Donovan Preston's patch #538395, with some mods by me.

This patch makes inheritance for OSA classes work. The implementation is a
bit convoluted, but I don't immedeately see a simpler way of doing it.

I added calls to ascii() everywhere we output strings that may contain
non-ascii characters (Python has gotten very picky since the encoding
patch:-).

I also removed Donovan's different way of opening resource files: I don't
seem to need it.

Mac/Lib/aepack.py

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import macfs
 import StringIO
 import aetypes
 from aetypes import mkenum, mktype
+import os
 
 # These ones seem to be missing from AppleEvents
 # (they're in AERegistry.h)
@@ -61,6 +62,15 @@ AEDescType = AE.AEDescType
 FSSType = macfs.FSSpecType
 AliasType = macfs.AliasType
 
+def packkey(ae, key, value):
+	if hasattr(key, 'which'):
+		keystr = key.which
+	elif hasattr(key, 'want'):
+		keystr = key.want
+	else:
+		keystr = key
+	ae.AEPutParamDesc(keystr, pack(value))
+
 def pack(x, forcetype = None):
 	"""Pack a python object into an AE descriptor"""
 	
@@ -99,13 +109,18 @@ def pack(x, forcetype = None):
 	if t == DictionaryType:
 		record = AE.AECreateList('', 1)
 		for key, value in x.items():
-			record.AEPutParamDesc(key, pack(value))
+			packkey(record, key, value)
+			#record.AEPutParamDesc(key, pack(value))
 		return record
 	if t == InstanceType and hasattr(x, '__aepack__'):
 		return x.__aepack__()
+	if hasattr(x, 'which'):
+		return AE.AECreateDesc('TEXT', x.which)
+	if hasattr(x, 'want'):
+		return AE.AECreateDesc('TEXT', x.want)
 	return AE.AECreateDesc('TEXT', repr(x)) # Copout
 
-def unpack(desc):
+def unpack(desc, formodulename=""):
 	"""Unpack an AE descriptor to a python object"""
 	t = desc.type
 	
@@ -117,17 +132,17 @@ def unpack(desc):
 		l = []
 		for i in range(desc.AECountItems()):
 			keyword, item = desc.AEGetNthDesc(i+1, '****')
-			l.append(unpack(item))
+			l.append(unpack(item, formodulename))
 		return l
 	if t == typeAERecord:
 		d = {}
 		for i in range(desc.AECountItems()):
 			keyword, item = desc.AEGetNthDesc(i+1, '****')
-			d[keyword] = unpack(item)
+			d[keyword] = unpack(item, formodulename)
 		return d
 	if t == typeAEText:
 		record = desc.AECoerceDesc('reco')
-		return mkaetext(unpack(record))
+		return mkaetext(unpack(record, formodulename))
 	if t == typeAlias:
 		return macfs.RawAlias(desc.data)
 	# typeAppleEvent returned as unknown
@@ -153,7 +168,7 @@ def unpack(desc):
 		return macfs.RawFSSpec(desc.data)
 	if t == typeInsertionLoc:
 		record = desc.AECoerceDesc('reco')
-		return mkinsertionloc(unpack(record))
+		return mkinsertionloc(unpack(record, formodulename))
 	# typeInteger equal to typeLongInteger
 	if t == typeIntlText:
 		script, language = struct.unpack('hh', desc.data[:4])
@@ -177,7 +192,11 @@ def unpack(desc):
 		return v
 	if t == typeObjectSpecifier:
 		record = desc.AECoerceDesc('reco')
-		return mkobject(unpack(record))
+		# If we have been told the name of the module we are unpacking aedescs for,
+		# we can attempt to create the right type of python object from that module.
+		if formodulename:
+			return mkobjectfrommodule(unpack(record, formodulename), formodulename)
+		return mkobject(unpack(record, formodulename))
 	# typePict returned as unknown
 	# typePixelMap coerced to typeAERecord
 	# typePixelMapMinus returned as unknown
@@ -214,13 +233,13 @@ def unpack(desc):
 	#
 	if t == 'rang':
 		record = desc.AECoerceDesc('reco')
-		return mkrange(unpack(record))
+		return mkrange(unpack(record, formodulename))
 	if t == 'cmpd':
 		record = desc.AECoerceDesc('reco')
-		return mkcomparison(unpack(record))
+		return mkcomparison(unpack(record, formodulename))
 	if t == 'logi':
 		record = desc.AECoerceDesc('reco')
-		return mklogical(unpack(record))
+		return mklogical(unpack(record, formodulename))
 	return mkunknown(desc.type, desc.data)
 	
 def coerce(data, egdata):
@@ -311,6 +330,20 @@ def mkobject(dict):
 		return aetypes.Property(seld.type, fr)
 	return aetypes.ObjectSpecifier(want, form, seld, fr)
 
+# Note by Jack: I'm not 100% sure of the following code. This was
+# provided by Donovan Preston, but I wonder whether the assignment
+# to __class__ is safe. Moreover, shouldn't there be a better
+# initializer for the classes in the suites?
+def mkobjectfrommodule(dict, modulename):
+	want = dict['want'].type
+	module = __import__(modulename)
+	codenamemapper = module._classdeclarations
+	classtype = codenamemapper.get(want, None)
+	newobj = mkobject(dict)
+	if classtype:
+		newobj.__class__ = classtype
+	return newobj
+
 def _test():
 	"""Test program. Pack and unpack various things"""
 	objs = [

Mac/Lib/aetools.py

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import MacOS
 import sys
 
 from aetypes import *
-from aepack import pack, unpack, coerce, AEDescType
+from aepack import packkey, pack, unpack, coerce, AEDescType
 
 Error = 'aetools.Error'
 
@@ -56,19 +56,19 @@ def missed(ae):
 		return None
 	return desc.data
 
-def unpackevent(ae):
+def unpackevent(ae, formodulename=""):
 	parameters = {}
 	try:
 		dirobj = ae.AEGetParamDesc('----', '****')
 	except AE.Error:
 		pass
 	else:
-		parameters['----'] = unpack(dirobj)
+		parameters['----'] = unpack(dirobj, formodulename)
 		del dirobj
 	while 1:
 		key = missed(ae)
 		if not key: break
-		parameters[key] = unpack(ae.AEGetParamDesc(key, '****'))
+		parameters[key] = unpack(ae.AEGetParamDesc(key, '****'), formodulename)
 	attributes = {}
 	for key in aekeywords:
 		try:
@@ -77,14 +77,14 @@ def unpackevent(ae):
 			if msg[0] != -1701 and msg[0] != -1704:
 				raise sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value
 			continue
-		attributes[key] = unpack(desc)
+		attributes[key] = unpack(desc, formodulename)
 	return parameters, attributes
 
 def packevent(ae, parameters = {}, attributes = {}):
 	for key, value in parameters.items():
-		ae.AEPutParamDesc(key, pack(value))
+		packkey(ae, key, value)
 	for key, value in attributes.items():
-		ae.AEPutAttributeDesc(key, pack(value))
+		packkey(ae, key, value)
 
 #
 # Support routine for automatically generated Suite interfaces
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ def decodeerror(arguments):
 class TalkTo:
 	"""An AE connection to an application"""
 	_signature = None	# Can be overridden by subclasses
+	_moduleName = None # Can be overridden by subclasses
 	
 	def __init__(self, signature=None, start=0, timeout=0):
 		"""Create a communication channel with a particular application.
@@ -183,7 +184,7 @@ class TalkTo:
 		
 		reply = event.AESend(self.send_flags, self.send_priority,
 		                          self.send_timeout)
-		parameters, attributes = unpackevent(reply)
+		parameters, attributes = unpackevent(reply, self._moduleName)
 		return reply, parameters, attributes
 		
 	def send(self, code, subcode, parameters = {}, attributes = {}):
@@ -218,6 +219,29 @@ class TalkTo:
 
 		if _arguments.has_key('----'):
 			return _arguments['----']
+			if as:
+				item.__class__ = as
+			return item
+
+	def _set(self, _object, _arguments = {}, _attributes = {}):
+		""" _set: set data for an object
+		Required argument: the object
+		Keyword argument _parameters: Parameter dictionary for the set operation
+		Keyword argument _attributes: AppleEvent attribute dictionary
+		Returns: the data
+		"""
+		_code = 'core'
+		_subcode = 'setd'
+		
+		_arguments['----'] = _object
+
+		_reply, _arguments, _attributes = self.send(_code, _subcode,
+				_arguments, _attributes)
+		if _arguments.has_key('errn'):
+			raise Error, decodeerror(_arguments)
+
+		if _arguments.has_key('----'):
+			return _arguments['----']
 
 # Tiny Finder class, for local use only
 

Mac/Lib/aetypes.py

@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import string
 # convoluted, since there are cyclic dependencies between this file and
 # aetools_convert.
 #
-def pack(*args):
+def pack(*args, **kwargs):
 	from aepack import pack
-	return apply(pack, args)
+	return apply(pack, args, kwargs)
 	
 def IsSubclass(cls, base):
 	"""Test whether CLASS1 is the same as or a subclass of CLASS2"""
@@ -69,6 +69,26 @@ def mkenum(enum):
 	if IsEnum(enum): return enum
 	return Enum(enum)
 
+# Jack changed the way this is done
+class InsertionLoc:
+	def __init__(self, of, pos):
+		self.of = of
+		self.pos = pos
+	
+	def __repr__(self):
+		return "InsertionLoc(%s, %s)" % (`self.of`, `self.pos`)
+		
+	def __aepack__(self):
+		rec = {'kobj': self.of, 'kpos': self.pos}
+		return pack(rec, forcetype='insl')
+		
+# Convenience functions for dsp:
+def beginning(of):
+	return InsertionLoc(of, Enum('bgng'))
+	
+def end(of):
+	return InsertionLoc(of, Enum('end '))
+
 class Boolean:
 	"""An AE boolean value"""