argc_argv.i

// Copyright (c) 2010 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
// found in the LICENSE file.
//
// Make functions using (int argc, char** argv) usable as (sys.argv) from python

%typemap(in) (int argc, char **argv) {
  int i;
  if (!PyList_Check($input)) {
    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Expecting a list");
    return NULL;
  }
  $1 = PyList_Size($input);
  $2 = (char **) malloc(($1+1)*sizeof(char *));
  for (i = 0; i < $1; i++) {
    PyObject *s = PyList_GetItem($input,i);
    if (!PyString_Check(s)) {
        free($2);
        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "List items must be strings");
        return NULL;
    }
    $2[i] = PyString_AsString(s);
  }
  $2[i] = 0;
}

%typemap(freearg) (int argc, char **argv) {
   if ($2) free($2);
}