1 files changed, 58 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/py/modules/IcePy/Slice.cpp b/py/modules/IcePy/Slice.cpp
index 3d8862182fd..9adccc5e4c3 100644
--- a/py/modules/IcePy/Slice.cpp
+++ b/py/modules/IcePy/Slice.cpp
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include <Util.h>
 #include <Slice/Preprocessor.h>
 #include <Slice/PythonUtil.h>
+#include <Slice/Util.h>
 #include <IceUtil/Options.h>
 
 //
@@ -199,3 +200,60 @@ IcePy_loadSlice(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args)
     Py_INCREF(Py_None);
     return Py_None;
 }
+
+extern "C"
+PyObject*
+IcePy_compile(PyObject* /*self*/, PyObject* args)
+{
+    PyObject* list = 0;
+    if(!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, STRCAST("O!"), &PyList_Type, &list))
+    {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    vector<string> argSeq;
+    if(list)
+    {
+        if(!listToStringSeq(list, argSeq))
+        {
+            return 0;
+        }
+    }
+
+    char** argv = new char*[argSeq.size()];
+    for(size_t i = 0; i < argSeq.size(); ++i)
+    {
+	argv[i] = const_cast<char*>(argSeq[i].c_str());
+    }
+
+    int rc;
+    try
+    {
+        rc = Slice::Python::compile(static_cast<int>(argSeq.size()), argv);
+    }
+    catch(const std::exception& ex)
+    {
+        getErrorStream() << argv[0] << ": error:" << ex.what() << endl;
+	rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    catch(const std::string& msg)
+    {
+        getErrorStream() << argv[0] << ": error:" << msg << endl;
+	rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    catch(const char* msg)
+    {
+        getErrorStream() << argv[0] << ": error:" << msg << endl;
+	rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+    catch(...)
+    {
+        getErrorStream() << argv[0] << ": error:" << "unknown exception" << endl;
+	rc = EXIT_FAILURE;
+    }
+
+    delete[] argv;
+
+    // PyInt_FromLong doesn't exist in python 3.
+    return PyLong_FromLong(rc);
+}