BGE Python API

Use 'const char *' rather then the C++ 'STR_String' type for the attribute identifier of python attributes.

Each attribute and method access from python was allocating and freeing the string.
A simple test with getting an attribute a loop shows this speeds up attribute lookups a bit over 2x.

4 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageActuator.cpp b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageActuator.cpp
index 85921ae75ca..a332295ad72 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageActuator.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageActuator.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ PyMethodDef KX_NetworkMessageActuator::Methods[] = {
 	{NULL,NULL} // Sentinel
 };
 
-PyObject* KX_NetworkMessageActuator::_getattr(const STR_String& attr) {
+PyObject* KX_NetworkMessageActuator::_getattr(const char *attr) {
 	_getattr_up(SCA_IActuator);
 }
 
diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageActuator.h b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageActuator.h
index 653107699c7..96b55ef839b 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageActuator.h
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageActuator.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public:
 	/* Python interface ------------------------------------------- */
 	/* ------------------------------------------------------------ */
 
-	virtual PyObject* _getattr(const STR_String& attr);
+	virtual PyObject* _getattr(const char *attr);
 
 	KX_PYMETHOD(KX_NetworkMessageActuator, SetToPropName);
 	KX_PYMETHOD(KX_NetworkMessageActuator, SetSubject);
diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageSensor.cpp b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageSensor.cpp
index 8956df9c96b..cb9956d4616 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageSensor.cpp
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageSensor.cpp
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ PyMethodDef KX_NetworkMessageSensor::Methods[] = {
 	{NULL,NULL} //Sentinel
 };
 
-PyObject* KX_NetworkMessageSensor::_getattr(const STR_String& attr) {
+PyObject* KX_NetworkMessageSensor::_getattr(const char *attr) {
 	_getattr_up(SCA_ISensor); // implicit return!
 }
 
diff --git a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageSensor.h b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageSensor.h
index 8cdfd6cdb5a..26adbc9945a 100644
--- a/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageSensor.h
+++ b/source/gameengine/Ketsji/KXNetwork/KX_NetworkMessageSensor.h
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public:
 	/* Python interface -------------------------------------------- */
 	/* ------------------------------------------------------------- */
 
-	virtual PyObject* _getattr(const STR_String& attr);
+	virtual PyObject* _getattr(const char *attr);
 
 	KX_PYMETHOD_DOC_O(KX_NetworkMessageSensor, SetSubjectFilterText);
 	KX_PYMETHOD_DOC_NOARGS(KX_NetworkMessageSensor, GetFrameMessageCount);