Drivers: "Scripted Expression" drivers (i.e. PyDrivers) work again

Now it is possible to write a Python Expression using the variable names for driver targets (see mockup from initial commit) to substitute the appropriate values into the expression.

In the __global__ namespace for PyDriver evaluation, the following modules are available:
* __builtins__ - i.e. the builtin Python functions
* bpy - new Python API
* math or m - math module

For example:
Consider a driver with three targets, named: A, B, C
Now, you could write an expression like:
   C if A < 5 else B
or even:
   2*C if A < 5 or A > 20 else m.PI*B

Of course, you don't have to have three targets, the above was just an example.

TODO:
* Bring back way to load pydrivers.py
* Blender.Noise equivalent would be nice to have

P.S.  I hope I haven't made any terrible Python API coding errors here (i.e. mem leaks, etc.)
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2009-04-20 09:17:43 +00:00
parent 6482206078
commit 332e001989
7 changed files with 208 additions and 6 deletions

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@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
#include "bpy_operator.h"
#include "bpy_ui.h"
#include "DNA_anim_types.h"
#include "DNA_space_types.h"
#include "DNA_text_types.h"
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
#include "BLI_string.h"
#include "BKE_context.h"
#include "BKE_fcurve.h"
#include "BKE_text.h"
#include "BPY_extern.h"
@@ -415,3 +417,200 @@ void BPY_run_ui_scripts(bContext *C)
#endif
}
/* ****************************************** */
/* Drivers - PyExpression Evaluation */
// XXX Hopefully I haven't committed any PyAPI coding sins here ;) - Aligorith, 2009Apr20
/* for pydrivers (drivers using one-line Python expressions to express relationships between targets) */
PyObject *bpy_pydriver_Dict = NULL;
/* For faster execution we keep a special dictionary for pydrivers, with
* the needed modules and aliases.
*/
static int bpy_pydriver_create_dict(void)
{
PyObject *d, *mod;
/* validate namespace for driver evaluation */
if (bpy_pydriver_Dict) return -1;
d = PyDict_New();
if (d == NULL)
return -1;
else
bpy_pydriver_Dict = d;
/* import some modules: builtins, bpy, math, (Blender.noise )*/
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "__builtins__", PyEval_GetBuiltins());
mod = PyImport_ImportModule("math");
if (mod) {
PyDict_Merge(d, PyModule_GetDict(mod), 0); /* 0 - dont overwrite existing values */
/* Only keep for backwards compat! - just import all math into root, they are standard */
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "math", mod);
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "m", mod);
Py_DECREF(mod);
}
/* add bpy to global namespace */
mod= PyImport_ImportModuleLevel("bpy", NULL, NULL, NULL, 0);
if (mod) {
PyDict_SetItemString(bpy_pydriver_Dict, "bpy", mod);
Py_DECREF(mod);
}
#if 0 // non existant yet
mod = PyImport_ImportModule("Blender.Noise");
if (mod) {
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "noise", mod);
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "n", mod);
Py_DECREF(mod);
} else {
PyErr_Clear();
}
/* If there's a Blender text called pydrivers.py, import it.
* Users can add their own functions to this module.
*/
if (G.f & G_DOSCRIPTLINKS) {
mod = importText("pydrivers"); /* can also use PyImport_Import() */
if (mod) {
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "pydrivers", mod);
PyDict_SetItemString(d, "p", mod);
Py_DECREF(mod);
} else {
PyErr_Clear();
}
}
#endif // non existant yet
return 0;
}
/* Update function, it gets rid of pydrivers global dictionary, forcing
* BPY_pydriver_eval to recreate it. This function is used to force
* reloading the Blender text module "pydrivers.py", if available, so
* updates in it reach pydriver evaluation.
*/
void BPY_pydriver_update(void)
{
PyGILState_STATE gilstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
if (bpy_pydriver_Dict) { /* free the global dict used by pydrivers */
PyDict_Clear(bpy_pydriver_Dict);
Py_DECREF(bpy_pydriver_Dict);
bpy_pydriver_Dict = NULL;
}
PyGILState_Release(gilstate);
return;
}
/* error return function for BPY_eval_pydriver */
static float pydriver_error(ChannelDriver *driver)
{
if (bpy_pydriver_Dict) { /* free the global dict used by pydrivers */
PyDict_Clear(bpy_pydriver_Dict);
Py_DECREF(bpy_pydriver_Dict);
bpy_pydriver_Dict = NULL;
}
driver->flag |= DRIVER_FLAG_INVALID; /* py expression failed */
fprintf(stderr, "\nError in Driver: The following Python expression failed:\n\t'%s'\n\n", driver->expression);
PyErr_Print();
return 0.0f;
}
/* This evals py driver expressions, 'expr' is a Python expression that
* should evaluate to a float number, which is returned.
*/
float BPY_pydriver_eval (ChannelDriver *driver)
{
PyObject *driver_vars=NULL;
PyObject *retval;
PyGILState_STATE gilstate;
DriverTarget *dtar;
float result = 0.0f; /* default return */
char *expr = NULL;
short targets_ok= 1;
/* sanity checks - should driver be executed? */
if ((driver == NULL) /*|| (G.f & G_DOSCRIPTLINKS)==0*/)
return result;
/* get the py expression to be evaluated */
expr = driver->expression;
if ((expr == NULL) || (expr[0]=='\0'))
return result;
gilstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
/* init global dictionary for py-driver evaluation settings */
if (!bpy_pydriver_Dict) {
if (bpy_pydriver_create_dict() != 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Pydriver error: couldn't create Python dictionary");
PyGILState_Release(gilstate);
return result;
}
}
/* add target values to a py dictionary that we add to the drivers dict as 'd' */
driver_vars = PyDict_New(); // XXX do we need to decref this?
for (dtar= driver->targets.first; dtar; dtar= dtar->next) {
PyObject *driver_arg = NULL;
float tval = 0.0f;
/* try to get variable value */
tval= driver_get_target_value(driver, dtar);
driver_arg= PyFloat_FromDouble((double)tval);
if (driver_arg == NULL) continue;
/* try to add to dictionary */
if (PyDict_SetItemString(driver_vars, dtar->name, driver_arg)) {
/* this target failed */
if (targets_ok) {
/* first one - print some extra info for easier identification */
fprintf(stderr, "\nBPY_pydriver_eval() - Error while evaluating PyDriver:\n");
targets_ok= 0;
}
fprintf(stderr, "\tBPY_pydriver_eval() - couldn't add variable '%s' to namespace \n", dtar->name);
PyErr_Print();
}
}
/* execute expression to get a value */
retval = PyRun_String(expr, Py_eval_input, bpy_pydriver_Dict, driver_vars);
/* decref the driver vars first... */
Py_DECREF(driver_vars);
/* process the result */
if (retval == NULL) {
result = pydriver_error(driver);
PyGILState_Release(gilstate);
return result;
}
result = (float)PyFloat_AsDouble(retval);
Py_DECREF(retval);
if ((result == -1) && PyErr_Occurred()) {
result = pydriver_error(driver);
PyGILState_Release(gilstate);
return result;
}
/* all fine, make sure the "invalid expression" flag is cleared */
driver->flag &= ~DRIVER_FLAG_INVALID;
PyGILState_Release(gilstate);
return result;
}