Re: [Pyobjc-dev] NSTableView, array controller, KVO problem?

[Jeff B. <jb...@pl...>]

On Oct 31, 2005, at 11:52 AM, Ronald Oussoren wrote:

>
> It's probably the list that is causing your problems, we don't (and  
> cannot) provide KVO for native python lists. Could you use an  
> NSMutableArray instead? You should be able to use the same API as  
> with a Python list to modify it (e.g. self.model.append(nextItem)).
>
> Adding KVO support for native (pure python) objects would require  
> patching the interpreter itself, as we'd have to detect calls to  
> functions that modify objects without going through the usual  
> machinery.

Aha!  Thanks for the speedy and informative response --- I had  
assumed through an overly-optimistic interpretation of the various  
release notes and so forth that I could use Python native lists in  
that fashion.  I can certainly use an NSMutableArray instead.

jb