bug while wrapping const char arrays without an explicitly defined size

Oren Miller writes:
 > Using the latest CVS version:
 > 
 > If I have a char array defined like this:
 > 
 >   const char BeginString_FIX44[8] = "FIX.4.4";
 > 
 > The wrapper for this is generated correctly like so:
 > 
 > static PyObject *_wrap_BeginString_FIX44_get() {
 >      PyObject *pyobj;
 > 
 >      pyobj = SWIG_FromCharArray(FIX::BeginString_FIX44, 8);
 >      return pyobj;
 > }
 > 
 > However, if it is defined like so:
 > 
 >   const char BeginString_FIX44[] = "FIX.4.4";
 > 
 > This gets generated:
 > 
 > static PyObject *_wrap_BeginString_FIX44_get() {
 >      PyObject *pyobj;
 > 
 >      pyobj = SWIG_FromCharArray(FIX::BeginString_FIX44, );
 >      return pyobj;
 > }
 > 
 > As you can see the size is missing which of course results in 
 > compilation errors.  It would seem to me in this case Swig should count 
 > up the characters in the string and place the value as the second 
 > parameter to FromCharArray.  I'd be happy to try to create a patch but 
 > am not familiar with the source and would need someone to point me to 
 > the module where this generation occurs.  Thanks.
 > 

Where is SWIG_FromCharArray() coming from?   I don't remember that
function being part of the SWIG API (I sure didn't write it anyways).

SWIG developers:   Is there some reason the normal PyObject API
functions are not being used here???

-- Dave


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