[Orbit-python-list] Spec non-compliance re structures

[Chip R. <ch...@ni...>]

I had discovered this a couple of days ago, but didn't realize that spec
compliance was of current interest.  This is similar to the issue I found with
unions; from section 1.3.4 of the mapping spec, I made this IDL:

   module Struck
   {
     interface StruckIF
     {
       struct segment
       {
         long left_limit;
         long right_limit;
       };
     };
   };

And with it, this code:

   #! /usr/bin/env python

   import CORBA
   from   Struck import StruckIF

   s = StruckIF.segment (-3, 7)
   print s.left_limit, s.right_limit

When run, that combination gives this error:

   Traceback (innermost last):
     File "./struck-client", line 7, in ?
       print s.left_limit, s.right_limit
   AttributeError: left_limit

The form of the constructor I've been using that does seem to work is this:

   s = StruckIF.segment (left_limit=-3, right_limit=7)

Now, I'm a big fan of keyword parameters, but there are times when I'd be just
as happy using positionals.

I hope this helps.

-- 
Chip