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| -rw-r--r-- | decode.c | 24 |
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@@ -77,7 +77,24 @@ static PyMethodDef EmbMethods[] = { /** * Initialize libsigrokdecode. * + * This initializes the Python interpreter, and creates and initializes + * a "sigrok" Python module with a single put() method. + * + * Then, it searches for sigrok protocol decoder files (*.py) in the + * "decoders" subdirectory of the the sigrok installation directory. + * All decoders that are found are loaded into memory and added to an + * internal list of decoders, which can be queried via srd_list_decoders(). + * + * The caller is responsible for calling the clean-up function srd_exit(), + * which will properly shut down libsigrokdecode and free its allocated memory. + * + * Multiple calls to srd_init(), without calling srd_exit() inbetween, + * are not allowed. + * * @return SRD_OK upon success, a (negative) error code otherwise. + * Upon Python errors, return SRD_ERR_PYTHON. If the sigrok decoders + * directory cannot be accessed, return SRD_ERR_DECODERS_DIR. + * If not enough memory could be allocated, return SRD_ERR_MALLOC. */ int srd_init(void) { @@ -450,6 +467,13 @@ static int srd_unload_all_decoders(void) /** * Shutdown libsigrokdecode. * + * This frees all the memory allocated for protocol decoders and shuts down + * the Python interpreter. + * + * This function should only be called if there was a (successful!) invocation + * of srd_init() before. Calling this function multiple times in a row, without + * any successful srd_init() calls inbetween, is not allowed. + * * @return SRD_OK upon success, a (negative) error code otherwise. */ int srd_exit(void) |