From d9a70eefef48ddbdd4f0fb787138c5feeed86533 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Damien Marchal <damien.marchal@univ-lille1.fr>
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:49:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?[SofaPython3]=C2=A0Add=20in=20DataHelper=20dedi?=
 =?UTF-8?q?cated=20to-string=20conversion=20from=20data=20field=20to=20inc?=
 =?UTF-8?q?rease=20compatibility=20with=20SofaPython(2)?=
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---
 Plugin/src/SofaPython3/DataHelper.cpp | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Plugin/src/SofaPython3/DataHelper.cpp b/Plugin/src/SofaPython3/DataHelper.cpp
index 95e3e295..3d108284 100644
--- a/Plugin/src/SofaPython3/DataHelper.cpp
+++ b/Plugin/src/SofaPython3/DataHelper.cpp
@@ -43,9 +43,17 @@ std::string toSofaParsableString(const py::handle& p)
         }
         return tmp.str();
     }
+
     //TODO(dmarchal) This conversion to string is so bad.
     if(py::isinstance<py::str>(p))
         return py::str(p);
+
+    // Insure compatibility with data field code returning value instead of data.
+    if(py::isinstance<sofa::core::objectmodel::BaseData>(p))
+    {
+        sofa::core::objectmodel::BaseData* data = py::cast<sofa::core::objectmodel::BaseData*>(p);
+        return data->getValueString();
+    }
     return py::repr(p);
 }