Modification of the function getCurvecurval suggested by Jiba. This function...

Modification of the function getCurvecurval suggested by Jiba. This function can take an integer argument (the position of the curve) or a string (the name of the curve)
Updated documentation in doc/Ipo.py

source/blender/python/api2_2x/Ipo.c

@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ static PyObject *Ipo_addCurve(BPy_Ipo *self, PyObject *args)
     IpoCurve *ptr;
 	int typenumber = -1;
 	char*type = 0;
-	static char *name="mmm";
+	static char *name="mmmppp";
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s",&type))
 		return (EXPP_ReturnPyObjError (PyExc_TypeError, "expected string argument"));
@@ -549,20 +549,32 @@ static PyObject *Ipo_EvaluateCurveOn(BPy_Ipo *self, PyObject *args)
 
 static PyObject *Ipo_getCurvecurval(BPy_Ipo *self, PyObject *args)
 {       
-        int num = 0,i;
-        IpoCurve *icu;
+	int numcurve = 0,i;
+	IpoCurve *icu;
+	char*stringname = 0;
 
-  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i",&num))
-    return (EXPP_ReturnPyObjError (PyExc_TypeError,"expected int argument"));
-        icu =self->ipo->curve.first;
-        if(!icu) return (EXPP_ReturnPyObjError (PyExc_TypeError,"No IPO curve"));
-        for(i = 0;i<num;i++)
-                {
-                        if(!icu) return (EXPP_ReturnPyObjError (PyExc_TypeError,"Bad ipo number"));
-                        icu=icu->next;
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i",&numcurve))
+  if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s",&stringname))
+    return (EXPP_ReturnPyObjError (PyExc_TypeError,"expected int or string argument"));
+	icu =self->ipo->curve.first;
+	if(!icu) return (EXPP_ReturnPyObjError (PyExc_TypeError,"No IPO curve"));
+	if (!stringname)
+	for(i = 0;i<numcurve;i++)
+		{
+			puts(type_from_num(icu->adrcode,icu->blocktype));
+			if(!icu) return (EXPP_ReturnPyObjError (PyExc_TypeError,"Bad ipo number"));
+			icu=icu->next;
                  
-    }
-        return PyFloat_FromDouble(icu->curval);
+		}
+	else
+		while (icu){
+			if (!strcmp(type_from_num(icu->adrcode,icu->blocktype),stringname))break;
+			icu=icu->next;
+		}
+	if (icu) return PyFloat_FromDouble(icu->curval);
+	else { Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+  return Py_None;
+	}
 }
 
 

source/blender/python/api2_2x/doc/Ipo.py

@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ class Ipo:
   def getCurvecurval(curvepos):
     """
 		Gets the current value of a curve of the Ipo.
-		@type curvepos: int
-		@param curvepos: the position of the curve in the ipo
+		@type curvepos: int or string
+		@param curvepos: the position of the curve in the ipo or the name of the curve
 		@rtype: float
 		@return: the current value of the selected curve of the Ipo.
     """