[omniORB] How to pass sequence<any> as parameter from Python

[Joel Wagner]

I have a Python client that I'm trying to use to pass a 'sequence<any>' to a
server.

Here is the IDL:

		module V {
		    typedef sequence<any> ANY_SEQ;
		    struct Rec {
		        long        a;
		        long        b;
		        long        c;
		    };
		    interface X {
		        // long Exec( in long Cmd, inout sequence<any> Args
); // causes IDL compilation error
		        //     $ omniidl -bomniidl_be/python xxx.idl
		        //     xxx.idl:10: Syntax error in operation
parameters
		        //     omniidl: 1 error.

		        long Exec( in long Cmd, inout ANY_SEQ Args ); 
		    };
		};


Here is the client code:

		import sys
		import omniORB
		from omniORB import CORBA
		from omniORB import any

		import V

		orb = CORBA.ORB_init(sys.argv, CORBA.ORB_ID)
		ior = sys.argv[1]
		obj = orb.string_to_object(ior)
		server = obj._narrow(V.X)

		rec = V.Rec
		rec.a = 0
		rec.b = 1
		rec.c = 2

		if sys.argv[2] == '1':
		    print '--- try #1'
		    xany = any.to_any(rec)
		    resp = server.Exec(1, [xany])
		    print 'resp', resp

		if sys.argv[2] == '2':
		    print '--- try #2'
		    tc = CORBA.TypeCode(CORBA.id(V.ANY_SEQ))
		    xany = CORBA.Any(tc, [rec])
		    resp = server.Exec(1, xany)
		    print 'resp', resp


First question is why does the following IDL cause a compilation error, must
I use the ANY_SEQ typedef?

	long Exec( in long Cmd, inout sequence<any> Args ); // causes IDL
compilation error

Second question is what is the proper way to pass a sequence<any> as a
parameter from Python?  Both try #1 and #2 produce omniORB.CORBA.BAD_PARAM:
Minor: BAD_PARAM_WrongPythonType exceptions.


Thanks in advance for any assistance,

Joel
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