[omniORB] python behavior for CORBA.Any() and omniORB.to_any()

[Thomas Lockhart]

I'm using omniORB-4.0.7 and omniORBpy-2.7. I am seeing what may be an 
inconsistency in handling CORBA anys, or at least in my understanding of 
how to use them. In constructing a CORBA any, I notice the following 
behavior:

 >>> x = any.to_any(3)
 >>> print x.typecode()
CORBA.TC_long
 >>> y = CORBA.Any(CORBA.TC_long, 3)
 >>> print y.typecode()
<CORBA.TypeCode 'IDL:omg.org/CORBA/long:1.0'>

Where for the first case returning the any to a co-located python client 
succeeds but the latter case fails with the following:

omniORB: throw BAD_PARAM from pyMarshal.cc:3834 
(MAYBE,BAD_PARAM_WrongPythonType)

afaict the latter case should be legal and is suggested in the version 
1.2 Python mapping spec from OMG.

fwiw there is a different behavior from omniORBpy-2.6, details are shown 
below (I haven't tested the actual results of returning an any for  2.6 
in this simple test case, but have used CORBA.Any() to pass results of 
sequences of longs etc to other applications in the past). Anyway, hints 
and suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks!

                                 - Tom

For omniORBpy-2.6:
 >>> x = omniORB.any.to_any(3)
 >>> print x.typecode()
<omniORB.tcInternal.TypeCode_empty instance at 0xb7a751cc>
 >>> x = omniORB.any.to_any(int(3))
 >>> print x.typecode()
<omniORB.tcInternal.TypeCode_empty instance at 0xb7a751cc>
 >>> x = CORBA.Any(CORBA.TC_long, 3)
 >>> print x.typecode()
<omniORB.tcInternal.TypeCode_empty instance at 0xb7a751cc>