Parsing

Yuck. I've hit a wall and it hurts.


if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "OO", kwlist, &obj_time, &obj_freq))


This line of code should take the args sent to the function, use whatever kwds were supplied to identify those arguments, and parse them as two PyObjects. The kwlist is used to identify which kwds refer to which recipients of the PyObject variables.


static char* kwlist[] = {"time", "freq", NULL};


Let's give it this input.


>>> print d.datetime64(time='1', freq='1')


We've created a datetime64 object and (allegedly) given it values 1 for both time and freq. This should parse so that we create two PyObjects with values '1' and the different kwds ("time" and "freq"). I should be able to extract those values by simply checking the appropriate PyObjects for their respective keywords. But, alas, if life were easy, it would be boring.


if (PyObject_HasAttrString(obj_time, "time"))


This resolves to false. Why? This is the exact same implementation as the TimeSeries Date type. I mean, I almost copied this. I don't understand why the arguments are being completely discraded. I can very easily parse to something else, like longs or ints, but that wouldn't that just be a workaround? Maybe not...

I'll be trying to parse:


if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "iL", kwlist, freq, time))


Where do the keywords go, now? I assumed they were placed into some kind of magical PyObject slot. But since I'm parsing to an int and a long long int ("iL"), I wonder what happens to the keywords?

Yes, I've been neglecting writing my Unit Tests, I know. But this is just so darned frustrating. Whether or not the Unit Tests even exist, I need to be able to create datetime64 types with appropriate values. I need to be able to comfortably be able to make datetime64 types with different values before doing anything fancy.

This is important, I promise. Now, off to parse.