adding a second Message constructor

src/message.cc

@@ -123,8 +123,8 @@ namespace pEp {
 
         PyBufferProcs Message::Blob::bp = { getbuffer, NULL };
 
-        Message::Message(PEP_msg_direction dir, Identity *from)
-            : _msg(new_message(dir), &free_message)
+        Message::Message(int dir, Identity *from)
+            : _msg(new_message((PEP_msg_direction) dir), &free_message)
         {
             if (!_msg)
                 throw bad_alloc();
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ namespace pEp {
                 _msg->from = ::identity_dup(*from);
                 if (!_msg->from)
                     throw bad_alloc();
-                _msg->dir = dir;
+                _msg->dir = (PEP_msg_direction) dir;
             }
         }
 

src/message.hh

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace pEp {
                 static int getbuffer(PyObject *self, Py_buffer *view, int flags);
             };
 
-            Message(PEP_msg_direction dir = PEP_dir_outgoing, Identity *from = NULL);
+            Message(int dir = PEP_dir_outgoing, Identity *from = NULL);
             Message(string mimetext);
             Message(const Message& second);
             Message(message *msg);

src/pEpmodule.cc

@@ -149,12 +149,21 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(pEp)
     ((PyTypeObject *)(void *)blob_class.ptr())->tp_as_buffer = &Message::Blob::bp;
 
     auto message_class = class_<Message>("Message",
+    "Message(dir=1, from=None)\n"
+    "\n"
+    "new p≡p message\n"
+    "\n"
+    "   dir         1 for outgoing, 2 for incoming\n"
+    "   from        Identity() of sender\n"
+    "\n"
     "Message(mime_text)\n"
     "\n"
-    "p≡p message\n"
+    "new incoming p≡p message\n"
     "\n"
     "   mime_text       text in Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions format\n"
                 )
+        .def(init<int>())
+        .def(init<int, Identity *>())
         .def(init<string>())
         .def("__str__", &Message::_str,
     "the string representation of a Message is it's MIME text"