Big-Data-HPC-Platform/plugins/pyembed/pyembed.cpp

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    HPCC SYSTEMS software Copyright (C) 2012 HPCC Systems®.

    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    You may obtain a copy of the License at

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    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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############################################################################## */

#include "platform.h"
#include "Python.h"
#include "frameobject.h"
#include "jexcept.hpp"
#include "jthread.hpp"
#include "hqlplugins.hpp"
#include "deftype.hpp"
#include "eclhelper.hpp"
#include "eclrtl.hpp"
#include "eclrtl_imp.hpp"
#include "rtlds_imp.hpp"
#include "rtlfield_imp.hpp"
#include "nbcd.hpp"
#include "roxiemem.hpp"

#ifdef _WIN32
#define EXPORT __declspec(dllexport)
#else
#define EXPORT
#endif

static const char * compatibleVersions[] = {
    "Python2.7 Embed Helper 1.0.0",
    NULL };

static const char *version = "Python2.7 Embed Helper 1.0.0";

extern "C" EXPORT bool getECLPluginDefinition(ECLPluginDefinitionBlock *pb)
{
    if (pb->size == sizeof(ECLPluginDefinitionBlockEx))
    {
        ECLPluginDefinitionBlockEx * pbx = (ECLPluginDefinitionBlockEx *) pb;
        pbx->compatibleVersions = compatibleVersions;
    }
    else if (pb->size != sizeof(ECLPluginDefinitionBlock))
        return false;
    pb->magicVersion = PLUGIN_VERSION;
    pb->version = version;
    pb->moduleName = "python";
    pb->ECL = NULL;
    pb->flags = PLUGIN_MULTIPLE_VERSIONS;
    pb->description = "Python2.7 Embed Helper";
    return true;
}

namespace pyembed {

// Use class OwnedPyObject for any objects that are not 'borrowed references'
// so that the appropriate Py_DECREF call is made when the OwnedPyObject goes
// out of scope, even if the function returns prematurely (such as via an exception).
// In particular, checkPythonError is a lot easier to call safely if this is used.

class OwnedPyObject
{
    PyObject *ptr;
public:
    inline OwnedPyObject() : ptr(NULL)     {}
    inline OwnedPyObject(PyObject *_ptr) : ptr(_ptr) {}
    inline ~OwnedPyObject()                { if (ptr) Py_DECREF(ptr); }
    inline PyObject * get() const           { return ptr; }
    inline PyObject * getClear()            { PyObject *ret = ptr; ptr = NULL; return ret; }
    inline PyObject * operator -> () const { return ptr; }
    inline operator PyObject *() const    { return ptr; }
    inline void clear()                     { if (ptr) Py_DECREF(ptr); ptr = NULL; }
    inline void setown(PyObject *_ptr)      { clear(); ptr = _ptr; }
    inline void set(PyObject *_ptr)         { if (_ptr) Py_INCREF(_ptr); clear(); ptr = _ptr; }
    inline PyObject *getLink()              { if (ptr) Py_INCREF(ptr); return ptr;}
    inline PyObject **ref()                 { return &ptr; }
};

template <class X>
class OwnedPyX
{
    X *ptr;
public:
    inline OwnedPyX<X>() : ptr(NULL) {}
    inline OwnedPyX<X>(X *_ptr) : ptr(_ptr) {}
    inline ~OwnedPyX<X>()            { if (ptr) Py_DECREF(ptr); }
    inline X * get() const           { return ptr; }
    inline X * getClear()            { PyObject *ret = ptr; ptr = NULL; return ret; }
    inline X * operator -> () const  { return ptr; }
    inline operator X *() const      { return ptr; }
    inline void clear()              { if (ptr) Py_DECREF(ptr); ptr = NULL; }
    inline void setown(X *_ptr)      { clear(); ptr = _ptr; }
    inline void set(X *_ptr)         { if (_ptr) Py_INCREF(_ptr); clear(); ptr = _ptr; }
    inline X *getLink()              { if (ptr) Py_INCREF(ptr); return ptr;}
    inline X **ref()                 { return &ptr; }
};

// call checkPythonError to throw an exception if Python error state is set

static void checkPythonError()
{
    PyObject* err = PyErr_Occurred();
    if (err)
    {
        OwnedPyObject pType, pValue, pTraceBack;
        PyErr_Fetch(pType.ref(), pValue.ref(), pTraceBack.ref());
        OwnedPyObject valStr = PyObject_Str(pValue);
        PyErr_Clear();
        VStringBuffer errMessage("pyembed: %s", PyString_AsString(valStr));
        rtlFail(0, errMessage.str());
    }
}

// The Python Global Interpreter Lock (GIL) won't know about C++-created threads, so we need to
// call PyGILState_Ensure() and PyGILState_Release at the start and end of every function.
// Wrapping them in a class like this ensures that the release always happens even if
// the function exists prematurely

class GILstateWrapper
{
    PyGILState_STATE gstate;
public:
    GILstateWrapper()
    {
        gstate = PyGILState_Ensure();
    }
    ~GILstateWrapper()
    {
        PyGILState_Release(gstate);
    }
};

// There is a singleton PythonThreadContext per thread. This allows us to
// ensure that we can make repeated calls to a Python function efficiently.

class PythonThreadContext
{
public:
    PyThreadState *threadState;
public:
    PythonThreadContext()
    {
        threadState = PyEval_SaveThread();
        lrutype = NULL;
    }
    ~PythonThreadContext()
    {
        PyEval_RestoreThread(threadState);
        script.clear();
        module.clear();
        lru.clear();
    }

    inline PyObject * importFunction(size32_t lenChars, const char *utf)
    {
        size32_t bytes = rtlUtf8Size(lenChars, utf);
        StringBuffer text(bytes, utf);
        if (!prevtext || strcmp(text, prevtext) != 0)
        {
            prevtext.clear();
            // Name should be in the form module.function
            const char *funcname = strrchr(text, '.');
            if (!funcname)
                rtlFail(0, "pyembed: Expected module.function");
            StringBuffer modname(funcname-text, text);
            funcname++;  // skip the '.'
            // If the modname is preceded by a path, add it to the python path before importing
            const char *pathsep = strrchr(modname, PATHSEPCHAR);
            if (pathsep)
            {
                StringBuffer path(pathsep-modname, modname);
                modname.remove(0, 1+pathsep-modname);
                PyObject *sys_path = PySys_GetObject((char *) "path");
                OwnedPyObject new_path = PyString_FromString(path);
                if (sys_path)
                {
                    PyList_Insert(sys_path, 0, new_path);
                    checkPythonError();
                }
            }
            module.setown(PyImport_ImportModule(modname));
            checkPythonError();
            PyObject *dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);  // this is a borrowed reference and does not need to be released
            script.set(PyDict_GetItemString(dict, funcname));
            checkPythonError();
            if (!script || !PyCallable_Check(script))
                rtlFail(0, "pyembed: Object is not callable");
            prevtext.set(text);
        }
        return script.getLink();
    }

    PyObject *compileEmbeddedScript(size32_t lenChars, const char *utf, const char *argstring);
    PyObject *getNamedTupleType(const RtlTypeInfo *type);
private:
    GILstateWrapper GILState;
    OwnedPyObject module;
    OwnedPyObject script;
    OwnedPyObject lru;
    const RtlTypeInfo *lrutype;
    StringAttr prevtext;
};

static __thread PythonThreadContext* threadContext;  // We reuse per thread, for speed
static __thread ThreadTermFunc threadHookChain;

static void releaseContext()
{
    if (threadContext)
    {
        delete threadContext;
        threadContext = NULL;
    }
    if (threadHookChain)
    {
        (*threadHookChain)();
        threadHookChain = NULL;
    }
}

// Use a global object to ensure that the Python interpreter is initialized on main thread

static class Python27GlobalState
{
public:
    Python27GlobalState()
    {
        pythonLibrary = (HINSTANCE) 0;
#ifndef _WIN32
        // If Py_Initialize is called when stdin is set to a directory, it calls exit()
        // We don't want that to happen - just disable Python support in such situations
        struct stat sb;
        if (fstat(fileno(stdin), &sb) == 0 && S_ISDIR(sb.st_mode))
        {
            initialized = false;
            return;
        }
#endif
#ifndef _WIN32
        // We need to ensure all symbols in the python2.6 so are loaded - due to bugs in some distro's python installations
        FILE *diskfp = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
        if (diskfp)
        {
            char ln[_MAX_PATH];
            while (fgets(ln, sizeof(ln), diskfp))
            {
                if (strstr(ln, "libpython2"))
                {
                    const char *fullName = strchr(ln, '/');
                    if (fullName)
                    {
                        char * lf = (char *) strchr(fullName, '\n');
                        if (lf)
                        {
                            *lf = 0;
                            pythonLibrary = dlopen((char *)fullName, RTLD_NOW|RTLD_GLOBAL);
//                            DBGLOG("dlopen %s returns %" I64F "x", fullName, (__uint64) pythonLibrary);
                            break;
                        }
                    }
                }
            }
            fclose(diskfp);
        }
#endif
        // Initialize the Python Interpreter
        Py_Initialize();
        const char *argv[] = { nullptr };
        PySys_SetArgvEx(0, (char **) argv, 0);
        PyEval_InitThreads();
        tstate = PyEval_SaveThread();
        initialized = true;
    }
    ~Python27GlobalState()
    {
        if (threadContext)
            delete threadContext;   // The one on the main thread won't get picked up by the thread hook mechanism
        threadContext = NULL;
        if (initialized)
        {
            PyEval_RestoreThread(tstate);
            // Finish the Python Interpreter
            namedtuple.clear();
            namedtupleTypes.clear();
            compiledScripts.clear();
            Py_Finalize();
        }
        if (pythonLibrary)
            FreeSharedObject(pythonLibrary);
    }
    bool isInitialized()
    {
        return initialized;
    }
    PyFrameObject *pushDummyFrame()
    {
        PyThreadState* threadstate = PyThreadState_GET();
        if (!threadstate->frame)
        {
            OwnedPyObject globals = PyDict_New();
            OwnedPyObject locals = PyDict_New();
            OwnedPyObject dummyString = PyString_FromString("Dummy");
            OwnedPyObject dummyTuple = PyTuple_New(0);
            OwnedPyObject empty = PyString_FromString("");
            OwnedPyX<PyCodeObject> code = PyCode_New(0,0,0,0,empty,dummyTuple,dummyTuple,dummyTuple,dummyTuple,dummyTuple,dummyString,dummyString,0,empty);
//            OwnedPyX<PyCodeObject> code = PyCode_NewEmpty("<dummy>","<dummy>", 0); // (this would be easier but won't compile in Python 2.6)
            checkPythonError();
            PyFrameObject *frame = PyFrame_New(threadstate, code, globals, locals);
            checkPythonError();
            threadstate->frame = frame;
            return frame;
        }
        return NULL;
    }

    void popDummyFrame(PyFrameObject *frame)
    {
        PyThreadState* threadstate = PyThreadState_GET();
        if (threadstate->frame == frame)
            threadstate->frame = NULL;
    }

    PyObject *getNamedTupleType(const RtlTypeInfo *type)
    {
        // It seems the customized namedtuple types leak, and they are slow to create, so take care to reuse
        // Note - we do not need (and must not have) a lock protecting this. It is protected by the Python GIL,
        // and if we add our own lock we are liable to deadlock as the code within Py_CompileStringFlags may
        // temporarily release then re-acquire the GIL.
        if (!namedtuple)
        {
            namedtupleTypes.setown(PyDict_New());
            OwnedPyObject pName = PyString_FromString("collections");
            OwnedPyObject collections = PyImport_Import(pName);
            checkPythonError();
            namedtuple.setown(PyObject_GetAttrString(collections, "namedtuple"));
            checkPythonError();
            assertex(PyCallable_Check(namedtuple));
        }

        const RtlFieldInfo * const *fields = type->queryFields();
        if (!fields && type->queryChildType())
            fields = type->queryChildType()->queryFields();
        assertex(fields);
        StringBuffer names;
        while (*fields)
        {
            const RtlFieldInfo *field = *fields;
            if (names.length())
                names.append(',');
            names.append(str(field->name));
            fields++;
        }
        OwnedPyObject pnames = PyString_FromString(names.str());
        OwnedPyObject mynamedtupletype;
        mynamedtupletype.set(PyDict_GetItem(namedtupleTypes, pnames));   // NOTE - returns borrowed reference
        if (!mynamedtupletype)
        {
            OwnedPyObject recname = PyString_FromString("namerec");     // MORE - do we care what the name is?
            OwnedPyObject ntargs = PyTuple_Pack(2, recname.get(), pnames.get());
            OwnedPyX<PyFrameObject> frame = pushDummyFrame();
            mynamedtupletype.setown(PyObject_CallObject(namedtuple, ntargs));
            popDummyFrame(frame);
            checkPythonError();
            PyDict_SetItem(namedtupleTypes, pnames, mynamedtupletype);
        }
        checkPythonError();
        assertex(PyCallable_Check(mynamedtupletype));
        return mynamedtupletype.getClear();
    }
    PyObject *compileScript(const char *text, const char *parameters)
    {
        // Note - we do not need (and must not have) a lock protecting this. It is protected by the Python GIL,
        // and if we add our own lock we are liable to deadlock as the code within Py_CompileStringFlags may
        // temporarily release then re-acquire the GIL.
        if (!compiledScripts)
            compiledScripts.setown(PyDict_New());
        OwnedPyObject code;
        code.set(PyDict_GetItemString(compiledScripts, text));
        if (!code)
        {
            code.setown(Py_CompileString(text, "", Py_eval_input));   // try compiling as simple expression...
            if (!code)
            {
                PyErr_Clear();
                PyCompilerFlags flags = { PyCF_SOURCE_IS_UTF8 };
                code.setown(Py_CompileStringFlags(text, "<embed>", Py_file_input, &flags));  // try compiling as global code
                if (!code)
                {
                    PyErr_Clear();
                    StringBuffer wrapped;
                    wrapPythonText(wrapped, text, parameters);
                    code.setown(Py_CompileStringFlags(wrapped, "<embed>", Py_file_input, &flags)); // try compiling as a function body
                }
            }
            checkPythonError();
            if (code)
                PyDict_SetItemString(compiledScripts, text, code);
        }
        return code.getClear();
    }
protected:
    static StringBuffer &wrapPythonText(StringBuffer &out, const char *in, const char *params)
    {
        out.appendf("def __user__(%s):\n  ", params);
        char c;
        while ((c = *in++) != '\0')
        {
            out.append(c);
            if (c=='\n')
                out.append("  ");
        }
        out.appendf("\n__result__ = __user__(%s)\n", params);
        return out;
    }
    PyThreadState *tstate;
    bool initialized;
    HINSTANCE pythonLibrary;
    OwnedPyObject namedtuple;      // collections.namedtuple
    OwnedPyObject namedtupleTypes; // dictionary of return values from namedtuple()
    OwnedPyObject compiledScripts; // dictionary of previously compiled scripts
} globalState;

MODULE_INIT(INIT_PRIORITY_STANDARD)
{
    // Make sure we are never unloaded (as Python may crash if we are)
    // we do this by doing a dynamic load of the pyembed library
#ifdef _WIN32
    ::GetModuleFileName((HINSTANCE)&__ImageBase, helperLibraryName, _MAX_PATH);
    if (strstr(path, "pyembed"))
    {
        HINSTANCE h = LoadSharedObject(helperLibraryName, false, false);
        DBGLOG("LoadSharedObject returned %p", h);
    }
#else
    FILE *diskfp = fopen("/proc/self/maps", "r");
    if (diskfp)
    {
        char ln[_MAX_PATH];
        while (fgets(ln, sizeof(ln), diskfp))
        {
            if (strstr(ln, "libpyembed"))
            {
                const char *fullName = strchr(ln, '/');
                if (fullName)
                {
                    char *tail = (char *) strstr(fullName, SharedObjectExtension);
                    if (tail)
                    {
                        tail[strlen(SharedObjectExtension)] = 0;
                        HINSTANCE h = LoadSharedObject(fullName, false, false);
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        fclose(diskfp);
    }
#endif
    return true;
}

static void checkThreadContext()
{
    if (!threadContext)
    {
        if (!globalState.isInitialized())
            rtlFail(0, "Python not initialized");
        threadContext = new PythonThreadContext;
        threadHookChain = addThreadTermFunc(releaseContext);
    }
}

PyObject *PythonThreadContext::getNamedTupleType(const RtlTypeInfo *type)
{
    if (!lru || (type!=lrutype))
    {
        lru.setown(globalState.getNamedTupleType(type));
        lrutype = type;
    }
    return lru.getLink();
}

PyObject *PythonThreadContext::compileEmbeddedScript(size32_t lenChars, const char *utf, const char *argstring)
{
    size32_t bytes = rtlUtf8Size(lenChars, utf);
    StringBuffer text(bytes, utf);
    if (!prevtext || strcmp(text, prevtext) != 0)
    {
        prevtext.clear();
        text.stripChar('\r');
        script.setown(globalState.compileScript(text, argstring));
        prevtext.set(utf, bytes);
    }
    return script.getLink();
}

static int countFields(const RtlFieldInfo * const * fields)
{
    unsigned count = 0;
    loop
    {
        if (!*fields)
            break;
        fields++;
        count++;
    }
    return count;
}

// Conversions from Python objects to ECL data

__declspec(noreturn) static void typeError(const char *expected, const RtlFieldInfo *field) __attribute__((noreturn));

static void typeError(const char *expected, const RtlFieldInfo *field)
{
    VStringBuffer msg("pyembed: type mismatch - %s expected", expected);
    if (field)
        msg.appendf(" for field %s", str(field->name));
    rtlFail(0, msg.str());
}

static bool getBooleanResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, PyObject *obj)
{
    assertex(obj && obj != Py_None);
    if (!PyBool_Check(obj))
        typeError("boolean", field);
    return obj == Py_True;
}

static void getDataResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, PyObject *obj, size32_t &chars, void * &result)
{
    assertex(obj && obj != Py_None);
    if (!PyByteArray_Check(obj))
        typeError("bytearray", field);
    rtlStrToDataX(chars, result, PyByteArray_Size(obj), PyByteArray_AsString(obj));
}

static double getRealResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, PyObject *obj)
{
    assertex(obj && obj != Py_None);
    if (!PyFloat_Check(obj))
        typeError("real", field);
    return PyFloat_AsDouble(obj);
}

static __int64 getSignedResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, PyObject *obj)
{
    assertex(obj && obj != Py_None);
    __int64 ret;
    if (PyInt_Check(obj))
        ret = PyInt_AsUnsignedLongLongMask(obj);
    else if (PyLong_Check(obj))
        ret = (__int64) PyLong_AsLongLong(obj);
    else
        typeError("integer", field);
    return ret;
}

static unsigned __int64 getUnsignedResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, PyObject *obj)
{
    assertex(obj && obj != Py_None);
    unsigned __int64 ret;
    if (PyInt_Check(obj))
        ret = PyInt_AsUnsignedLongLongMask(obj);
    else if (PyLong_Check(obj))
        ret =  (unsigned __int64) PyLong_AsUnsignedLongLong(obj);
    else
        typeError("integer", field);
    return ret;
}

static void getStringResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, PyObject *obj, size32_t &chars, char * &result)
{
    assertex(obj && obj != Py_None);
    if (PyString_Check(obj))
    {
        const char * text =  PyString_AsString(obj);
        checkPythonError();
        size_t lenBytes = PyString_Size(obj);
        rtlStrToStrX(chars, result, lenBytes, text);
    }
    else
        typeError("string", field);
}

static void getUTF8Result(const RtlFieldInfo *field, PyObject *obj, size32_t &chars, char * &result)
{
    assertex(obj && obj != Py_None);
    if (PyUnicode_Check(obj))
    {
        OwnedPyObject utf8 = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(obj);
        checkPythonError();
        size_t lenBytes = PyString_Size(utf8);
        const char * text =  PyString_AsString(utf8);
        checkPythonError();
        size32_t numchars = rtlUtf8Length(lenBytes, text);
        rtlUtf8ToUtf8X(chars, result, numchars, text);
    }
    else
        typeError("unicode string", field);
}

static void getSetResult(PyObject *obj, bool & isAllResult, size32_t & resultBytes, void * & result, int elemType, size32_t elemSize)
{
    // MORE - should probably recode to use the getResultDataset mechanism
    assertex(obj && obj != Py_None);
    if (!PyList_Check(obj) && !PySet_Check(obj))
        rtlFail(0, "pyembed: type mismatch - list or set expected");
    rtlRowBuilder out;
    size32_t outBytes = 0;
    byte *outData = NULL;
    OwnedPyObject iter = PyObject_GetIter(obj);
    OwnedPyObject elem;
    for (elem.setown(PyIter_Next(iter)); elem != NULL; elem.setown(PyIter_Next(iter)))
    {
        if (elemSize != UNKNOWN_LENGTH)
        {
            out.ensureAvailable(outBytes + elemSize);
            outData = out.getbytes() + outBytes;
            outBytes += elemSize;
        }
        switch ((type_t) elemType)
        {
        case type_int:
            rtlWriteInt(outData, pyembed::getSignedResult(NULL, elem), elemSize);
            break;
        case type_unsigned:
            rtlWriteInt(outData, pyembed::getUnsignedResult(NULL, elem), elemSize);
            break;
        case type_real:
            if (elemSize == sizeof(double))
                * (double *) outData = (double) pyembed::getRealResult(NULL, elem);
            else
            {
                assertex(elemSize == sizeof(float));
                * (float *) outData = (float) pyembed::getRealResult(NULL, elem);
            }
            break;
        case type_boolean:
            assertex(elemSize == sizeof(bool));
            * (bool *) outData = pyembed::getBooleanResult(NULL, elem);
            break;
        case type_string:
        case type_varstring:
        {
            if (!PyString_Check(elem))
                rtlFail(0, "pyembed: type mismatch - return value in list was not a STRING");
            const char * text =  PyString_AsString(elem);
            checkPythonError();
            size_t lenBytes = PyString_Size(elem);
            if (elemSize == UNKNOWN_LENGTH)
            {
                if (elemType == type_string)
                {
                    out.ensureAvailable(outBytes + lenBytes + sizeof(size32_t));
                    outData = out.getbytes() + outBytes;
                    * (size32_t *) outData = lenBytes;
                    rtlStrToStr(lenBytes, outData+sizeof(size32_t), lenBytes, text);
                    outBytes += lenBytes + sizeof(size32_t);
                }
                else
                {
                    out.ensureAvailable(outBytes + lenBytes + 1);
                    outData = out.getbytes() + outBytes;
                    rtlStrToVStr(0, outData, lenBytes, text);
                    outBytes += lenBytes + 1;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                if (elemType == type_string)
                    rtlStrToStr(elemSize, outData, lenBytes, text);
                else
                    rtlStrToVStr(elemSize, outData, lenBytes, text);  // Fixed size null terminated strings... weird.
            }
            break;
        }
        case type_unicode:
        case type_utf8:
        {
            if (!PyUnicode_Check(elem))
                rtlFail(0, "pyembed: type mismatch - return value in list was not a unicode STRING");
            OwnedPyObject utf8 = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(elem);
            checkPythonError();
            size_t lenBytes = PyString_Size(utf8);
            const char * text =  PyString_AsString(utf8);
            checkPythonError();
            size32_t numchars = rtlUtf8Length(lenBytes, text);
            if (elemType == type_utf8)
            {
                assertex (elemSize == UNKNOWN_LENGTH);
                out.ensureAvailable(outBytes + lenBytes + sizeof(size32_t));
                outData = out.getbytes() + outBytes;
                * (size32_t *) outData = numchars;
                rtlStrToStr(lenBytes, outData+sizeof(size32_t), lenBytes, text);
                outBytes += lenBytes + sizeof(size32_t);
            }
            else
            {
                if (elemSize == UNKNOWN_LENGTH)
                {
                    out.ensureAvailable(outBytes + numchars*sizeof(UChar) + sizeof(size32_t));
                    outData = out.getbytes() + outBytes;
                    // You can't assume that number of chars in utf8 matches number in unicode16 ...
                    size32_t numchars16;
                    rtlDataAttr unicode16;
                    rtlUtf8ToUnicodeX(numchars16, unicode16.refustr(), numchars, text);
                    * (size32_t *) outData = numchars16;
                    rtlUnicodeToUnicode(numchars16, (UChar *) (outData+sizeof(size32_t)), numchars16, unicode16.getustr());
                    outBytes += numchars16*sizeof(UChar) + sizeof(size32_t);
                }
                else
                    rtlUtf8ToUnicode(elemSize / sizeof(UChar), (UChar *) outData, numchars, text);
            }
            break;
        }
        case type_data:
        {
            if (!PyByteArray_Check(elem))
                rtlFail(0, "pyembed: type mismatch - return value in list was not a bytearray");
            size_t lenBytes = PyByteArray_Size(elem);  // Could check does not overflow size32_t
            const char *data = PyByteArray_AsString(elem);
            if (elemSize == UNKNOWN_LENGTH)
            {
                out.ensureAvailable(outBytes + lenBytes + sizeof(size32_t));
                outData = out.getbytes() + outBytes;
                * (size32_t *) outData = lenBytes;
                rtlStrToData(lenBytes, outData+sizeof(size32_t), lenBytes, data);
                outBytes += lenBytes + sizeof(size32_t);
            }
            else
                rtlStrToData(elemSize, outData, lenBytes, data);
            break;
        }
        default:
            rtlFail(0, "pyembed: type mismatch - unsupported return type");
            break;
        }
        checkPythonError();
    }
    isAllResult = false;
    resultBytes = outBytes;
    result = out.detachdata();
}

static void getUnicodeResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, PyObject *obj, size32_t &chars, UChar * &result)
{
    assertex(obj && obj != Py_None);
    if (PyUnicode_Check(obj))
    {
        OwnedPyObject utf8 = PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(obj);
        checkPythonError();
        size_t lenBytes = PyString_Size(utf8);
        const char * text =  PyString_AsString(utf8);
        checkPythonError();
        size32_t numchars = rtlUtf8Length(lenBytes, text);
        rtlUtf8ToUnicodeX(chars, result, numchars, text);
    }
    else
        typeError("unicode string", field);
}

// A PythonRowBuilder object is used to construct an ECL row from a python object

class PythonRowBuilder : public CInterfaceOf<IFieldSource>
{
public:
    PythonRowBuilder(PyObject *_row)
    : iter(NULL), elem(NULL), named(false)
    {
        pushback.set(_row);
    }
    virtual bool getBooleanResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field)
    {
        nextField(field);
        return pyembed::getBooleanResult(field, elem);
    }
    virtual void getDataResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, size32_t &len, void * &result)
    {
        nextField(field);
        pyembed::getDataResult(field, elem, len, result);
    }
    virtual double getRealResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field)
    {
        nextField(field);
        return pyembed::getRealResult(field, elem);
    }
    virtual __int64 getSignedResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field)
    {
        nextField(field);
        return pyembed::getSignedResult(field, elem);
    }
    virtual unsigned __int64 getUnsignedResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field)
    {
        nextField(field);
        return pyembed::getUnsignedResult(field, elem);
    }
    virtual void getStringResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, size32_t &chars, char * &result)
    {
        nextField(field);
        pyembed::getStringResult(field, elem, chars, result);
    }
    virtual void getUTF8Result(const RtlFieldInfo *field, size32_t &chars, char * &result)
    {
        nextField(field);
        pyembed::getUTF8Result(field, elem, chars, result);
    }
    virtual void getUnicodeResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, size32_t &chars, UChar * &result)
    {
        nextField(field);
        pyembed::getUnicodeResult(field, elem, chars, result);
    }
    virtual void getDecimalResult(const RtlFieldInfo *field, Decimal &value)
    {
        nextField(field);
        double ret = pyembed::getRealResult(field, elem);
        value.setReal(ret);
    }

    virtual void processBeginSet(const RtlFieldInfo * field, bool &isAll)
    {
        nextField(field);
        isAll = false;  // No concept of an 'all' set in Python
        assertex(elem && elem != Py_None);
        if (!PyList_Check(elem) && !PySet_Check(elem))
            typeError("list or set", field);
        push();
    }
    virtual bool processNextSet(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        nextField(NULL);
        pushback.setown(elem.getClear());
        return pushback != NULL;
    }
    virtual void processBeginDataset(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        nextField(field);
        if (!PyList_Check(elem))
            typeError("list", field);
        push();
    }
    virtual void processBeginRow(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        // Expect to see a tuple here, or possibly (if the ECL record has a single field), an arbitrary scalar object
        // If it's a tuple, we push it onto our stack as the active object
        nextField(field);
        if (!PyTuple_Check(elem))
        {
            if (countFields(field->type->queryFields())==1)
            {
                // Python doesn't seem to support the concept of a tuple containing a single element.
                // If we are expecting a single field in our row, then the 'tuple' layer will be missing
                elem.setown(PyTuple_Pack(1, elem.get()));
            }
            else
                typeError("tuple", field);
        }
        push();
    }
    virtual bool processNextRow(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        nextField(NULL);
        pushback.setown(elem.getClear());
        return pushback != NULL;
    }
    virtual void processEndSet(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        pop();
    }
    virtual void processEndDataset(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        pop();
    }
    virtual void processEndRow(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        pop();
    }
protected:
    void pop()
    {
        iter.setown((PyObject *) iterStack.popGet());
        parent.setown((PyObject *) parentStack.popGet());
        named = namedStack.popGet();
        elem.clear();
    }
    void push()
    {
        iterStack.append(iter.getClear());
        parentStack.append(parent.getClear());
        namedStack.append(named);
        parent.set(elem);
        iter.setown(PyObject_GetIter(elem));
        named = isNamedTuple(elem);
        elem.clear();
    }
    bool isNamedTuple(PyObject *obj)
    {
        return PyObject_HasAttrString((PyObject *) obj->ob_type, "_fields");
    }
    void nextField(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        if (pushback)
            elem.setown(pushback.getClear());
        else if (field && named) // If it's named tuple, expect to always resolve fields by name, not position
        {
            elem.setown(PyObject_GetAttrString(parent, str(field->name)));
        }
        else if (iter)
            elem.setown(PyIter_Next(iter));
        else
            elem = NULL;
        checkPythonError();
    }
    OwnedPyObject iter;
    OwnedPyObject pushback;
    OwnedPyObject elem;
    OwnedPyObject parent;
    bool named;
    PointerArray iterStack;
    PointerArray parentStack;
    BoolArray namedStack;
};

static size32_t getRowResult(PyObject *result, ARowBuilder &builder)
{
    PythonRowBuilder pyRowBuilder(result);
    const RtlTypeInfo *typeInfo = builder.queryAllocator()->queryOutputMeta()->queryTypeInfo();
    assertex(typeInfo);
    RtlFieldStrInfo dummyField("<row>", NULL, typeInfo);
    return typeInfo->build(builder, 0, &dummyField, pyRowBuilder);
}

// A PythonNamedTupleBuilder object is used to construct a Python named tuple from an ECL row

class PythonNamedTupleBuilder : public CInterfaceOf<IFieldProcessor>
{
public:
    PythonNamedTupleBuilder(PythonThreadContext *_sharedCtx, const RtlFieldInfo *_outerRow)
    : outerRow(_outerRow), sharedCtx(_sharedCtx)
    {
    }
    virtual void processString(unsigned len, const char *value, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        addArg(PyString_FromStringAndSize(value, len));
    }
    virtual void processBool(bool value, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        addArg(PyBool_FromLong(value ? 1 : 0));
    }
    virtual void processData(unsigned len, const void *value, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        addArg(PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize((const char *) value, len));
    }
    virtual void processInt(__int64 value, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        addArg(PyLong_FromLongLong(value));
    }
    virtual void processUInt(unsigned __int64 value, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        addArg(PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(value));
    }
    virtual void processReal(double value, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        addArg(PyFloat_FromDouble(value));
    }
    virtual void processDecimal(const void *value, unsigned digits, unsigned precision, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        Decimal val;
        val.setDecimal(digits, precision, value);
        addArg(PyFloat_FromDouble(val.getReal()));
    }
    virtual void processUDecimal(const void *value, unsigned digits, unsigned precision, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        Decimal val;
        val.setUDecimal(digits, precision, value);
        addArg(PyFloat_FromDouble(val.getReal()));
    }
    virtual void processUnicode(unsigned len, const UChar *value, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        // You don't really know what size Py_UNICODE is (varies from system to system), so go via utf8
        unsigned unicodeChars;
        rtlDataAttr unicode;
        rtlUnicodeToUtf8X(unicodeChars, unicode.refstr(), len, value);
        processUtf8(unicodeChars, unicode.getstr(), field);
    }
    virtual void processQString(unsigned len, const char *value, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        size32_t charCount;
        rtlDataAttr text;
        rtlQStrToStrX(charCount, text.refstr(), len, value);
        processString(charCount, text.getstr(), field);
    }
    virtual void processUtf8(unsigned len, const char *value, const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        size32_t sizeBytes = rtlUtf8Size(len, value);
        PyObject *vval = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(value, sizeBytes);   // NOTE - requires size in bytes not chars
        checkPythonError();
        addArg(vval);
    }

    virtual bool processBeginSet(const RtlFieldInfo * field, unsigned numElements, bool isAll, const byte *data)
    {
        push();
        if (isAll)
            rtlFail(0, "pyembed: ALL sets are not supported");
        return true;
    }
    virtual bool processBeginDataset(const RtlFieldInfo * field, unsigned numRows)
    {
        push();
        return true;
    }
    virtual bool processBeginRow(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        if (field != outerRow)
            push();
        return true;
    }
    virtual void processEndSet(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        pop();
    }
    virtual void processEndDataset(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        pop();
    }
    virtual void processEndRow(const RtlFieldInfo * field)
    {
        if (field != outerRow)
        {
            args.setown(getTuple(field->type));
            pop();
        }
    }
    PyObject *getTuple(const RtlTypeInfo *type)
    {
        OwnedPyObject mynamedtupletype = sharedCtx ? sharedCtx->getNamedTupleType(type) : globalState.getNamedTupleType(type);
        OwnedPyObject argsTuple = PyList_AsTuple(args);
        OwnedPyObject mynamedtuple = PyObject_CallObject(mynamedtupletype, argsTuple);  // Creates a namedtuple from the supplied tuple
        checkPythonError();
        return mynamedtuple.getClear();
    }
protected:
    void push()
    {
        stack.append(args.getClear());
        args.setown(PyList_New(0));
    }
    void pop()
    {
        OwnedPyObject arg = args.getClear();
        args.setown((PyObject *) stack.popGet());
        addArg(arg.getClear());
    }
    void addArg(PyObject *arg)
    {
        if (!args)
        {
            args.setown(PyList_New(0));
        }
        PyList_Append(args, arg);
        Py_DECREF(arg);
    }
    OwnedPyObject args;
    PointerArray stack;
    const RtlFieldInfo *outerRow;
    PythonThreadContext *sharedCtx;
};


//----------------------------------------------------------------------

// Wrap an IRowStream into a Python generator

struct ECLDatasetIterator
{
    PyObject_HEAD;
    const RtlTypeInfo *typeInfo;  // Not linked (or linkable)
    IRowStream * val;  // Linked
};

PyObject* ECLDatasetIterator_iter(PyObject *self)
{
      Py_INCREF(self);
      return self;
}

void ECLDatasetIterator_dealloc(PyObject *self)
{
    ECLDatasetIterator *p = (ECLDatasetIterator *)self;
    if (p->val)
    {
        p->val->stop();
        ::Release(p->val);
        p->val = NULL;
    }
    self->ob_type->tp_free(self);
}

PyObject* ECLDatasetIterator_iternext(PyObject *self)
{
    ECLDatasetIterator *p = (ECLDatasetIterator *)self;
    if (p->val)
    {
        roxiemem::OwnedConstRoxieRow nextRow = p->val->ungroupedNextRow();
        if (!nextRow)
        {
            p->val->stop();
            ::Release(p->val);
            p->val = NULL;
        }
        else
        {
            RtlFieldStrInfo dummyField("<row>", NULL, p->typeInfo);
            PythonNamedTupleBuilder tupleBuilder(NULL, &dummyField);
            const byte *brow = (const byte *) nextRow.get();
            p->typeInfo->process(brow, brow, &dummyField, tupleBuilder);
            return tupleBuilder.getTuple(p->typeInfo);
        }
    }
    // If we get here, it's EOF
    PyErr_SetNone(PyExc_StopIteration);
    return NULL;
}

static PyTypeObject ECLDatasetIteratorType =
{
    PyObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL)
    0,                         /*ob_size*/
    "ECLDatasetIterator._MyIter",      /*tp_name*/
    sizeof(ECLDatasetIterator),       /*tp_basicsize*/
    0,                         /*tp_itemsize*/
    ECLDatasetIterator_dealloc,        /*tp_dealloc*/
    0,                         /*tp_print*/
    0,                         /*tp_getattr*/
    0,                         /*tp_setattr*/
    0,                         /*tp_compare*/
    0,                         /*tp_repr*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_number*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_sequence*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_mapping*/
    0,                         /*tp_hash */
    0,                         /*tp_call*/
    0,                         /*tp_str*/
    0,                         /*tp_getattro*/
    0,                         /*tp_setattro*/
    0,                         /*tp_as_buffer*/
    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_ITER,  /* tp_flags: tell python to use tp_iter and tp_iternext fields. */
    "ECL dataset iterator object.",           /* tp_doc */
    0,  /* tp_traverse */
    0,  /* tp_clear */
    0,  /* tp_richcompare */
    0,  /* tp_weaklistoffset */
    ECLDatasetIterator_iter,  /* tp_iter: __iter__() method */
    ECLDatasetIterator_iternext  /* tp_iternext: next() method */
};

static PyObject *createECLDatasetIterator(const RtlTypeInfo *_typeInfo, IRowStream * _val)
{
    ECLDatasetIteratorType.tp_new = PyType_GenericNew;
    if (PyType_Ready(&ECLDatasetIteratorType) < 0)  return NULL;

    ECLDatasetIterator *p = PyObject_New(ECLDatasetIterator, &ECLDatasetIteratorType);
    if (!p)
    {
        checkPythonError();
        rtlFail(0, "pyembed: failed to create dataset iterator");
    }
    p->typeInfo = _typeInfo;
    p->val = _val;
    return (PyObject *)p;
}

//-----------------------------------------------------

// GILBlock ensures the we hold the Python "Global interpreter lock" for the appropriate duration

class GILBlock
{
public:
    GILBlock(PyThreadState * &_state) : state(_state)
    {
        PyEval_RestoreThread(state);
    }
    ~GILBlock()
    {
        state = PyEval_SaveThread();
    }
private:
    PyThreadState * &state;
};

// A Python function that returns a dataset will return a PythonRowStream object that can be
// interrogated to return each row of the result in turn

class PythonRowStream : public CInterfaceOf<IRowStream>
{
public:
    PythonRowStream(PyObject *result, IEngineRowAllocator *_resultAllocator)
    : resultIterator(NULL)
    {
        // NOTE - the caller should already have the GIL lock before creating me
        if (!result || result == Py_None)
            typeError("list or generator", NULL);
        resultIterator.setown(PyObject_GetIter(result));   // We allow anything that is iterable to be returned for a row stream
        checkPythonError();
        resultAllocator.set(_resultAllocator);
    }
    ~PythonRowStream()
    {
        if (resultIterator)
        {
            checkThreadContext();
            GILBlock b(threadContext->threadState);
            resultIterator.clear();
        }
    }
    virtual const void *nextRow()
    {
        checkThreadContext();
        GILBlock b(threadContext->threadState);
        if (!resultIterator)
            return NULL;
        OwnedPyObject row = PyIter_Next(resultIterator);
        if (!row)
            return NULL;
        RtlDynamicRowBuilder rowBuilder(resultAllocator);
        size32_t len = pyembed::getRowResult(row, rowBuilder);
        return rowBuilder.finalizeRowClear(len);
    }
    virtual void stop()
    {
        checkThreadContext();
        GILBlock b(threadContext->threadState);
        resultAllocator.clear();
        resultIterator.clear();
    }

protected:
    Linked<IEngineRowAllocator> resultAllocator;
    OwnedPyObject resultIterator;
};

// Each call to a Python function will use a new Python27EmbedFunctionContext object
// This takes care of ensuring that the Python GIL is locked while we are executing python code,
// and released when we are not

class Python27EmbedContextBase : public CInterfaceOf<IEmbedFunctionContext>
{
public:
    Python27EmbedContextBase(PythonThreadContext *_sharedCtx)
    : sharedCtx(_sharedCtx)
    {
        PyEval_RestoreThread(sharedCtx->threadState);
        locals.setown(PyDict_New());
        globals.setown(PyDict_New());
        PyDict_SetItemString(globals, "__builtins__", PyEval_GetBuiltins());  // required for import to work
    }
    ~Python27EmbedContextBase()
    {
        // We need to clear these before calling savethread, or we won't own the GIL
        locals.clear();
        globals.clear();
        result.clear();
        script.clear();
        sharedCtx->threadState = PyEval_SaveThread();
    }

    virtual bool getBooleanResult()
    {
        return pyembed::getBooleanResult(NULL, result);
    }
    virtual void getDataResult(size32_t &__chars, void * &__result)
    {
        pyembed::getDataResult(NULL, result, __chars, __result);
    }
    virtual double getRealResult()
    {
        return pyembed::getRealResult(NULL, result);
    }
    virtual __int64 getSignedResult()
    {
        return pyembed::getSignedResult(NULL, result);
    }
    virtual unsigned __int64 getUnsignedResult()
    {
        return pyembed::getUnsignedResult(NULL, result);
    }
    virtual void getStringResult(size32_t &__chars, char * &__result)
    {
        pyembed::getStringResult(NULL, result, __chars, __result);
    }
    virtual void getUTF8Result(size32_t &__chars, char * &__result)
    {
        pyembed::getUTF8Result(NULL, result, __chars, __result);
    }
    virtual void getUnicodeResult(size32_t &__chars, UChar * &__result)
    {
        pyembed::getUnicodeResult(NULL, result, __chars, __result);
    }
    virtual void getSetResult(bool & __isAllResult, size32_t & __resultBytes, void * & __result, int elemType, size32_t elemSize)
    {
        pyembed::getSetResult(result, __isAllResult, __resultBytes, __result, elemType, elemSize);
    }
    virtual IRowStream *getDatasetResult(IEngineRowAllocator * _resultAllocator)
    {
        return new PythonRowStream(result, _resultAllocator);
    }
    virtual byte * getRowResult(IEngineRowAllocator * _resultAllocator)
    {
        RtlDynamicRowBuilder rowBuilder(_resultAllocator);
        size32_t len = pyembed::getRowResult(result, rowBuilder);
        return (byte *) rowBuilder.finalizeRowClear(len);
    }
    virtual size32_t getTransformResult(ARowBuilder & builder)
    {
        return pyembed::getRowResult(result, builder);
    }
    virtual void bindBooleanParam(const char *name, bool val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyBool_FromLong(val ? 1 : 0));
    }
    virtual void bindDataParam(const char *name, size32_t len, const void *val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize((const char *) val, len));
    }
    virtual void bindFloatParam(const char *name, float val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyFloat_FromDouble((double) val));
    }
    virtual void bindRealParam(const char *name, double val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyFloat_FromDouble(val));
    }
    virtual void bindSignedSizeParam(const char *name, int size, __int64 val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyLong_FromLongLong(val));
    }
    virtual void bindSignedParam(const char *name, __int64 val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyLong_FromLongLong(val));
    }
    virtual void bindUnsignedSizeParam(const char *name, int size, unsigned __int64 val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(val));
    }
    virtual void bindUnsignedParam(const char *name, unsigned __int64 val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(val));
    }
    virtual void bindStringParam(const char *name, size32_t len, const char *val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyString_FromStringAndSize(val, len));
    }
    virtual void bindVStringParam(const char *name, const char *val)
    {
        addArg(name, PyString_FromString(val));
    }
    virtual void bindUTF8Param(const char *name, size32_t chars, const char *val)
    {
        size32_t sizeBytes = rtlUtf8Size(chars, val);
        PyObject *vval = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(val, sizeBytes);   // NOTE - requires size in bytes not chars
        checkPythonError();
        addArg(name, vval);
    }

    virtual void bindUnicodeParam(const char *name, size32_t chars, const UChar *val)
    {
        // You don't really know what size Py_UNICODE is (varies from system to system), so go via utf8
        unsigned unicodeChars;
        char *unicode;
        rtlUnicodeToUtf8X(unicodeChars, unicode, chars, val);
        size32_t sizeBytes = rtlUtf8Size(unicodeChars, unicode);
        PyObject *vval = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(unicode, sizeBytes);   // NOTE - requires size in bytes not chars
        checkPythonError();
        addArg(name, vval);
        rtlFree(unicode);
    }
    virtual void bindSetParam(const char *name, int elemType, size32_t elemSize, bool isAll, size32_t totalBytes, const void *setData)
    {
        if (isAll)
            rtlFail(0, "pyembed: Cannot pass ALL");
        type_t typecode = (type_t) elemType;
        const byte *inData = (const byte *) setData;
        const byte *endData = inData + totalBytes;
        OwnedPyObject vval = PyList_New(0);
        while (inData < endData)
        {
            OwnedPyObject thisElem;
            size32_t thisSize = elemSize;
            switch (typecode)
            {
            case type_int:
                thisElem.setown(PyLong_FromLongLong(rtlReadInt(inData, elemSize)));
                break;
            case type_unsigned:
                thisElem.setown(PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(rtlReadUInt(inData, elemSize)));
                break;
            case type_varstring:
            {
                size32_t numChars = strlen((const char *) inData);
                thisElem.setown(PyString_FromStringAndSize((const char *) inData, numChars));
                if (elemSize == UNKNOWN_LENGTH)
                    thisSize = numChars + 1;
                break;
            }
            case type_string:
                if (elemSize == UNKNOWN_LENGTH)
                {
                    thisSize = * (size32_t *) inData;
                    inData += sizeof(size32_t);
                }
                thisElem.setown(PyString_FromStringAndSize((const char *) inData, thisSize));
                break;
            case type_real:
                if (elemSize == sizeof(double))
                    thisElem.setown(PyFloat_FromDouble(* (double *) inData));
                else
                    thisElem.setown(PyFloat_FromDouble(* (float *) inData));
                break;
            case type_boolean:
                assertex(elemSize == sizeof(bool));
                thisElem.setown(PyBool_FromLong(*(bool*)inData ? 1 : 0));
                break;
            case type_unicode:
            {
                if (elemSize == UNKNOWN_LENGTH)
                {
                    thisSize = (* (size32_t *) inData) * sizeof(UChar); // NOTE - it's in chars...
                    inData += sizeof(size32_t);
                }
                unsigned unicodeChars;
                rtlDataAttr unicode;
                rtlUnicodeToUtf8X(unicodeChars, unicode.refstr(), thisSize / sizeof(UChar), (const UChar *) inData);
                size32_t sizeBytes = rtlUtf8Size(unicodeChars, unicode.getstr());
                thisElem.setown(PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(unicode.getstr(), sizeBytes));   // NOTE - requires size in bytes not chars
                checkPythonError();
                break;
            }
            case type_utf8:
            {
                assertex (elemSize == UNKNOWN_LENGTH);
                size32_t numChars = * (size32_t *) inData;
                inData += sizeof(size32_t);
                thisSize = rtlUtf8Size(numChars, inData);
                thisElem.setown(PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize((const char *) inData, thisSize));   // NOTE - requires size in bytes not chars
                break;
            }
            case type_data:
                if (elemSize == UNKNOWN_LENGTH)
                {
                    thisSize = * (size32_t *) inData;
                    inData += sizeof(size32_t);
                }
                thisElem.setown(PyByteArray_FromStringAndSize((const char *) inData, thisSize));
                break;
            }
            checkPythonError();
            inData += thisSize;
            PyList_Append(vval, thisElem);
        }
        addArg(name, vval.getLink());
    }
    virtual void bindRowParam(const char *name, IOutputMetaData & metaVal, byte *val)
    {
        const RtlTypeInfo *typeInfo = metaVal.queryTypeInfo();
        assertex(typeInfo);
        RtlFieldStrInfo dummyField("<row>", NULL, typeInfo);
        PythonNamedTupleBuilder tupleBuilder(sharedCtx, &dummyField);
        typeInfo->process(val, val, &dummyField, tupleBuilder); // Creates a tuple from the incoming ECL row
        addArg(name, tupleBuilder.getTuple(typeInfo));
    }
    virtual void bindDatasetParam(const char *name, IOutputMetaData & metaVal, IRowStream * val)
    {
        addArg(name, createECLDatasetIterator(metaVal.queryTypeInfo(), LINK(val)));
    }

protected:
    virtual void addArg(const char *name, PyObject *arg) = 0;

    PythonThreadContext *sharedCtx;
    OwnedPyObject locals;
    OwnedPyObject globals;
    OwnedPyObject result;
    OwnedPyObject script;
};

class Python27EmbedScriptContext : public Python27EmbedContextBase
{
public:
    Python27EmbedScriptContext(PythonThreadContext *_sharedCtx, const char *options)
    : Python27EmbedContextBase(_sharedCtx)
    {
    }
    ~Python27EmbedScriptContext()
    {
    }
    virtual IInterface *bindParamWriter(IInterface *esdl, const char *esdlservice, const char *esdltype, const char *name)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    virtual void paramWriterCommit(IInterface *writer)
    {
    }
    virtual void writeResult(IInterface *esdl, const char *esdlservice, const char *esdltype, IInterface *writer)
    {
    }


    virtual void importFunction(size32_t lenChars, const char *text)
    {
        throwUnexpected();
    }
    virtual void compileEmbeddedScript(size32_t lenChars, const char *utf)
    {
        script.setown(sharedCtx->compileEmbeddedScript(lenChars, utf, argstring));
    }

    virtual void callFunction()
    {
        result.setown(PyEval_EvalCode((PyCodeObject *) script.get(), globals, locals));
        checkPythonError();
        if (!result || result == Py_None)
            result.set(PyDict_GetItemString(globals, "__result__"));
        if (!result || result == Py_None)
            result.set(PyDict_GetItemString(locals, "__result__"));
    }
protected:
    virtual void addArg(const char *name, PyObject *arg)
    {
        if (!arg)
            return;
        if (argstring.length())
            argstring.append(',');
        argstring.append(name);
        if (script)
            PyDict_SetItemString(globals, name, arg);  // Back compatibility - if compiler did not recognize the prebind flag, we need to use globals
        else
            PyDict_SetItemString(locals, name, arg);
        Py_DECREF(arg);
        checkPythonError();
    }
    StringBuffer argstring;
};

class Python27EmbedImportContext : public Python27EmbedContextBase
{
public:
    Python27EmbedImportContext(PythonThreadContext *_sharedCtx, const char *options)
    : Python27EmbedContextBase(_sharedCtx)
    {
        argcount = 0;
    }
    ~Python27EmbedImportContext()
    {
    }
    virtual IInterface *bindParamWriter(IInterface *esdl, const char *esdlservice, const char *esdltype, const char *name)
    {
        return NULL;
    }
    virtual void paramWriterCommit(IInterface *writer)
    {
    }
    virtual void writeResult(IInterface *esdl, const char *esdlservice, const char *esdltype, IInterface *writer)
    {
    }


    virtual void importFunction(size32_t lenChars, const char *utf)
    {
        script.setown(sharedCtx->importFunction(lenChars, utf));
    }
    virtual void compileEmbeddedScript(size32_t len, const char *text)
    {
        throwUnexpected();
    }
    virtual void callFunction()
    {
        result.setown(PyObject_CallObject(script, args));
        checkPythonError();
    }
private:
    virtual void addArg(const char *name, PyObject *arg)
    {
        if (argcount)
            _PyTuple_Resize(args.ref(), argcount+1);
        else
            args.setown(PyTuple_New(1));
        PyTuple_SET_ITEM((PyTupleObject *) args.get(), argcount++, arg);  // Note - 'steals' the arg reference
    }
    int argcount;
    OwnedPyObject args;
};

class Python27EmbedContext : public CInterfaceOf<IEmbedContext>
{
public:
    virtual IEmbedFunctionContext *createFunctionContext(unsigned flags, const char *options)
    {
        return createFunctionContextEx(NULL, flags, options);
    }
    virtual IEmbedFunctionContext *createFunctionContextEx(ICodeContext * ctx, unsigned flags, const char *options)
    {
        checkThreadContext();
        if (flags & EFimport)
            return new Python27EmbedImportContext(threadContext, options);
        else
            return new Python27EmbedScriptContext(threadContext, options);
    }
    virtual IEmbedServiceContext *createServiceContext(const char *service, unsigned flags, const char *options)
    {
        throwUnexpected();
    }
};

extern IEmbedContext* getEmbedContext()
{
    return new Python27EmbedContext;
}

extern bool syntaxCheck(const char *script)
{
    return true; // MORE
}

} // namespace