pyROOT and MakeClass

Hello,

do anyone experience of MakeClass in pyROOT? I have and everything work fine until you generate your own class

from ROOT import *
gSystem.Load(“/home/kusanagi/mauProjects/yoda/event/.libs/libyoda.so”)
tf = TFile(“/home/kusanagi/Data/RootData/040720_004Stripped/Log/040720_004Stripped.Log.Event.root”)
tr = tf.Get(“Log”)
tr.MakeClass(“LogProva”)
gROOT.LoadMacro(“LogProva.C”)
lg = LogProva()
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “”, line 1, in ?
SystemError: NULL result without error in PyObject_Call

i have found a workaround using

gROOT.ProcessLine(‘aa = LogProva()’)

and it work but then if i do

aa.Show() <----- Doesn’t work because i can’t find aa

BUT

gROOT.ProcessLine(‘aa.Show()’)

works correctly.
It’s a Bug?

Hi,

Another likely work-around is to compile the result of MakeClass:

Cheers,
Philippe.

Hi,

first, which release of ROOT are you using and on which platform are you running?
Second, can you put the .root file in a public area, such that I may repeat what you
tried to do?

Testing HEAD CVS: using simple classes, LoadMacro() without ‘+’ is sufficient to
make the class available. Also, MakeClass() is a C++ necessity. There’s no reason
to use it with python.

With HEAD CVS (doesn’t work fully in the 4.01/02 because of a caching pb), I do
things like:

   tfile = TFile( tfilename % num )
   tfile.cd( 'CBNT' )

   fchain = gDirectory.Get( 't3333' )
   entries = fchain.GetEntriesFast()

   for jentry in xrange( entries ):
    # get the next tree in the chain
      ientry = fchain.LoadTree(jentry)
      if ientry < 0:
         break

    # verify file/tree/chain integrity
      nb = fchain.GetEntry( jentry )
      if nb <= 0 or not hasattr( fchain, 'eg_nc' ):
         continue

    # histogram main vertex
      VertZ.Fill( fchain.ZV[0] )

 ##
 ##### reconstruction section #####
 ##

    # get number of electron candidates
      nc = int(fchain.eg_nc)

      eReco = []
      for k in range( nc ):
       # check e-ID flag, 0:e, >=1:jet
         if fchain.eg_IsEM[k] != 0:
            continue

       # load properties into an electron candidate data object
         ecan = PhysicsObject()

         ecan.match  = fchain.eg_trkmatch_X[k]
         ecan.PtInvV = fchain.eg_trkpTV_X[k]
         ecan.Et     = fchain.eg_et[k]
         ecan.eta    = fchain.eg_eta[k]
         ecan.phi    = fchain.eg_phi[k]

# etc ...

That is, you need the LoadTree() and the GetEntry() to cycle through the chain,
but other than that, you can access your data directly, without needing to map the
branch addresses (arrays will also be range checked).

For older releases, you can still use the tree directly (as above), but you’ll need to
access the data with GetLeaf() and GetValue(). For example:

    ecan.match = fchain.GetLeaf( 'eg_trkmatch_X' ).GetValue( k )

But send me the details, and I’ll try to trace down any MakeClass() pbs?

Cheers,
Wim

hi wlav,

sorry for the late replay… well yes it works the way you shown, but in case you would fix also the “MakeClass” problem i don’t think you really need my root file (but i attach here anyway); BTW my root version is 4.01/03.

Thanks :slight_smile:
Maurizio
040720_004Stripped.Log.Event.root (7.75 KB)

Maurizio,

thanks for the file. With the new implementation of “from ROOT import *”, this:

>>> gROOT.ProcessLine('aa = LogProva()')
>>> aa.Show()

now works. Also, I haven’t found out yet why the macro that comes from MakeClass()
isn’t properly loaded, but I have a workaround. (G__CallFunc fails, but TClass::New()
works, and the generated class has a default ctor, so that works in the end.)

Best regards,
Wim