Lua code injection issue

[cferr]

There's an error happening somewhere in Pypot when trying to create a Cube in Vrep with Poppy by following this tutorial :
https://github.com/poppy-project/poppy-torso/blob/ff6254355ce18a26f58654f5abc82485a7a22d13/software/doc/tutorial/Poppy%20Torso%20interacting%20with%20objects%20in%20V-REP%20using%20Pypot.ipynb

When running the following code :

io = poppy._controllers[0].io

name = 'cube'
position = [0.2, 0, 0.8] # X, Y, Z
sizes = [0.1, 0.1, 0.1] # in meters
mass = 0.5 # in kg
io.add_cube(name, position, sizes, mass)

The following error happens :

---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TypeError                                 Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-32-4e90037cfd41> in <module>()
      9 sizes = [0.1, 0.1, 0.1] # in meters
     10 mass = 0.5 # in kg
---> 11 io.add_cube(name, position, sizes, mass)
     12 
     13 #io.add_cube

/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pypot/vrep/io.py in add_cube(self, name, position, sizes, mass)
    228     def add_cube(self, name, position, sizes, mass):
    229         """ Add Cube """
--> 230         self._create_pure_shape(0, 239, sizes, mass, [0, 0])
    231         self.set_object_position("Cuboid", position)
    232         self.change_object_name("Cuboid", name)

/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pypot/vrep/io.py in _create_pure_shape(self, primitive_type, options, sizes, mass, precision)
    261         """ Create Pure Shape """
    262         lua_code = "simCreatePureShape({}, {}, {{{}, {}, {}}}, {}, {{{}, {}}})".format(primitive_type, options, sizes[0], sizes[1], sizes[2], mass, precision[0], precision[1])
--> 263         self._inject_lua_code(lua_code)
    264 
    265     def _inject_lua_code(self, lua_code):

/usr/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pypot/vrep/io.py in _inject_lua_code(self, lua_code)
    265     def _inject_lua_code(self, lua_code):
    266         """ Sends raw lua code and evaluate it wihtout any checking! """
--> 267         msg = (ctypes.c_ubyte * len(lua_code)).from_buffer_copy(lua_code)
    268         self.call_remote_api('simxWriteStringStream', 'my_lua_code', msg)
    269 

TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

I'm using Python 3.5.1, and pypot 2.10.2, if that can be of any help. Having installed pypot via PIP, it probably doesn't come straight from the git repository.
A similar issue had been reported before :
https://forum.poppy-project.org/t/how-to-appear-object-in-v-rep-poppy/1766
The person there tried to do the same as me, and also got a TypeError when pypot was dealing with Lua code.

[pierre-rouanet]

Indeed it has been merged into master: #117 It will be integrated in the next stable release (hopefully before next week...).

[show0k]

#117 is now on pypi.