Dotstar Library, won't run in python3

[lwilkovich]

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "strandtest.py", line 4, in <module>
    from dotstar import Adafruit_DotStar
ImportError: /home/logan/Programming/DotStarDev/dotstar.so: undefined symbol: Py_InitModule4_64

The code runs fine in python 2.7.12, but i can't figure this out when i try to run it in python 3.5.2

[adafruit_support_carter]

I'll ask, but I'm guessing that one is probably Python 2 only.
https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Do ... star.c#L57

[adafruit2]

yah its python 2 only - we're not sure how to make it py 3 compatible, if you figure it out please let us know :)

[Arudinne]

If you want to use Python 3, you might want to checkout BiblioPixel: https://github.com/ManiacalLabs/BiblioPixel

[benforta]

yah its python 2 only

Any progress on a Python3 version of the library?

--- Ben

[adafruit2]

nope, no ETA - if someone manages to figure it out please send a Pull Request, and we'll merge it in!

[benforta]

I don't see anything in there that shuld preclude it from working in Python 3, although the C code is explicitly loading the 2.7 version of Python.h. I'll see if I can get some time to tinker with it next week.

[velotron]

There is a patch posted at https://github.com/adafruit/Adafruit_Do ... -406747387 which worked for me. The patch assumes Python 3.5, but with minor changes it worked with 3.4 which I have on my Pi.

The sample scripts worked great with Python 3.