# HG changeset patch
# User drewp@bigasterisk.com
# Date 2008-06-10 04:12:05
# Node ID 295e803f6a5ea38d962965a40f5aff1db3276638
# Parent  2b2f5da47c5db09388f0de8b6f1cbbbb05f37e68

dmx.pyx fixes for new stricter pyrex

diff --git a/dmx_usb_module/dmx.pyx b/dmx_usb_module/dmx.pyx
--- a/dmx_usb_module/dmx.pyx
+++ b/dmx_usb_module/dmx.pyx
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ cdef extern from "Python.h":
 
 cdef class Dmx:
     cdef int fd
-    def __new__(self, port="/dev/dmx0"):
+    def __cinit__(self, port="/dev/dmx0"):
         self.fd = open(port, O_WRONLY)
         if self.fd < 0:
             raise OSError("open failed")
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ cdef class Dmx:
         cdef char *cbuf
         cbuf = PyString_AsString(buf)
         if cbuf == NULL:
-            raise
+            raise ValueError("string buffer conversion failed")
         res = write(self.fd, cbuf, 513)
         if res < 0:
             raise OSError("write failed")