Python runtime: call "OnIdle" tasks when py_eval FBs execution queue is empty.
This is usefull to execute slow operations that can be deffered from functions called by py_eval FBs.
User python code add a callable to "OnIdle" list made available in global scope.
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
#
# See COPYING.Runtime file for copyrights details.
#
from ctypes import CDLL, RTLD_GLOBAL, pointer, c_int, POINTER, c_char, create_string_buffer
def TryPreloadXenomai():
"""
Xenomai 3 (at least for version <= 3.0.6) do not handle properly dlclose
of shared objects whose dlopen did trigger xenomai_init.
As a workaround, this pre-loads xenomai libraries that need to be
initialized and call xenomai_init once for all.
Xenomai auto init of libs MUST be disabled (see --auto-init-solib in xeno-config)
"""
try:
for name in ["cobalt", "modechk", "copperplate", "alchemy"]:
globals()[name] = CDLL("lib"+name+".so", mode=RTLD_GLOBAL)
cobalt.xenomai_init(pointer(c_int(0)), pointer((POINTER(c_char)*2)(create_string_buffer("prog_name"), None)))
except Exception:
pass