Re: [Pyobjc-dev] nswindow subclass

[Just v. R. <ju...@le...>]

Gus Mueller wrote:

> > You can simply add 'import PydgetWindow' in __main__.py [assuming
> > that is the name of the source file]...
> 
> It wasn't a python file, it was a compiled objc class.. but I did
> what you described, and that worked just fine.
> 
> But now I'm slightly curious why the other way didn't work.  Maybe
> I'll play with it a little bit more.

That's because the app as you compile it is merely a wrapper that starts
a new process. (Read the main .m file for details and look for execve.
For the _reasons_ of this, check the list archives...)

I _think_ what could work is building a minimal C extension that
contains the class and import that. While that's definitely more work
than adding a .m file to your project, it can probably be streamlined
with a template. I haven't heard of anyone who actually _did_ this, but
I don't see why it wouldn't work. Would be nice to find out, though...

Just