No support for uint8_t and unsigned char arrays

[wflowersa]

Describe the bug
SWIG wrapper does not support arrays of type uint8_t and unsigned char

To reproduce

1. Make copy of CModuleTemplateMsgPayload called TemplateCharMsgPayload and change dataVector type from double to unsigned char or uint8_t.
2. Run script posted below (condensed version of example from stand-alone message tutorial)
3. See error: TypeError: in method 'TemplateCharMsgPayload_dataVector_set', argument 2 of type 'unsigned char [3]'

Expected behavior
Script should be able to set dataVector array without error.

System Info

• OS: Ubuntu
• Version: 22.04.5 LTS
• Python version: 3.10.12

Additional context
This appears to be an extension of this issue that was resolved with this pull request; however, support for uint8_t and unsigned char were not added. By adding the following lines to basilisk/src/architecture/_GeneralModuleFiles/swig_conly_data.i in their respective ARRAYASLIST and ARRAY2ASLIST locations, the issue appears to be resolved on my local machine:

ARRAYASLIST(uint8_t, PyLong_FromUnsignedLong, PyLong_AsUnsignedLong)
ARRAYASLIST(unsigned char, PyLong_FromUnsignedLong, PyLong_AsUnsignedLong)
ARRAY2ASLIST(uint8_t, PyLong_FromUnsignedLong, PyLong_AsUnsignedLong)
ARRAY2ASLIST(unsigned char, PyLong_FromUnsignedLong, PyLong_AsUnsignedLong)

Example script:

import sys
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
from Basilisk.architecture import messaging
from Basilisk.moduleTemplates import cppModuleTemplate
from Basilisk.utilities import SimulationBaseClass
from Basilisk.utilities import macros
from Basilisk.utilities import unitTestSupport

def run():
    #  Create a sim module as an empty container
    scSim = SimulationBaseClass.SimBaseClass()

    #  create the simulation process
    dynProcess = scSim.CreateNewProcess("dynamicsProcess")

    # create the dynamics task and specify the integration update time
    dynProcess.addTask(scSim.CreateNewTask("dynamicsTask", macros.sec2nano(1.)))

    # create modules
    mod1 = cppModuleTemplate.CppModuleTemplate()
    mod1.ModelTag = "cppModule1"
    scSim.AddModelToTask("dynamicsTask", mod1)

    # create stand-alone input message
    msgData = messaging.TemplateCharMsgPayload()
    msgData.dataVector = [1, 2, 3]
    print(msgData.dataVector)
    msg = messaging.TemplateCharMsg().write(msgData)

    msgData.dataVector = [4, 5, 6]
    print(msgData.dataVector)
    msg = messaging.TemplateCharMsg().write(msgData)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    run()

[sassy-asjp]

I think your solution is the correct one for this problem. I recommend you submit a pull request for it.