Confusion in SimpleStatus.get_current_bands return

[Bruce A. Johnson]

It looks like I am *not* building 1.18.4. I missed the build message 
about 1.18.4 not being available (for whatever OpenEmbedded reason). 
<grumble>

Bruce A. Johnson
Chantilly, Virginia
OpenPGP key ID: 296D1CD6F2B84CAB https://keys.openpgp.org/

On 14/12/2021 11:46, Bruce A. Johnson wrote:
>
> I'm trying to obtain modem status information using the Python API, 
> and I'm confused about the return values for the get_current_bands() 
> method in the SimpleStatus object. My reading of the document leads me 
> to expect a tuple containing an array and a count of the items in it, 
> but I'm seeing a tuple containing a single enum value and a count 
> greater than 1.
>
> Code:
>
>> band_list, count= status_obj.get_current_bands()
>> logger.debug('band_list: {!r}, count: {!r}'.format(band_list, count))
>
> Output:
>
>> mmg[937]: MMGCmd status[425] band_list: <enum 469902384 of type ModemManager.ModemBand>, count: 21
>
> My C skills aren't that great, but it looks to me like 
> mm_simple_status_get_current_bands is returning the Right Stuff. I'm 
> building ModemManager 1.18.4 in OpenEmbedded off of the Yocto dunfell 
> branch. Does anyone have suggestions of what else I need to look at?
>
> -- 
> Bruce A. Johnson
> Chantilly, Virginia
> OpenPGP key ID: 296D1CD6F2B84CABhttps://keys.openpgp.org/
>
> Reference 
> <https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/index.html#ModemManager-1.0/classes/SimpleStatus.html#ModemManager.SimpleStatus.get_current_bands>
>
>> |get_current_bands|()
>>     Returns: 	
>>     bands: 	location for an array of |ModemManager.ModemBand|
>>     <https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/ModemManager-1.0/enums.html#ModemManager.ModemBand>
>>     values. Do not free the returned value, it is owned by self.
>>     n_bands: 	number of elements in bands.
>>
>>     Return type: 	(*bands*: |ModemManager.ModemBand|
>>     <https://lazka.github.io/pgi-docs/ModemManager-1.0/enums.html#ModemManager.ModemBand>,
>>     *n_bands*: |int|
>>     <http://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#int>)
>>
>>     Gets the currently used frequency bands.
>>
>
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