The absence of datablock properties "will certainly be resolved soon as the need for them is becoming obvious" said the [[http://wiki.blender.org/index.php/Dev:Ref/Release_Notes/2.67/Python_Nodes|Python Nodes release notes]]. So this patch allows Python scripts to create ID Properties which reference datablocks.
This functionality is implemented for `PointerProperty` and now such properties can be created with Python.
In addition to the standard update callback, `PointerProperty` can have a `poll` callback (standard RNA) which is useful for search menus. For details see the test included in this patch.
Original author: @artfunkel
Alexander (Blend4Web Team)
Reviewers: brecht, artfunkel, mont29, campbellbarton
Reviewed By: mont29, campbellbarton
Subscribers: jta, sergey, campbellbarton, wisaac, poseidon4o, mont29, homyachetser, Evgeny_Rodygin, AlexKowel, yurikovelenov, fjuhec, sharlybg, cardboard, duarteframos, blueprintrandom, a.romanov, BYOB, disnel, aditiapratama, bliblubli, dfelinto, lukastoenne
Maniphest Tasks: T37754
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D113
This gives us 9 flags available again for properties (we had none anymore),
and also makes things slightly cleaner.
To simplify (and make more clear the differences between mere properties
and function parameters), also added RNA_def_parameter_flags function (and
its clear counterpart), to be used instead of RNA_def_property_flag for
function parameters.
This patch is also a big cleanup (some RNA function definitions were
still using 'prop' PropertyRNA pointer, etc.).
And yes, am aware this will be annoying for all branches, but we really need
to get new flags available for properties (will need at least one for override, etc.).
Reviewers: sergey, Severin
Subscribers: dfelinto, brecht
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D2400
This mainly adds bpy.data.user_map() method, which goes over the whole Main database
to build a mapping (dict) {ID: {users_of_that_ID}}.
Very handy to check and debug ID usages, but could also be really valuable for py addons
creating temporary scenes, or some exporters, etc.
Note: current code in master's libquery misses some IDs (and reports some it should not,
like nodetrees), this is fixed in id-remap but still needs serious review before going to master.
This basically means that current bpy.data.user_map() **will not** report a complete and exhaustive
state of dependencies between IDs. Should work OK in most cases though.
Original work/idea comes from id-remap branch, was heavily reworked by @campbellbarton
and myself for master.
Reviewers: campbellbarton, sergey
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D1678
This is called when modifying an RNA property,
however it can be useful to be able to make a properties
update callback run without having to change it.
This appends while giving ownership to the list, avoiding temp assignment.
This matches PyList_SET_ITEM which bypasses refcount's
Note, this also reduce code-size, Py_DECREF is a rather heavy macro.
Setting all values of a tuple is such a common operation that it deserves its own macro.
Also added Py_INCREF_RET to avoid confusing use of comma operator.
remove 'type' argument, very few mathutils objects are wrapped,
add new function for creating wrapped objects.
also fixes unlikely memory leak if the data-array can't be allocated.
When printing operator reports, ommit unset properties.
This is needed because in some cases operators check if a value is set or not, so filling in default arguments may change behavior.
Any parameter after the first flagged with PROP_PYFUNC_OPTIONAL will be considered as optional, hence the python code does not have to define/use it. This will ease API evolutions by avoiding to break existing code when adding non-essential new parameters.
Note: this will need some update to API doc generation, patch is ready, will have it reviewed by Campbell asap.
