Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] New dsp block: no constructor defined

[LianFeier]

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> From: address@hidden
> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:44:55 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] New dsp block: no constructor defined
> To: address@hidden
> CC: address@hidden
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:02 PM, LianFeier <address@hidden> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> From: address@hidden
> >> Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:18:26 -0400
> >
> >> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] New dsp block: no constructor defined
> >> To: address@hidden
> >> CC: address@hidden
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:40 PM, LianFeier <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> > ----------------------------------------
> >> >> From: address@hidden
> >> >> Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 19:44:26 -0400
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] New dsp block: no constructor defined
> >> >> To: address@hidden
> >> >> CC: address@hidden
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:10 PM, LianFeier <address@hidden> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I'm writing a signal processing block with gr-modtool. I've
> >> >> > successfully make. When I try ctest -V, I get the "No constructor 
> >> >> > defined"
> >> >> > error. The swig interface file which gr_modtool generates is like:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > /* -*- c++ -*- */
> >> >> >
> >> >> > #define myblock_API
> >> >> >
> >> >> > %include "gnuradio.i" // the common stuff
> >> >> >
> >> >> > //load generated python docstrings
> >> >> > %include "myblock_swig_doc.i"
> >> >> >
> >> >> > %{
> >> >> > #include "myblock/myclass.h"
> >> >> > %}
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > %include "myblock/myclass.h"
> >> >> > GR_SWIG_BLOCK_MAGIC2(myblock, myclass);
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I've seen some threads that said swapping the last two lines would
> >> >> > help, but in my case it didn't. I'm using the latest version of
> >> >> > gr-modtool(it generates xx_impl.cc,xx_impl.h and xx.h), and my 
> >> >> > gnuradio
> >> >> > version is 3.6.0.
> >> >>
> >> >> No, you should be fine with the above setup. We fixed that issue a
> >> >> while ago.
> >> >>
> >> >> > Could anybody kindly help?
> >> >>
> >> >> I'm not sure. This usually happens when swig isn't run correctly or
> >> >> installed correctly (are you testing this just with QA code or after
> >> >> installing it?).
> >> >>
> >> >> Can you write down what steps you took when building your code?
> >> >>
> >> >> Tom
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > Hi Tom,
> >> >
> >> > Thanks for your reply!
> >> >
> >> > I haven't installed it yet, i am testing it with the QA code.
> >> >
> >> > What I did after editing the files generated by gr-modtool is:
> >> >
> >> > In the directory of my block:
> >> >
> >> > mkdir build
> >> > cd build
> >> > cmake ../
> >> > make
> >> > make test
> >> >
> >> > I only edited the xx_impl.cc, xx_impl.h, xx.h ,qa_xx.py and the .i files
> >> > among the whole bunch of files generated by gr_modtool. Is that all I 
> >> > should
> >> > do?
> >>
> >> Yep, that's what you should be doing. What version of the code base
> >> are you working with? Is it a release version or from git? If using
> >> git, are you using the very latest?
> >>
> >> > I can now actually piggyback my codes into gnuradio-core and rebuild
> >> > gnuradio to use gr.myclass in python, but that seems to be very tedious. 
> >> > Not
> >> > sure whether this information helps.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Fei
> >>
> >> No, that's not what you want to be doing. One of the whole points of
> >> this project is to allow you to write your own out-of-tree modules to
> >> keep things simpler and more organized for your projects.
> >>
> >> Tom
> >
> > My code base is a release version from
> > http://gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/ . I use gnuradio-3.6.0.tar.gz. My
> > gr-modtool is from https://github.com/mbant/gr-modtool.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Fei
>
>
> Ok, update to 3.6.4 and use the version of gr_modtool that comes with
> that new release. Since you are just updating from 3.6.0, updating
> will be easy since there are no API changes required, just bug fixes
> and added features, like the inclusion of gr_modtool.
>
> Tom

Thank you. i'll give it a try.

Fei