessPath proc for Windows. (the issue the fix is intended to solve was an empty string returned by the previous proc for - for me - unknown reasons (it looked correct but apparently wasn't).)
As usual: Thanks for your support frog ;)
Welcome
The code has been updated to include the process path in the Windows process structure. This was achieved by modifying the process initialization section of the Windows code block. Since im unsure if the Linux part of it works, I just added it to Windows.