Hey guys,
This one really surprised me. I tend to avoid global variable in Softimage
plugins as much as I can, but sometimes it might be convenient.
So basically, I wanted to use a global variable ( simple Python Dictionary
) to keep some stuff in reference while interacting with a PPG. I remember
clearly that it was working well under Windows, so
I assume this is a python 2.5 Linux issue (if this is an issue - please
tell me if this is normal under Soft with python 2.5).
Here's basically what I was trying to do:
[imports ....]
>
> # Global Scope
> LAST_SELECTION = {
> 'project': {},
> 'category': '',
> 'entities': [],
> }
>
> def CustomCommand_Execute():
> global LAST_SELECTION
> [Do some modifications to LAST_SELECTION]
>
Following this pattern:
- Prompt the PPG
- Interact with the UI
- The custom command is fired - do some modifications to LAST_SELECTION
- hit another PPG UI
- Hell the LAST_SELECTION global is back to the inital value!
I've been tracing the LAST_SELECTION variable with id(), and it's changing
every time I interact with the UI; showing clearly that there is something
nasty going on under the hood (?)
Any idea to get this working?
Alan mentioned the Application.SetGlobal/Application.GetGlobal functions
... but still, this should be working natively, isn't?
Thanks!
--
Xavier
