PyAPI: add BPY_execute_string_as_string

Utility to execute a string and get the resulting string,
matching BPY_execute_string_as_number.

Not used just yet but generally useful function.

1 files changed, 36 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
index 1d561517eab..55e477b0214 100644
--- a/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
+++ b/source/blender/python/intern/bpy_interface.c
@@ -604,6 +604,42 @@ bool BPY_execute_string_as_number(bContext *C, const char *expr, const bool verb
 	return ok;
 }
 
+/**
+ * \return success
+ */
+bool BPY_execute_string_as_string(bContext *C, const char *expr, const bool verbose, char **r_value)
+{
+	PyGILState_STATE gilstate;
+	bool ok = true;
+
+	if (!r_value || !expr) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (expr[0] == '\0') {
+		*r_value = NULL;
+		return ok;
+	}
+
+	bpy_context_set(C, &gilstate);
+
+	ok = PyC_RunString_AsString(expr, "<blender button>", r_value);
+
+	if (ok == false) {
+		if (verbose) {
+			BPy_errors_to_report_ex(CTX_wm_reports(C), false, false);
+		}
+		else {
+			PyErr_Clear();
+		}
+	}
+
+	bpy_context_clear(C, &gilstate);
+
+	return ok;
+}
+
+
 bool BPY_execute_string_ex(bContext *C, const char *expr, bool use_eval)
 {
 	PyGILState_STATE gilstate;