def _send(self, command: str) -> Union[str, None]:
if not self.game_running:
return None
if len(command) == 0:
command = " "
c_command = ffi.new('char[]', command.encode('utf-8'))
result = lib.communicate(self._names_struct, c_command)
if result == ffi.NULL:
self.close()
return None
result = ffi.gc(result, lib.free)
return ffi.string(result).decode('utf-8')
def _send(self, command: str) -> Union[str, None]:
""" Send a command directly to the interpreter.
This method will not affect the internal state variable.
"""
if not self.game_running:
return None
if len(command) == 0:
command = " "
c_command = ffi.new('char[]', command.encode('utf-8'))
result = lib.communicate(self._names_struct, c_command)
if result == ffi.NULL:
self.close()
return None
result = ffi.gc(result, lib.free)
return ffi.string(result).decode('utf-8')