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Python XPCOM Package

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Mozilla CVS Version - Last updated May 2002

This is the readme for the Python interface to XPCOM.

XPCOM is an acronym for "Cross Platform COM". It has +come out of the Mozilla project, which +maintains the main XPCOM +project pages. The Python XPCOM package is a set of Python bindings to +XPCOM, allowing a Python programmer to both use and implement XPCOM +interfaces. If you don't know what Python +is, then none of this probably interests you at all!

This readme has links to the following information:

Building, Configuring and + Testing the Python + XPCOM Package
A tutorial for the Python XPCOM package
Some advanced + topics and other miscellaneous information
Information on the architecture
A list of the known issues and bugs, the release + history and the PyXPCOM acknowledgements

Note: This package requires Python 1.6 or later; we recommend using +the latest +official Python version. This package works +very well with the latest ActivePython, +and does not require any external modules or packages beyond what is provided in +the core Python release for each platform.

About the Python XPCOM Package

The Python XPCOM Package was developed by ActiveState +Tool Corporation, and came out of their Komodo +project. The Python XPCOM package is released under the Mozilla +Public License (MPL)

Please see the credits file for a list of +contributors.

Known Bugs/Issues

No attempt is made to recurse sub-directories of the main +"components" directory. This is because we may decide on some +smart scheme for recursion (similar to Python packages), and don't want people +to rely on simple recursive searches.
No unregistration support at all. The main Python Component Loader supports + unregistration, but the actual Python objects themselves do not support unregistration. It is unclear if the Component Loader + unregistration process needs to manually remove each component it is responsible +for.
All Python-implemented components unconditionally support +weak-references. There is no way to disable this feature for any or all +components. It is unclear if there is a need to prevent this, but it is +documented here just in case!

Release History

Version 0.90 - January 2001

First public release.

Version 0.91 - January 2001

Fix a seg fault on Linux when PYTHONPATH is not set.
Changes to allow building with stand-alone XPCOM.

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Version 0.92 - May 2001

Implement interface flattening. You should (almost) never need to use QueryInterface()! +We are still 100% backwards compatible, so usage of QI still works - just is +generally not necessary.

+ +

Version 0.93 - May 2002

+ +

Implement nsIVariant and all new string types. Complete move to +autoconf build system.

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