When writing code in Python, almost all Simics API functions can be used. Since not all C/C++ types are available in Python, Simics supplies the following special type mappings.
| C/C++ | Python |
attr_value_t (string) |
str (a Python string) |
attr_value_t (integer) |
int or long |
attr_value_t (floating) |
float |
attr_value_t (list) |
list |
attr_value_t (data) |
tuple of integers (bytes) |
attr_value_t (nil) |
None |
attr_value_t (object) |
An object from the conf namespace. |
attr_value_t (dict) |
dict |
attr_value_t (boolean) |
bool |
conf_class_t * |
A conf_class_t object |
conf_object_t * |
An object from the conf namespace |