Changeset 1164 for framspy

Timestamp:

12/01/21 02:20:28 (3 years ago)

Author:

sz

Message:

describe the use of lib_path

File:

• framspy/frams.py (modified) (1 diff)

framspy/frams.py

@@ -341 +341 @@
         global c_api  # access global variable
         if lib_path is not None and os.name == 'posix':
-                lib_name = os.path.join(lib_path, lib_name)  # currently we always have lib_path (even if it is incorrect), but hypothetically it could work with lib_path==None and then load .so from some default system path without './'
+                lib_name = os.path.join(lib_path, lib_name)  # lib_path is always set ('.' when not specified). for the (currently unused) case of lib_path==None the resulting lib_name is a bare filename without any path, which loads the library from a system-configured location.
         try:
                 c_api = ctypes.CDLL(lib_name)  # if accessing this module from multiple threads, they will all share a single c_api and access the same copy of the library and its data. If you want separate independent copies, read the comment at the top of this file on using the "multiprocessing" module.