minor bump

fixes mypy 'has no attribute'

see https://github.com/python/mypy/issues/4926

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -11,11 +11,22 @@ Before any major/minor/patch bump all unit tests will be run to verify they pass
 
 -   [x]
 
-## [2.5.0]
+## [2.6.0] - 2024-06-29
+
+### Added
+
+-   bits kwarg for overriding the type of GUI that is launched on startup. 
+    -   Defaults to 64, set it to either 32 or 64.
 
 ### Fixed
 
--   {Remote}.login() now has a configuratble timeout. Use timeout kwarg to set it. Defaults to 2 seconds.
+-   {Remote}.run_voicemeeter() now launches x64 bit GUI's for all kinds if Python detects a 64 bit system.
+
+## [2.5.0] - 2023-10-27
+
+### Fixed
+
+-   {Remote}.login() now has a configurable timeout. Use timeout kwarg to set it. Defaults to 2 seconds.
 -   Remote class section in README updated to include timeout kwarg.
 
 ## [2.4.8] - 2023-08-13

README.md

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 [![Poetry](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://python-poetry.org/badge/v0.json)](https://python-poetry.org/)
 [![Code style: black](https://img.shields.io/badge/code%20style-black-000000.svg)](https://github.com/psf/black)
 [![Imports: isort](https://img.shields.io/badge/%20imports-isort-%231674b1?style=flat&labelColor=ef8336)](https://pycqa.github.io/isort/)
+[![Ruff](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/astral-sh/ruff/main/assets/badge/v2.json)](https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff)
 ![Tests Status](./tests/basic.svg?dummy=8484744)
 ![Tests Status](./tests/banana.svg?dummy=8484744)
 ![Tests Status](./tests/potato.svg?dummy=8484744)
@@ -15,9 +16,9 @@ For an outline of past/future changes refer to: [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md)
 
 ## Tested against
 
--   Basic 1.0.8.8
+-   Basic 1.1.1.1
--   Banana 2.0.6.8
+-   Banana 2.1.1.1
--   Potato 3.0.2.8
+-   Potato 3.1.1.1
 
 ## Requirements
 
@@ -813,6 +814,7 @@ You may pass the following optional keyword arguments:
 -   `midi`: boolean=False, midi updates
 -   `ldirty`: boolean=False, level updates
 -   `timeout`: float=2.0, maximum time to wait for a successful login in seconds
+-   `bits`: int=64, (may be one of 32 or 64), overrides the type of Voicemeeter GUI {Remote}.run_voicemeeter() will launch
 
 Access to lower level Getters and Setters are provided with these functions:
 
@@ -878,7 +880,7 @@ pytest -v
 
 ### Official Documentation
 
--   [Voicemeeter Remote C API](https://github.com/onyx-and-iris/Voicemeeter-SDK/blob/update-docs/VoicemeeterRemoteAPI.pdf)
+-   [Voicemeeter Remote C API](https://github.com/onyx-and-iris/Voicemeeter-SDK/blob/main/VoicemeeterRemoteAPI.pdf)
 
 
-[Voicemeeter Remote Header]: https://github.com/onyx-and-iris/Voicemeeter-SDK/blob/update-docs/VoicemeeterRemote.h
+[Voicemeeter Remote Header]: https://github.com/onyx-and-iris/Voicemeeter-SDK/blob/main/VoicemeeterRemote.h

poetry.lock

@@ -1,36 +1,48 @@
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+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.8.2 and should not be changed by hand.
 
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 [package.dependencies]
 click = ">=8.0.0"
 mypy-extensions = ">=0.4.3"
+packaging = ">=22.0"
 pathspec = ">=0.9.0"
 platformdirs = ">=2"
-tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_full_version < \"3.11.0a7\""}
+tomli = {version = ">=1.1.0", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
+typing-extensions = {version = ">=4.0.1", markers = "python_version < \"3.11\""}
 
 [package.extras]
 colorama = ["colorama (>=0.4.3)"]
-d = ["aiohttp (>=3.7.4)"]
+d = ["aiohttp (>=3.7.4)", "aiohttp (>=3.7.4,!=3.9.0)"]
 jupyter = ["ipython (>=7.8.0)", "tokenize-rt (>=3.2.0)"]
 uvloop = ["uvloop (>=0.15.2)"]
 
@@ -233,13 +245,13 @@ testing = ["covdefaults (>=2.3)", "importlib-metadata (>=6.6)", "pytest (>=7.3.1
 
 [[package]]
 name = "pytest"
-version = "7.3.2"
+version = "7.4.4"
 description = "pytest: simple powerful testing with Python"
 optional = false
 python-versions = ">=3.7"
 files = [
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+    {file = "pytest-7.4.4-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:b090cdf5ed60bf4c45261be03239c2c1c22df034fbffe691abe93cd80cea01d8"},
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+    {file = "pytest-7.4.4.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:2cf0005922c6ace4a3e2ec8b4080eb0d9753fdc93107415332f50ce9e7994280"},
 ]
 
 [package.dependencies]
@@ -281,6 +293,32 @@ files = [
 [package.dependencies]
 pytest = ">=3.6"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ruff"
+version = "0.1.3"
+description = "An extremely fast Python linter, written in Rust."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
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+    {file = "ruff-0.1.3.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:3ba6145369a151401d5db79f0a47d50e470384d0d89d0d6f7fab0b589ad07c34"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tomli"
 version = "2.0.1"
@@ -319,6 +357,17 @@ virtualenv = ">=20.23.1"
 docs = ["furo (>=2023.5.20)", "sphinx (>=7.0.1)", "sphinx-argparse-cli (>=1.11.1)", "sphinx-autodoc-typehints (>=1.23.2,!=1.23.4)", "sphinx-copybutton (>=0.5.2)", "sphinx-inline-tabs (>=2023.4.21)", "sphinxcontrib-towncrier (>=0.2.1a0)", "towncrier (>=23.6)"]
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+[[package]]
+name = "typing-extensions"
+version = "4.10.0"
+description = "Backported and Experimental Type Hints for Python 3.8+"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.8"
+files = [
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.10.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:69b1a937c3a517342112fb4c6df7e72fc39a38e7891a5730ed4985b5214b5475"},
+    {file = "typing_extensions-4.10.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:b0abd7c89e8fb96f98db18d86106ff1d90ab692004eb746cf6eda2682f91b3cb"},
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "virtualenv"
 version = "20.23.1"
@@ -342,4 +391,4 @@ test = ["covdefaults (>=2.3)", "coverage (>=7.2.7)", "coverage-enable-subprocess
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = "^3.10"
-content-hash = "4989717c148629166e597e8eea82d3f036f3dfd2e0ed15882260a621eff331aa"
+content-hash = "d4193db5ebc240288a21da72fa78788dfb71c08b6ecd25e365ce7fb1b0f27ac4"

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "voicemeeter-api"
-version = "2.5.1"
+version = "2.6.0"
 description = "A Python wrapper for the Voiceemeter API"
 authors = ["onyx-and-iris <code@onyxandiris.online>"]
 license = "MIT"
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@ python = "^3.10"
 tomli = { version = "^2.0.1", python = "<3.11" }
 
 [tool.poetry.group.dev.dependencies]
-pytest = "^7.1.2"
+pytest = "^7.4.4"
 pytest-randomly = "^3.12.0"
 pytest-repeat = "^0.9.1"
-black = "^22.3.0"
+black = ">=22.3,<25.0"
 isort = "^5.10.1"
 tox = "^4.6.3"
+ruff = "^0.1.3"
 
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry-core>=1.0.0"]
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ all = "scripts:test_all"
 [tool.tox]
 legacy_tox_ini = """
 [tox]
-envlist = py310,py311
+envlist = py310,py311,py312
 
 [testenv]
 allowlist_externals = poetry
@@ -49,3 +50,97 @@ commands =
   poetry install -v
   poetry run pytest tests/
 """
+
+[tool.black]
+line-length = 88
+
+[tool.ruff]
+select = [
+    "E",
+    "F",
+]
+ignore = [
+    "E501",
+]
+fixable = [
+    "A",
+    "B",
+    "C",
+    "D",
+    "E",
+    "F",
+    "G",
+    "I",
+    "N",
+    "Q",
+    "S",
+    "T",
+    "W",
+    "ANN",
+    "ARG",
+    "BLE",
+    "COM",
+    "DJ",
+    "DTZ",
+    "EM",
+    "ERA",
+    "EXE",
+    "FBT",
+    "ICN",
+    "INP",
+    "ISC",
+    "NPY",
+    "PD",
+    "PGH",
+    "PIE",
+    "PL",
+    "PT",
+    "PTH",
+    "PYI",
+    "RET",
+    "RSE",
+    "RUF",
+    "SIM",
+    "SLF",
+    "TCH",
+    "TID",
+    "TRY",
+    "UP",
+    "YTT",
+]
+unfixable = []
+exclude = [
+    ".bzr",
+    ".direnv",
+    ".eggs",
+    ".git",
+    ".git-rewrite",
+    ".hg",
+    ".mypy_cache",
+    ".nox",
+    ".pants.d",
+    ".pytype",
+    ".ruff_cache",
+    ".svn",
+    ".tox",
+    ".venv",
+    "__pypackages__",
+    "_build",
+    "buck-out",
+    "build",
+    "dist",
+    "node_modules",
+    "venv",
+]
+line-length = 88
+dummy-variable-rgx = "^(_+|(_+[a-zA-Z0-9_]*[a-zA-Z0-9]+?))$"
+target-version = "py310"
+
+[tool.ruff.mccabe]
+max-complexity = 10
+
+[tool.ruff.per-file-ignores]
+"__init__.py" = [
+    "E402",
+    "F401",
+]

voicemeeterlib/event.py

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class Event:
         if self.any():
             info += (f"now listening for {', '.join(self.get())} events",)
         else:
-            info += (f"not listening for any events",)
+            info += ("not listening for any events",)
         self.logger.info(", ".join(info))
 
     @property

voicemeeterlib/factory.py

@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ class FactoryBase(Remote):
             "midi": False,
             "ldirty": False,
             "timeout": 2,
+            "bits": 64,
         }
         if "subs" in kwargs:
             defaultkwargs |= kwargs.pop("subs")  # for backwards compatibility

voicemeeterlib/inst.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from .error import InstallError
 
-bits = 64 if ct.sizeof(ct.c_voidp) == 8 else 32
+BITS = 64 if ct.sizeof(ct.c_void_p) == 8 else 32
 
 if platform.system() != "Windows":
     raise InstallError("Only Windows OS supported")
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ REG_KEY = "\\".join(
         None,
         (
             "SOFTWARE",
-            "WOW6432Node" if bits == 64 else "",
+            "WOW6432Node" if BITS == 64 else "",
             "Microsoft",
             "Windows",
             "CurrentVersion",
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@ def get_vmpath():
     with winreg.OpenKey(
         winreg.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, r"{}".format("\\".join((REG_KEY, VM_KEY)))
     ) as vm_key:
-        return winreg.QueryValueEx(vm_key, r"UninstallString")[0]
+        return winreg.QueryValueEx(vm_key, r"UninstallString")[0].strip('"')
 
 
 try:
     vm_parent = Path(get_vmpath()).parent
 except FileNotFoundError as e:
-    raise InstallError(f"Unable to fetch DLL path from the registry") from e
+    raise InstallError("Unable to fetch DLL path from the registry") from e
 
-DLL_NAME = f'VoicemeeterRemote{"64" if bits == 64 else ""}.dll'
+DLL_NAME = f'VoicemeeterRemote{"64" if BITS == 64 else ""}.dll'
 
 dll_path = vm_parent.joinpath(DLL_NAME)
 if not dll_path.is_file():

voicemeeterlib/misc.py

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class Patch(IRemote):
 
     @property
     def identifier(self) -> str:
-        return f"patch"
+        return "patch"
 
     @property
     def postfadercomp(self) -> bool:
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ class Patch(IRemote):
 class Asio(IRemote):
     @property
     def identifier(self) -> str:
-        return f"patch"
+        return "patch"
 
 
 class AsioIn(Asio):

voicemeeterlib/recorder.py

@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class Recorder(IRemote):
 
         time_str = str(time_str)  # coerce the type
         if (
-            match := re.match(
+            re.match(
                 r"^(?:[01]\d|2[0123]):(?:[012345]\d):(?:[012345]\d)$",
                 time_str,
             )
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class Recorder(IRemote):
             self.setter("goto", get_sec())
         else:
             self.logger.warning(
-                f"goto expects a string that matches the format 'hh:mm:ss'"
+                "goto expects a string that matches the format 'hh:mm:ss'"
             )
 
     def filetype(self, val: str):

voicemeeterlib/remote.py

@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ from typing import Iterable, Optional, Union
 from .cbindings import CBindings
 from .error import CAPIError, VMError
 from .event import Event
-from .inst import bits
+from .inst import BITS
 from .kinds import KindId
 from .misc import Midi, VmGui
 from .subject import Subject
 from .updater import Producer, Updater
-from .util import deep_merge, grouper, polling, script
+from .util import deep_merge, grouper, polling, script, timeout
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -39,6 +39,12 @@ class Remote(CBindings):
         for attr, val in kwargs.items():
             setattr(self, attr, val)
 
+        if self.bits not in (32, 64):
+            self.logger.warning(
+                f"kwarg bits got {self.bits}, expected either 32 or 64, defaulting to 64"
+            )
+            self.bits = 64
+
     def __enter__(self):
         """setup procedures"""
         self.login()
@@ -67,6 +73,7 @@ class Remote(CBindings):
     def stopped(self):
         return self.stop_event is None or self.stop_event.is_set()
 
+    @timeout
     def login(self) -> None:
         """Login to the API, initialize dirty parameters"""
         self.gui.launched = self.call(self.bind_login, ok=(0, 1)) == 0
@@ -76,31 +83,12 @@ class Remote(CBindings):
             )
             self.run_voicemeeter(self.kind.name)
 
-        err = None
-        start = time.time()
-        while time.time() < start + self.timeout:
-            try:
-                time.sleep(0.1)  # ensure at least 0.1 delay before clearing dirty
-                self.logger.info(
-                    f"{type(self).__name__}: Successfully logged into {self} version {self.version}"
-                )
-                self.logger.debug(f"login time: {round(time.time() - start, 2)}")
-                err = None
-                break
-            except CAPIError as e:
-                err = e
-                continue
-        if err:
-            raise VMError("Timeout logging into the api")
-        self.clear_dirty()
-
     def run_voicemeeter(self, kind_id: str) -> None:
         if kind_id not in (kind.name.lower() for kind in KindId):
             raise VMError(f"Unexpected Voicemeeter type: '{kind_id}'")
-        if kind_id == "potato" and bits == 8:
+        value = KindId[kind_id.upper()].value
-            value = KindId[kind_id.upper()].value + 3
+        if BITS == 64 and self.bits == 64:
-        else:
+            value += 3
-            value = KindId[kind_id.upper()].value
         self.call(self.bind_run_voicemeeter, value)
 
     @property

voicemeeterlib/strip.py

@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class PhysicalStrip(Strip):
         """
         EFFECTS_cls = _make_effects_mixins(is_phys)[remote.kind.name]
         return type(
-            f"PhysicalStrip",
+            "PhysicalStrip",
             (cls, EFFECTS_cls),
             {
                 "comp": StripComp(remote, i),
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ class VirtualStrip(Strip):
         """
         EFFECTS_cls = _make_effects_mixins(is_phys)[remote.kind.name]
         return type(
-            f"VirtualStrip",
+            "VirtualStrip",
             (cls, EFFECTS_cls),
             {},
         )
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ class GainLayer(IRemote):
 def _make_gainlayer_mixin(remote, index):
     """Creates a GainLayer mixin"""
     return type(
-        f"GainlayerMixin",
+        "GainlayerMixin",
         (),
         {
             "gainlayer": tuple(

voicemeeterlib/util.py

@@ -1,7 +1,41 @@
 import functools
+import time
 from itertools import zip_longest
 from typing import Iterator
 
+from .error import CAPIError, VMError
+
+
+def timeout(func):
+    """
+    Times out the login function once time elapsed exceeds remote.timeout.
+    """
+
+    @functools.wraps(func)
+    def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
+        remote, *_ = args
+        func(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        err = None
+        start = time.time()
+        while time.time() < start + remote.timeout:
+            try:
+                time.sleep(0.1)  # ensure at least 0.1 delay before clearing dirty
+                remote.logger.info(
+                    f"{type(remote).__name__}: Successfully logged into {remote} version {remote.version}"
+                )
+                remote.logger.debug(f"login time: {round(time.time() - start, 2)}")
+                err = None
+                break
+            except CAPIError as e:
+                err = e
+                continue
+        if err:
+            raise VMError("Timeout logging into the api")
+        remote.clear_dirty()
+
+    return wrapper
+
 
 def polling(func):
     """