* rawmerge.hpp: generalize/fix condition for consistent timeseries

* introduce propagation of C++ exceptions to Cython/Python
* convert all cout/cerr output to exceptions
* Cython: introduce separate 'do_conversion' => avoid constructor to
trigger conversion

cyt/raw_eater.pxd

@@ -14,14 +14,18 @@ from libcpp cimport bool
 #
 # for how to overload the constructor see
 # https://cython.readthedocs.io/en/latest/src/userguide/wrapping_CPlusPlus.html
+# and propagating exceptions from C++ to Python
+# http://docs.cython.org/en/latest/src/userguide/wrapping_CPlusPlus.html#exceptions
 
 cdef extern from "../lib/raweat.hpp":
     cdef cppclass raw_eater:
         # constructor(s)
-        raw_eater() except+
+        raw_eater() except +
         raw_eater(string) except +
         # set new file for decoding
         void set_file(string)
+        # perform conversion (pass any C++ exceptions to Python)
+        void setup_and_conversion() except +
         # get validity of data format
         bool get_valid()
         # get channel name and unit

cyt/raw_eater.pyx

@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ cdef class raweater:
       raise ValueError("'" + str(rawfile) + "' does not exist")
     self.rawit.set_file(rawfile)
 
+  def do_conversion(self):
+      self.rawit.setup_and_conversion()
+
   def validity(self):
     return self.rawit.get_valid()
 

cyt/raw_meat.pxd

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ cdef extern from "../lib/rawmerge.hpp":
         vector[double] get_data()
         # dump all data to .csv
         void write_table(const char*,char)
-        # add channel and try to merge it
-        bool add_channel(string)
+        # add channel and try to merge it (pass C++ exceptions to Python)
+        bool add_channel(string) except +
         # get total number of (added) channels
         int get_num_channels()
         # get list of channel names