mitbailey / driver_converter

Program to help conversion of control drivers from C to Python.

C to Python Drivers Converter

Converts a header, such as tl.h, to the format seen in _thorlabs_kst_wrap_basic.py.

• struct_convert.py will parse the original header, looking for structs. It has two startup arguments that can be set in the file: IN_FILENAME and OUT_FILENAME. The script will parse IN_FILENAME and produce a file called OUT_FILENAME.

• fn_convert.py will parse the original header, looking for functions. It has three startup arguments that can be set in the file: IN_FILENAME, OUT_FILENAME, and AUTO_DETECT_PREFIX. The script will parse IN_FILENAME and produce a file called OUT_FILENAME. The script, if AUTO_DETECT_PREFIX is set to True, will assume that everything ahead of the first underscore in a function name is a prefix, and will treat them appropriately. This script automatically corrects for function names formatted as either fn_name(args) or fn_name (args).

• [DEPRECATED] strip.py converts a list of functions to their Sig(...) versions. This script requires a list of functions in a file such as tli_header.txt.

TODO

Update the auto-converter to include the following:

• Enum declarations.
• 'typedef' added to struct declarations.

Other Notes

• Changed __int32 to int.
• Changed __int16 to short.