multiply inlets for py (hot and cold inlets)

small optimizations and fixes
use PyGILState_\*() functionality (enabled with PY_USE_GIL)
updates for DSP processing
__str__ method for pyext, to enable print self calls
added message bundle functionality (pyext.Bundle class)
enable compiled-only scripts (without .py)
enable optimization of Python code in reease build
let _inlets and _outlets default to 0
fix for numpy
some ASSERTs for explicitly created pyext classes (should be runtime checks i guess)
open editor for script under OS X
fixing numpy initialization quirks
enable symbol binding for all callables (not only functions and methods)
_isthreaded is now a data member instead of a method
fix for gcc4
added pyext._list and pyext._tuple to convert input lists to Python sequence objects
enable module packages (module/__init__.py[co]), now also for Max
python-like dotted module.function syntax
cleaned up float vs. int pyext tags
compiler flag to exclude DSP objects
some optimizations and py reload fix
more safety for calls where association python-pd has already been removed
always run Python interpreter in the background

svn path=/trunk/; revision=7474

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/externals/grill/py/readme.txt b/externals/grill/py/readme.txt
index cba59e07..c10b2b6a 100644
--- a/externals/grill/py/readme.txt
+++ b/externals/grill/py/readme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 py/pyext - python script objects for PD and Max/MSP
 
-Copyright (c)2002-2006 Thomas Grill (gr@grrrr.org)
+Copyright (c)2002-2007 Thomas Grill (gr@grrrr.org)
 For information on usage and redistribution, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL
 WARRANTIES, see the file, "license.txt," in this distribution.  
 
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ For OS X keep things as the are - it has Python installed by default.
 
 
 The py/pyext package should run with Python version >= 2.1.
-It has been thoroughly tested with versions 2.2 to 2.4
+It has been thoroughly tested with versions 2.2 to 2.5
 
+The default build setting using PY_USE_GIL requires Python version >= 2.3.
 
 Check out the sample patches and scripts
 
@@ -47,7 +48,6 @@ Known bugs:
 - With standard PD 0.37, threaded py scripts will cause "Stack overflows" under some circumstances
   -> use PD 0.38 or the devel_0_37 cvs branch instead
 - It has been reported that pyext crashes on AMD64 with SSE enabled (for these CPUs, disable the respective compiler flags)
-- Threading in pyext obviously crashes under linux with Python version 2.4.2 (only)
 
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -120,6 +120,8 @@ Version history:
 - ADD: py.Bundle class to support flext message bundles
 - ADD: enable usage of compiled-only modules (.py[co])
 - ADD: enable usage of module packages (with module/__init__.py[co])
+- ADD: make use of the PyGILState_*() functions
+- ADD: always run the Python interpreter in the background (to keep alive Python threads)
 
 0.2.0:
 - ADD: handling of Python threads