That worked. Thank you.
On Tue, Dec 17, 2019 at 5:34 PM Vasil Velichkov <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hi Jason,
>
> On 18/12/2019 03.19, Jason Goldberg wrote:
> > I have an OOT module to which I added a custom block via gr_modtool.
> This
> > custom hier block is supposed to accept a python dictionary as a
> > parameter. The yml file associated with the block has a parameters
> section
> > where the dtype is to be specified. "dict" appears to be an invalid data
> > type. I have found that if I set dtype to { $type } or even comment out
> > that line, the flowgraph runs, but the dictionary I pass in to the block
> > (via a variable or a parameter) gets expanded out in the block icon such
> > that the icon becomes huge. By expanded out I mean that the parameter
> > field in the block icon looks like e.g.,
> > {'first_key_of_huge_dict;: {'nested_key_1': 9.873, 'nested_key_2': 'a
> > really long string' etc
> >
> > rather than just containing the name of the dictionary variable. How
> can I
> > pass in a dictionary to my block and avoid this problem?
>
> Try with "dtype: raw" and "hide: part". See also:
>
> https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/YAML_GRC#Parameters
>
> https://wiki.gnuradio.org/index.php/GNURadioCompanion#Creating_the_XML_Block_Definition
>
> Regards,
> Vasil
>
