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Video Fill LightDSLR video is becoming increasingly popular. Now you not only can shoot stills of your child's birthday, but you also can shoot some very high-quality video as well. The same lighting problems that plague still photographers also cause problems for video photographers. On sunny days, video capture has dynamic range limitations just like still images. The solution is the same: Add some fill light to reduce contrast and create a better shot.
Since video needs continuous-light sources for illumination, we can't use speedlights or studio strobes that produce bursts of light. Many of these packs have modeling lights that are continuous, but don't have enough power to light many scenarios. And since many people may need to shoot video footage away from AC power, our light source has to be battery-powered. Enter Litepanels.
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For the more adventuresome couples, we offer the Santa Juana Rural Mountain Waterfall Wedding with an authentic Costa Rican experience that has no comparison when it comes to natural and truly sustainable for a truly exotic wedding.
Make your biggest day even more romantic with a beautiful Costa Rica wedding at Greentique Hotel's Si Como No Resort. Weddings at Si Como No offer a spectacular and affordable exotic destination wedding experience for you and for your guests. For your backdrop — there's the sparkling blue Pacific or the lush, terraced tropical forest and beautifully manicured gardens. The soothing rhythm of the ocean and the sweet songs of tropical birds combine for the perfect soundtrack.
Our Wedding Planners have been designing stunningly beautiful weddings and arranging romantic honeymoons for almost 20 years. Caring, resourceful, and full of imaginative options, they are truly artists, working with each couple to stage unique, customized tropical wedding events right on the beach, or within the beautiful surroundings of the resort. They've even created weddings within our private Butterfly Atrium. A luxurious honeymoon suite awaits you at the end of the day, plus, you and your guests will enjoy the very best of our personalized services, including spas, dining, guided or self guided tours, plus everything else that helps define our world renown brand of barefoot luxury.
For elopements to wedding parties of 70 guests, Si Como No is the place to celebrate the start of your life together or to renew your wedding vows. The experience will be one you and your guests will cherish for a lifetime.
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We had our wedding at the beach, with 35 guests, and I couldn't be happier. The staff at the hotel was so professional, helpful and nice. Mariana, the wedding planner was outstanding. If anybody is ever getting married, you have to do it here and have Mariana help you. She has such incredible taste, organization, and incredible memory, that the wedding ceremony and reception ran flawless. I rate this resort highly for the location, sensitivity towards the environment, professional staff, great views in every single room, and an overall positive experience. All of our guests and Jon and I had a fantastic time. Wedding date April 12th, 2014.
My family hosted a wedding here and the staff could not have done a better job. They all speak great English which made it very easy on everyone there. The pools are great, views are incredible, and the beach is a 5 min (free shuttle) bus or taxi ride away.
Amazing! We had our wedding (both ceremony and reception) at Si Como No early this January and can't rave enough about it. All my friends and family that stayed at Si Como No had nothing but good things to say. The service and friendliness of the staff is unmatched. The views are amazing from every vantage point, and breakfast is included (and amazingly good). Sign me up again. Can't thank the staff enough for their kindness and helpfulness especially Julio at the Rico Tico Cafe and Mariana.
I got married at Si Como No and everything was perfect! I brought about 30 people to the wedding with me. I was very nervous that with so many people someone would be unhappy, but can honestly say everyone had a wonderful time and loved the restaurants at the hotel, the swim up bars in the pools, and the beautiful grounds. We couldn't have been more pleased with the friendly hotel staff.
Words cannot express how blessed Mike and I were to have all of you helping us prepare and celebrate our love. We would not change a thing. Not one single thing. Mariana, you are wise and professional beyond your years. You took care of every detail and made it possible for us just to be able to relax and enjoy our day. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. We will definitely be coming back to Costa Rica every year. Your country and all of its people are simply amazing. Pura Vida! Much love.
I stayed at Si Como No in April while attending a family wedding…We didn't miss having a TV at all. Sitting on the balcony and watching the wildlife or walking around the property enjoying all the flowers was more entertaining than watching TV. The breakfast buffet was fabulous! Loved the fresh fruit, coffee was great. Wait staff always had a smile on their face…The spa located at Si Como No was excellent! I haven't read many reviews of the spa on this site, but I would highly recommend it based on my experience. Overall we had a great time at Si Como No and Costa Rica!
We just wanted to thank you so much for helping to put together our wedding: We're sorry we didn't get the chance to thank you at the wedding or in person before we left on Monday. We just wanted to tell you how much we appreciated your efforts. Your organisation and planning helped make our wedding stress free and so much fun. Everything was just perfect–the food, the flowers, the music, the lawyer's vows, and the service of everyone at the Si Como No Resort. We were able to leave so much in your hands, and just concentrate on enjoying ourselves.
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results for the fourth quarter of 2012, with loss per share of 22
cents, much wider than the Zacks Consensus Estimate of a loss of
17 cents. Increased pricing pressures coupled with reducing
demand negatively impacted earnings
In the fourth quarter of 2012, total sales for Forbes Energy were
$107.0 million, down 14.1% year over year, primarily due to
shorter daylight hours and holidays. Revenue also missed the
Zacks Consensus Estimate of $110.0 million by 2.7%.
Segment Details:
In the reported quarter, revenue from the
Well Servicing
segment was recorded at $48.6 million, a decrease of 4.9%
compared with the year-ago quarter. Fewer 24-hour rigs working
led to the decline.
Revenue from
Fluid Logistics and Other
segment came in at $58.5 million, facing a decline of 20.5%
year-over-year, due to a reduction in the truck hours.
Operating profit in the reported quarter dropped by a whopping
98.1% to $0.3 million from the $18.1 million reported in the
year-ago quarter. This decrease was attributable to a higher
insurance expense as well as higher wages and fuel charges.
Operating margin in the quarter was recorded at 0.3% compared
with 14.5% in the fourth quarter of 2011.
Balance Sheet/Cash Flow:
Exiting the fourth quarter 2012, Forbes Energy's cash and cash
equivalents were approximately $17.6 million, compared with $5.3
million in the previous quarter. Total debt balance stood at
$306.3 million against $296.1 million in the preceding
Capital expenditure in the quarter amounted to $8.7
Forbes Energy expects capital expenditure in 2013 to be roughly
$20.0-$23.0 million. The company also predicts a stable pricing
environment in 2013.
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stocks worth a look in the oil & gas equipment & services
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NSK Ltd.
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UPDATE: Well now we know what happened. Bethany Storro says she rubbed drain cleaner on her face in order to kill herself.
Bethany Storro had just gotten something out of her car and was about to head to a Starbucks in Vancouver, Washington. That's when a woman approached her out of the blue and said, "Hey pretty girl, do you want to drink this?" The woman then threw a cup of liquid, which ended up being some form of acid, in her face.
Bethany is now recovering at a hospital burn center. And while one's immediate thought is that this is a revenge attack over some perceived sin or slight, she says she doesn't even know the woman, who's only described as black with slicked back hair in a pony-tail.
We're not certain about the extent of Bethany's injuries, but it seems a pair of sunglasses she'd purchased just hours before saved her from going blind. Which, considering her family says she never wears sunglasses, has to stand as some kind of miracle.
"Who wakes up in the morning and says, 'I'm going to go and burn somebody's face with acid?'" her mother Nancy Neuwelt told KOMO. "It's pretty bizarre. I don't know what kind of a person -- obviously, there's something wrong. But we're going to do what we need to do."
Like Bethany's mother, police are also stumped as to what kind of person would do this. They have no suspects, and are hoping someone saw something around 7 p.m. on Monday night when the incident happened.
UPDATE: Storro pulled out of a planned Oprah appearance earlier in the week, which one paper interpreted as a sign that she was making the whole thing up.
On her Facebook page, Storro initially wrote that she wanted to go on the show to "inspire people and tell them about Jesus." She canceled, she said, because the "he show was going to possibly turn into another direction." What that direction is, however, no one is saying.
Storro's friends and family are understandably unimpressed with the claim that the attack is a hoax. As are Vancouver police, who say that right now they have no reason to suspect Storro's wounds were self-inflicted.
UPDATE: At a press conference today, Vancouver Police Chief Clifford Cook said that Storro had admitted to the hoax.
Cook said that police started to get suspicious when parts of Storro's story didn't add up. Eventually they asked for and got a search warrant on her house, which they executed this morning. After the search they interviewed Storro, who admitted to making up the part about the random black woman who attacked her.
"She is extremely upset and very remorseful," said police Commander Marla Shuman. "In many ways, this just got bigger than she expected."
No one is really saying why Storro might have gone to such painful lengths to garner a little sympathy. But police say they will take her mental health into consideration before pressing charges.
One thing that was real in this whole mess: the acid Storro used to scar her face. A burn surgeon who operated on Storro said was as strong as hydrochloric or sulfuric acid.
UPDATE: It's not the way most people would try to commit suicide. But Storro says the once she realized the drain cleaner wasn't going to kill her, she thought getting a new face might be a decent consolation prize.
Storro's story first started to fall apart when investigators noticed that it didn't look like she'd had acid splashed on her. That's when she admitted to going into a park bathroom hours before cops were called, putting on gloves and applying the cleaner to her face with a towel.
Because it's illegal in Washington to defraud people who have come to your assistance, Storro is now facing charges of theft for taking money from three fundraisers in her honor. A California man sent a $1,000 donation. Safeway gave her $3,000. And another fund had raised $20,000.
Storro said she'd spent a couple thousand already on trips to Seattle and medical bills, including a $620 bill for a chemical peel she'd had two weeks prior to the incident. Storro's family says they'll return the rest of the money.


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Contrary to popular belief, there is a free ride. Not just any free ride, either. A free limo ride.
If, that is, you're a downtown dweller lounging at the new Purple Martini Tabor Center and feel uneasy about walking home alone after dark.
The bar opens to the public New Year's Eve.
In order to secure their new liquor license, The Purple Martini's owners wanted and needed to be neighborhood-friendly, something their old room on 15th Street between Market and Larimer streets could not claim. Because of crowd and noise issues on that block, another proprietor was recently denied a liquor license for The Purple Martini's former space.
"There are so many licenses within a few blocks (of the old bar) that the residents felt there was no need or desire (for another bar)," said nearby homeowner Arleen Parker.
Besides firming up neighborhood relations by promising free, short-distance limousine rides, Purple Martini owner Will Coleman spent months negotiating the details of his 10-year lease at The Tabor Center. Other opening delays can be attributed to the bar's distinct design and construction needs: It sits inside a tubular, glass-enclosed room above Lawrence Street, inhabiting the Tabor Center's foot bridge.
"This is a space people didn't even know existed," Coleman said.
He met with LoDo residents before moving forward. Unlike the old downtown locale, the new Purple Martini is a self-contained entity where lines at the door, latenight crowds and noise should stay inside.
Neighbors such as Parker appreciated that Coleman called to talk about the bar's new business plan. "I would be surprised if there are problems there, given that it's so self-contained and there's underground parking," she said. "Unless we see problems arise, I don't have any concerns."
She also warmed to The Purple Martini Tabor Center because it is one of that complex's few drinking establishments. But the Tabor Center's "mixed-
use" property is also what some of The Purple Martini's past clientele might find off-putting. Are they really going to walk into a mall, past Flag World and the food court, for their late-night libations?
Coleman isn't worried.
"It was important for us to be in this location to attract a diverse demographic," Coleman said. "We have 1,100 people in that office tower, and the (Westin) Hotel is busy even when the bars are slow."
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An introduction to PyObjC
PyObjC is a bridge between Python and Objective-C. It allows Python scripts to use and extend existing Objective-C class libraries; most importantly the Cocoa libraries by Apple.
This document describes how to use Objective-C class libraries from Python scripts and how to interpret the documentation of those libraries from the point of view of a Python programmer.
First Steps
When dealing with the Objective-C runtime, there are certain patterns you need to learn when writing Python code. If you're not already an Objective-C programmer, some of them will seem strange or even "un-pythonic" at first. However, you will get used to it, and the way that PyObjC works is quite compliant with the Zen of Python (import this). In fact, Ronald is Dutch ;)
With no further ado, here are the three most important things you must know before embarking on any PyObjC voyage:
Underscores, and lots of them
Objective-C objects communicate with each other by sending messages. The syntax for messages is somewhere in-between Python's positional and keyword arguments. Specificlaly, Objective-C message dispatch uses positional arguments, but parts of the message name (called "selector" in Objective-C terminology) are interleaved with the arguments.
An Objective-C message looks like this:
[someObject doSomething:arg1 withSomethingElse:arg2];
The selector (message name) for the above snippet is this (note the colons):
In order to have a lossless and unambiguous translation between Objective-C messages and Python methods, the Python method name equivalent is simply the selector with colons replaced by underscores. Since each colon in an Objective-C selector is a placeholder for an argument, the number of underscores in the PyObjC-ified method name is the number of arguments that should be given.
The PyObjC translation of the above selector is (note the underscores):
The message dispatch, translated to PyObjC, looks like this:
someObject.doSomething_withSomethingElse_(arg1, arg2)
Methods that take one argument will have a trailing underscore.
It may take a little while to get used to, but PyObjC does not ever rename selectors. The trailing underscore will seem strange at first, especially for cases like this:
# note the trailing underscore someObject.setValue_(aValue)
There are a few additional rules regarding message dispatch, see the Overview of the bridge for the complete rundown.
Two-phase instantiation
Objective-C, being a low-level runtime, separates the two concepts required to instantiate an object.
- allocation:
- Reserve a chunk of memory large enough to hold the new object, and make sure that all of its declared instance variables are set to "zero" (this means nil pointers to objects, 0 for integers, etc.).
- initialization:
- Fill in the blank slate allocated by the allocation phase.
In Objective-C, the convention is for allocation to be performed by a class method called alloc, and initialization is done with method beginning with the word init. For example, here is the syntax for instantiating an NSObject:
myObject = NSObject.alloc().init()
And here is an example for creating an NSData instance given a few bytes:
myData = NSData.alloc().initWithBytes_length_('the bytes', 9)
You must also follow this convention when subclassing Objective-C classes. When initializing, an object must always (directly or indirectly) call the designated initializer of its super. The designated initializer is the "most basic" initializer through which all initialization eventually ends up. The designated initializer for NSObject is init. To find the designated initializer for other classes, consult the documentation for that class. Here is an example of an NSObject subclass with a customized initialization phase:
class MyClass(NSObject): def init(self): """ Designated initializer for MyClass """ # ALWAYS call the super's designated initializer. # Also, make sure to re-bind "self" just in case it # returns something else, or even None! self = super(MyClass, self).init() if self is None: return None self.myVariable = 10 # Unlike Python's __init__, initializers MUST return self, # because they are allowed to return any object! return self class MyOtherClass(MyClass): def initWithOtherVariable_(self, otherVariable): """ Designated initializer for MyOtherClass """ self = super(MyOtherClass, self).init() if self is None: return None self.otherVariable = otherVariable return self myInstance = MyClass.alloc().init() myOtherInstance = MyOtherClass.alloc().initWithOtherVariable_(20)
Many Objective-C classes provide class methods that perform two-phase instantiation for you in one step. Several examples of this are:
# This is equivalent to: # # myObject = NSObject.alloc().init() # myObject = NSObject.new() # This is equivalent to: # # myDict = NSDictionary.alloc().init() # myDict = NSDictionary.dictionary() # This is equivalent to: # # myString = NSString.alloc().initWithString_(u'my string') # myString = NSString.stringWithString_(u'my string')
Objective-C uses accessors everywhere
Unlike Python, Objective-C convention says to use accessors rather than directly accessing instance variables of other objects. This means that in order to access an instance variable value of an object valueContainer you will have to use the following syntax:
# Getting # # notice the method call # myValue = valueContainer.value() # Setting # # notice the naming convention and trailing underscore # valueContainer.setValue_(myNewValue)
When writing your own classes from Python, this is a bit harder since Python only has one namespace for all attributes, even methods. If you choose to implement accessors from Python, then you will have to name the instance variable something else:
class MyValueHolder(NSObject): def initWithValue_(self, value): self = super(MyValueHolder, self).init() # It's recommended not to use typical Python convention here, # as instance variables prefixed with underscores are reserved # by the Objective-C runtime. It still works if you use # underscores, however. self.ivar_value = value return self def value(self): return self.ivar_value def setValue_(self, value): self.ivar_value = value
It's also possible to use Key-Value Coding in some cases, which eliminates the need for writing most accessors, but only in scenarios where the rest of the code is using it.
Objective-C for PyObjC users
It is recommended that you take the time to understand a little bit about Objective-C before jumping into PyObjC development. The class libraries that you will be using from Cocoa are not documented in Python, and their documentation will be confusing without a grasp on the semantics and syntax of Objective-C.
Objective-C is an object-oriented programming language implemented as a superset of C that borrows heavily in concept and syntax from Smalltalk. of C and borrows heavily from Smalltalk. It features single inheritance with dynamic dispatch and (in theory) multiple root classes. This is basically the same as Python with single inheritance.
An important difference between Python and Objective-C is that the latter is not a pure object-oriented language. Some values are not objects, but values of plain C types, such as int and double. These basic C types can be used as the types of arguments and the return value of methods.
Object allocation and initialization are explicit and separate actions in Objective-C. The former is done by the class-method alloc, while the latter is done by instance methods whose name customarily starts with init.
Objective-C code looks just like plain C code, with some easily recognizable Smalltalk-like extensions for the object-oriented parts of the language. An example class declaration (usually found in .h files) and implementation (usually found in .m files) are listed below. Class declarations are easily recognized as blocks of code between @interface and @end, and similarly the implementation is between @implementation and @end. An expression enclosed in brackets in Objective-C is called a message, and is the equivalent to an instance method invocation in Python. For example, this Objective-C code:
[aMutableArray addObject:@"constant string"];
Is equivalent in intent to the following in Python:
aList.append(u"constant string")
Objective-C messages have three components: a target, a selector, and zero or more arguments. The target, aMutableArray, is the object or class receiving the message. The selector, addObject: uniquely identifies the kind of message that is being sent. Finally, the arguments, @"constant string" are used by the implementation of the method upon receipt of the message. The syntax of Objective-C message dispatch is deceptively similar to keyword arguments in Python, but they are actually quite different. Objective-C messages can not have default arguments, and all arguments are passed in a specific order. The components of a selector may not be reordered. Syntactically, one argument must be interleaved at every colon in the selector. The message:
[anArray indexOfObject:someObject inRange:someRange]
- Target:
- anArray
- Selector:
- indexOfObject:inRange:
- Arguments:
- someObject, someRange
As documented later, the straightforward translation of such a message to Python is:
anArray.indexOfObject_inRange_(someObject, someRange)
This may be awkward and "unpythonic" at first, however this syntax is necessary to preserve the semantics of Objective-C message dispatch.
A class declaration:
@interface MyClass : MySuperClass { id anInstanceVariable; int anotherInstanceVariable; } // A class method that returns an initialized instance of this class. // Similar to an implementation of __call__ on the metaclass. +instanceWithObject:(id)anObject andInteger:(int)anInteger; // An instance method, the designated initializer for MyClass. // Similar to an implementation of __new__ on MyClass. -initWithObject:(id)anObject andInteger:(int)anInteger; // An accessor, instance variables (attributes) are in a separate // namespace and are considered "private" in Objective-C. Conventionally, // there is nothing similar to this in Python. -(int)anotherInstanceVariable; @end
A class implementation:
@implementation MyClass // Note that a type is not declared for the return value. Undeclared types // are assumed to be "id", which means any kind of instance. +instanceWithObject:(id)anObject andInteger:(int)anInteger { // 1. Create an instance of MyClass. // 2. Initialize it with its designated initializer // "initWithObject:andInteger:". // 3. Autorelease it, so that it does not leak memory. // 4. Return the new instance. // // NOTE: // By convention,initializers (such as +new, -init, -copy) // are the only methods that should return retained objects. // // NOTE: // Since this is a class method, "self" refers to the class! // // Very roughly similar to: // return self.__new__(anObject, anInteger) return [[[self alloc] initWithObject:anObject andInteger:anInteger] autorelease]; } // Note that a type is not declared for the return value. Undeclared types // are assumed to be "id", which means any kind of instance. -initWithObject:(id)anObject andInteger:(int)anInteger { // Call the designated initializer of the superclass. // Similar to: // self = super(MyClass, self).__new__() self = [super init]; // Bail if initialization of the superclass failed. // Similar to: // if self is None: // return None if (!self) { return nil; } // Set the instance variable (attribute). The argument must be // retained, since it will persist as long as the instance does. // Similar to: // # Reference counting is automatic in Python // self.anInstanceVariable = anObject anInstanceVariable = [anObject retain]; // Set the other instance variable. Note that since anInteger is // a primitive "C" type, not an object, no reference counting takes // place. // Similar to: // # Everything is an object in Python // self.anotherInstanceVariable = anInteger anotherInstanceVariable = anInteger; // Like __new__ in Python, initializers in Objective-C must // explicitly return self. Note that this is different from // __init__. // Similar to: // return self return self; } // an accessor, instance variables (attributes) are in a separate // namespace and are considered "private" -(int)anotherInstanceVariable { return anotherInstanceVariable; } // Since objects were retained as instance variables on this object, // they must be freed when the object is. This is similar to an // implementation of __del__ in Python. Since Objective-C has no // cyclic garbage collection, this isn't discouraged like it is in // Python. -(void)dealloc { // Very roughly similar to: // del self.instanceVariable [instanceVariable release]; // Very roughly similar to: // super(MyClass, self).__del__() [super dealloc]; } @end
Objective-C also features exceptions, but they are typically only used for disaster recovery, not error handling, so you will not encounter them very often. Read The Objective-C Programming Language if you want to know more about exceptions in Objective-C.
One thing to keep in mind when translating Objective-C snippets to Python is that any message can be sent to nil, and the return value of that message will be nil. PyObjC translates nil to None when crossing the bridge, so any such attempt will raise an AttributeError.
For more information about Objective-C see:
Overview of the bridge
Objective-C classes are visible as (new-style) Python classes and can be subclassed just like normal Python classes. All the usual introspection mechanisms work as well, as do __slots__ and descriptors. The major differences between normal Python classes and Objective-C classes are the way that instances are created and initialized, and the fact that Objective-C selectors look strange when translated to Python methods.
Multiple inheritance may be used when subclassing an Objective-C class, so long as the Objective-C class is the first base class and there is only one Objective-C base class. The Objective-C runtime does not support multiple inheritance. These mix-in classes should not contain different implementations for Objective-C methods. To achieve this behavior, Categories should be used instead.
Another thing to keep in mind is that the names of Objective-C classes must be globally unique per process, including across Python modules. That is, it is not possible to have two Python modules that define a class with the same name. It is conventional to choose class names with a short prefix that uniquely identify your project or company. For example, Apple uses NS as the prefix for all classes in the Cocoa libraries. Note that the NS prefix made much more sense when it was called NeXTstep, but persists to this day for compatibility reasons.
As described in Objective-C for PyObjC users the creation of Objective-C objects is a two-stage process. To initialize objects, first call a class method to allocate the memory (typically alloc), and then call an initializer (typically starts with init). Some classes have class methods which perform this behind the scenes, especially classes that create cached, immutable, or singleton instances.
Messages and Functions
Objective-C methods are bridged to Python methods. Because Objective-C message dispatch syntax can not be translated directly to Python, a few simple translations must take place. The rules for these translations are:
Replace all colons in the selector with underscores:
- someMethod:withFoo:andBar: translates to someMethod_withFoo_andBar_
If the result class or raise (Python keywords), append two underscores:
- class translates to class__
- raise translates to raise__
Use this translated selector as a normal Python method. The arguments must be passed in the same order, and the number of arguments passed will normally be equal to the number of underscores in the method name; exceptions to this rule and the behavior of "result" are mentioned below.
result = [someObject someMethod:firstArg withFoo:foo andBar:bar];
translates to
result = someObject.someMethod_withFoo_andBar_(firstArg, foo, bar)
Note that it is currently not possible to support methods with a variable number of arguments from Python. These selectors must be wrapped by custom Objective-C code in order to be accessible by Python.
Wrapped/bridged methods (and functions) have the same number of arguments as the corresponding Objective-C method or function, unless otherwise noted in the documentation (Notes on supported APIs and classes on Mac OS X for Cocoa on Mac OS X).
Most methods or functions that take or return pointers to values will be an exception to this rule if it is callable from Python at all. In Objective-C terminology, there are three kinds of pointers that can be used in a method:
- in:
Used to pass data by reference to the function. This is not a special case from Python.
Instead of a regular value you may also pass in the value objc.NULL, when you do that the Objective-C method will receive a NULL pointer instead of a pointer to your value.
- out:
Used to pass data from the function (e.g. an additional return value).
Pass in either None or objc.NULL for output arguments. to the method. If the value is objc.NULL the Objective-C code will receive a NULL pointer for this argument, otherwise it will receive a valid pointer.
- inout:
A combination of in and out (a value is passed by reference, and mutated upon return). Unlike out, these arguments remain in the argument list, and thus do not have an effect on the number of arguments a method expects. See below for notes on how inout arguments change the return value.
Instead of a regular value you may also pass in the value objc.NULL, when you do that the Objective-C method will receive a NULL pointer instead of a pointer to your value.
In order to determine what the return value of such an exceptional message will look like, you must "make a list" of the return values with the following rules:
- If the return type of the method or function is not void, add it to the list.
- For each argument in the method or function, add it to the list if it is out or inout. When objc.NULL was used as the argument value it will also be used as the result value.
After creating this list, you will have one of three cases:
- Empty:
- The return value of this call will always be None.
- One element:
- The return value of this call will correspond to the one element of the list.
- More than one element:
- The return value of this call will be a tuple in the same order as the list.
The rules for pass by reference arguments may look quite complicated, but it turns out this is very straightforward when working with them.
As an example of a method with two output arguments, NSMatrix implements a selector named getNumberOfRows:columns: with the following signature:
-(void)getNumberOfRows:(int *)rowCount columns:(int *)columnCount
This method is used from Python like this:
rowCount, columnCount = matrix.getNumberOfRows_columns_(None, None)
When a function or method has an array of values and the length of that array as arguments, None may be passed as the length to specify that the length of the given sequence should be used.
Python's array.array type may be used to represent a C array if the typestr and size match what is expected by the selector. Numeric, numarray, and other third party array types are not supported at the moment.
When defining methods in an Objective-C subclass, the bridge must provide type signatures for each method to the Objective-C runtime. The default type signature is for all arguments as well as the return value to be objects (just like with normal Python methods). If there is no return statement in the implementation, then the return value will be void. The bridge will automatically pick a better signature when it has more information available. Specifically, a method overrides an existing method, the bridge will assume you want to use the same method signature. Furthermore, if the method is implemented in an (informal) protocol known to the bridge it will use the signature from the corresponding method in that signature.
The end result is that it is rarely necessary to explicitly add information about the signature of methods. For the two most common cases where this is necessary, we have provided convenience decorators (used like staticmethod or classmethod):
- objc.accessor:
- Use this to wrap a Key-Value Coding or Key-Value Observing compliant accessor.
- PyObjCTools.AppHelper.endSheetMethod:
- Use this to wrap the implementation of a sheet's "didEndSelector" callback.
For complete control of the mapping to Objective-C you can use the function objc.selector to create custom descriptors. See the documentation of the objc module for the arguments you can use with this function. It is normally used like this:
class MyObject(NSObject): # -(void)someMethod:(float)arg def someMethod_(self, arg): pass someMethod_ = objc.selector(someMethod_, signature='v@:f')
In Python 2.4 or later there is a decorator for this purpose:
class MyObject(NSObject): @objc.signature('v@:f') def someMethod_(self, arg): pass
Reference counting
The Cocoa libraries, and most (if not all) other class libraries for Objective-C use explicit reference counting to manage memory. The methods retain, release and autorelease are used to manage these reference counts. You won't have to manage reference counts in Python, the bridge does all that work for you (but see Notes on supported APIs and classes on Mac OS X for some advanced issues).
The only reasons reference counts are mentioned at all are to tell you about ignoring them, and more importantly to introduce you to some issues w.r.t. reference counting.
It turns out that Cocoa uses a primitive form of weak references. Those are not true weak references as in Python, but use-cases where an object stores a reference to another object without increasing the reference count for that other object. The bridge cannot solve the issues this introduces for you, which means that you get hard crashes when you're not careful when dealing with those weak references.
The basic rule to deal with weak references is: make sure objects stays alive as long as someone might have a weak reference to them. Due to the way the bridge works, this means that you must make sure that you don't create weak references from Objective-C to a plain Python object. The Python object stays alive, but the proxy object as seen by the Objective-C code is actually an autoreleased object that will be cleaned up unless the Objective-C code increases its reference count.
The document Notes on supported APIs and classes on Mac OS X contains information about classes that work with weak references. The most important are notification centers and NSOutlineView, to be exact: the outline view stores weak references to the objects return by the method outlineView:child:ofItem: of its data source. The easiest way to avoid crashes with outline views is to make sure that you model for the view uses subclasses of NSObject to represent the nodes in the outline view.
Another gotcha is that obj.setDelegate_() often does not retain the delegate, so a reference should be maintained elsewhere.
Cocoa defines a number of formal and informal protocols that specify methods that should be implemented by a class if it is to be used in a specific role, such as the data source for an NSTableView.
Those protocols are represented by instances of objc.informal_protocol, and objc.formal_protocol. The only ones that have to care about these objects are the maintainers of wrappers around Objective-C frameworks: they have to keep these protocol wrappers up-to-date.
PyObjC will automatically use the information in the informal_protocol objects to add the right method signatures to methods, and to warn about classes that partially implement a protocol.
See PyObjC protocol support for more information.
Cocoa Bindings
In Mac OS X 10.3 Apple introduced Cocoa Bindings, a method to make it easier to create and use Controller objects using Key-Value Observing and Key-Value Coding. In order to create accessors compatible with this, you must use objc.accessor to create an appropriate selector descriptor.
PyObjC automaticly emits the right Key-Value Observing notifications when you set attributes on an Objective-C class. This is however not supported for pure python objects. You should therefore use NSMutableArray instances instead of Python lists for instance variables that will be observed and contain a sequence of values (and simularly for NSMutableDictionary instead of dict).
NOTE: Key-Value Observing is not supported for "pure" python objects, that is instances of classes that don't inherit from NSObject. Adding such support is not possible adding a KVO-like interface to the Python interpreter.
Objective-C has a mechanism for modularize a class definition, it is possible to add methods to an existing class in a separate compilation unit and even a separate library. This mechanism is named categories and is used to enhance existing classes, for splitting classes in several parts and to document informal protocols.
An example of a category definition:
@interface NSObject (MyCategory) - (NSSize)objectFootprint; @end
This declares an additional category on NSObject. This category contains a single method.
The function objc.classAddMethods can be used to get the same effect in Python:
def objectFootprint(self): pass objc.classAddMethods(NSObject, [objectFootprint])
This is not very clear, PyObjC therefore also provides the following mechanism, implemented on top of objc.classAddMethods:
class NSObject(objc.Category(NSObject)): def objectFootprint(self): pass
To make it clear that objc.Category performs a special task the name in the class definition must be the same as the __name__ of the argument to objc.Category.
Accessing Python objects from Objective-C
All Python objects can be accessed from Objective-C through proxy objects. Whenever a Python object crosses the line from Python to Objective-C a proxy object is created (of class OC_PythonObject, a subclass of NSProxy). This proxy object will forward all method calls from Objective-C to Python, and will return the results back to Objective-C.
See the section 'Method protocol' for a description of how PyObjC translates between Python and Objective-C method calls.
A number of Python types/classes are treated specially:
- Python numbers (int, float, long) are translated into NSNumber instances. Their identity is not preserved across the bridge.
- Python str is proxied using OC_PythonString, a subclass of NSString. A Python str may be used anywhere a NSString is expected, but unicode should be used whenever possible. OC_PythonString will use the default encoding of NSString, which is normally MacRoman but could be something else.
- Python unicode is proxied using OC_PythonUnicode, a subclass of NSString. A Python unicode may be used anywhere a NSString is expected.
- Python dict is proxied using OC_PythonDictionary, a subclass of NSMutableDictionary. A Python dict may be used anywhere an NSDictionary is expected.
- Python list and tuple are proxied using OC_PythonArray, a subclass of NSMutableArray. Python list or tuple objects may be used anywhere an NSArray is expected.
- Python objects that implement the Python buffer API, except for str and unicode, are proxied using OC_PythonData, a NSData subclass. Objects that implement the Python buffer API such as buffer, array.array, mmap.mmap, etc. may be used anywhere a NSData is expected.
These special cases allow for more transparent bridging between Python and Objective-C.
Cocoa for Python programmers
Cocoa frameworks are mapped onto Python packages with the same name; that is the classes, constants and functions from the AppKit framework are available after you import AppKit in your Python script.
These helper modules contain only functions, constants and classes that wrap items in the corresponding framework. All utility functions and classes are located in the PyObjCTools package and objc module. Note that it is possible to use pydoc (or the help()) function with the framework wrappers, but that this is not very useful for the entire module due to the size of these modules.
This makes it easier to find documentation for an item: if you import it from the wrapper module for an Objective-C framework the documentation for that item can be found in the documentation for the framework; otherwise the item is documented in the PyObjC documentation.
The module PyObjCTools.NibClassBuilder can be used to make working with NIB files more convenient. This module can be used to extract information about classes from NIB files, both as a standalone tool generating source code and during runtime. See the online documentation for this module for more information.
PyObjC includes a number of examples that show how to use Cocoa from Python. The PyObjC Example index contains an overview of those examples.
More information on Cocoa programming can be found at:
- Cocoa documentation at the Apple developer website
- Cocoa examples at the Apple developer website
- stepwise.com
- Your local bookstore or library
Notes on specific tasks
Working with threads
Most of Cocoa, and thus PyObjC, requires an NSAutoreleasePool in order to function properly. PyObjC does this automatically on the first thread it is imported from, but other threads will require explicit NSAutoreleasePool management. The following practice for working with NSAutoreleasePool is recommended:
pool = NSAutoreleasePool.alloc().init() ... del pool
Typically this will be done at the beginning and end of the thread. It is important to use del before rebinding the pool local to another NSAutoreleasePool instance, otherwise it will not have the intended effect.
For long running threads and tight loops, it can also be useful to use this pattern in the body of the loop in order to optimize memory usage. For example, NSRunLoop will be create a new NSAutoreleasePool at the beginning of each run loop iteration and release it at the end.
In normal Python, there are two methods for writing finalizers: implementing __del__, and using weakref.ref callbacks. Generally, __del___ is discouraged as it does not allow the object to participate in cyclic garbage collection and create uncollectible garbage if not implemented properly. weakref.ref callbacks avoid this restriction as they do not provide a real reference to the object.
In Objective-C, there is no cyclic garbage collection, so all Objective-C objects (including subclasses from Python) are already subject to these restrictions. When subclassing an Objective-C class, you may implement dealloc or __del__. If you implement dealloc, ensure that you call the super dealloc at the end. If you implement both __del__ and dealloc, the order in which they are called is undefined.
It is not currently possible to create a weakref.ref for any Objective-C object. It is probably technically possible to do, but tricky, so it may eventually be implemented in a future version of PyObjC (especially if a future Objective-C runtime supports it).
It is possible for a Python subclass of an Objective-C class to implement the NSCopying protocol. Some care must be taken when the superclass already implements the protocol.
Some NSCopying compliant Objective-C classes copy the template object manually. In those cases the Python subclass must also copy the additional ivars manually.
Other NSCopying compliant Objective-C classes use a convenience function that creates a shallow copy of the object and all of its ivars. In those cases the Python subclass will not have to explicitly copy all of the ivars. However, the ivars in the copy will refer to the same objects as the original, and will thus share some state. As with shallow copies in Python, if any of the ivars refer to mutable objects (list, dict, etc.) it may be desirable to explicitly make shallow or deep copies of the mutable ivars.
NOTE: PyObjC might introduce a helper class when you inherit from a class that implements NSCopying as an internal implementation detail. External code should not rely on the existance of this class.
NOTE2: SomeClass.copyWithZone_ should not be implemented unless a superclass already implements copyWithZone:, or else the behavior will be undefined (memory corruption, crashes, etc.).
Building applications
There are two different recommended ways to build applications with PyObjC.
"py2app" : setup.py
The PyObjC installer includes a copy of the py2app package. This package offers a way to build distutils scripts for building (standalone) applications and plugin bundles.
An example setup.py script:
from distutils.core import setup import py2app setup( app = ["iClass.py"], data_files = ["English.lproj"], )
During development you typically invoke it from the command line like this:
$ python setup.py py2app -A
This will build an application bundle in a folder named dist in the current folder. The -A option tells py2app to add symbolic links for data folders and files and an Alias to your main script, allowing you quickly rebuild the application without doing a full dependency scan, with the additional bonus that you can edit them without rebuild. To build a standalone application, simply do not use the -A option. Note that if you are using a version of Python shipped with your operating system, it will not be included in the application. Otherwise, your application will include stripped down version of the Python runtime that you ran setup.py with.
For more information about py2app usage, read through some of the setup.py scripts used by the examples in the Examples folder. On any setup.py script that imports py2app, you can use the following command to see the list of options:
$ python setup.py py2app --help
"IDE approach" : Xcode
PyObjC includes a number of Xcode templates that can be used to develop applications, using the same underlying functionality that is in py2app. These templates are used like any other Xcode template, but there are some organizational rules about the template.
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LUDLOW — A "vicious" dog has been removed from the town of Ludlow despite assurances from the owner that the dog is safe.
The Select Board voted Thursday to remove "Stella," a female German shepherd, from the town after the dog attacked a woman on April 26. The dog's owner is Anne-Marie Hanson who lives at 132 Ranta Road in Ludlow.
According to the minutes of the Select Board meeting, Ludlow Police Officer Jonathan Waldman reported that Linda Hastings of Mount Holly was out on a run on Ranta Road and was bitten by Stella, according to an eyewitness.
Waldman said Hastings "had gauze on her face with puncture wounds and a laceration" and reportedly required 25 stitches, according to Select Board member Bruce Schmidt. Hanson said she and her boyfriend James Reichard of Stamford, Conn., held Stella back when Hastings ran by the first time, but admitted that Stella was not on a leash
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At the hearing, Town Animal Control Officer Steve Laskevich told the Select Board that "people do not walk or run on Ranta Road anymore" because of Stella's aggression. He added that it "affects people from Jackson Gore" and his wife "who won't walk the road anymore."
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I lost my first pregnancy, a little boy, at 22 weeks due to IUGR. I had every test done possible with none showing a clotting disorder. I took this as the all clear and was pregnant again within 3 months. My little girl also had IUGR (found at 17 weeks) we watched her struggle until 28 weeks. She was stillborn weighing 450 grams. They found a large clot in the placenta. It had cut off blood to 25% of her placenta.
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Is there any benefit to 'staggering' the opening windows or having them opposite each other? ie on a GH with 4 glazed panels having both openers for example on panel 3 or is it better to have one opener on panel 2 and one on panel 3 on the other side, or does it make no difference at all??
I hope that makes sense, hard to describe without pictures!! Just to add too that I have opening vents at the back.
I'd stagger them. Based on GH's I've seen. Better airflow me thinks.
Thanks KEF, that's what I wondered but wasn't sure
Tracey can you fit the openers into the roof panels. Are they movable and will they fit the same??? I prefer my openers in the roof. Just a thought.
I prefer openers in the roof too. Heat rises, windows on the sides could cause draughts.
I agree with both of the above. My understanding of physics, suggests that, windows in the roof, and, on opposite sides, would encourage better airflow
Sorry, they are in the roof, I didn't make that clear. Automatic openers but I can't get them to fit (holes not aligned properly!!!!) so just waiting for a call back. I may well end up just using the manual openers and get my money back......lit annoys me when things aren't right, grrrrrrrrrr
I thought Tracey was talking about putting openers in the roof panels. I haven't seen a GH with openers in the sides, just vents.
Tracey I'm not sure what I think about auto openers. Good if you are out and it gets too warm in GH. Downside when we had very bad winds but warm weather they opened I was worried the windows would get damaged.
Would like to know what other think.
I hadn't thought about that KEF Too late now, they are fitted and ahout to go on the GH......it may be complete by the end of the day
Tracey - (someone will correct me) I don't think it makes very much difference.
You're right, KEF.....I have louvered windows in the bottom row of glass in my GH and they are really useful in hot weather.
Tracey they might be very good for you as you work, and don't suppose we often get gales in hot weather. It also looks like yours is in a sheltered position.
Thanks David, it wasn't something that I had an option with in my big GH, got it for nothing, only needed a new door. Cash was tight at that point, something to do with needing all new windows in the house. When I get another to replace the rotting one I will have louvered windows, ordinary top opening and not auto openers. The temptation to make a comment about Dellboy Trotter and lavry doors is overwhelming.
Nice one KEF.
At the size of the GH, the advantages of automatic windows out way the wind factor and how often it happens, many times over. The wax auto vents do work and are more preferable to me than any odd? wind gust. You can't have it both ways otherwise we would all be on Dragons Den!!! lol.
Hope that helps.
Mine were on opposite sides of the roof, but not opposite one another, presumably cos if the wind blew in one, it would blow straight out of the other, whereas if it hits an interior wall/roof, it must presumably circulate round the space better before escaping, thus ventilating better. I have just re-assembled it as it was when I bought it second hand, presuming that whoever put it up knew better than me cos I'm a novice!! Nearly there - so excited. Just need to order some replacement panes and we're off!
BB2 Eek eek, a GH is so much fun. Enjoy yours
KEF - it's been a long 'birth' since I first came on here asking people whether or not I should go for one on Ebay. Spent today putting the glass in and working out what's missing!! Photo when I've finished.
Automatic roof vent works for me
Busy Bee, I was thinking about you earlier and was going to ask how the GH was coming along. Glad it's going well and hope you enjoy it, I can't wait to get in mine


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