Hello,
Unfortunately the python scripts are still being actively developed and still a moving target. Even though these are available to all users at this stage -- essentially to prepare all users to the python environment itself -- we will only be making lots of publicity when the scripts are ready and in a more stable state. Then a documentation should be ready, and we will most probably make it as a wiki to which everybody can participate in editing.
So you are very brave to use these scripts without "net", but your feedback is welcomed and will be taken in the development.
To answer you question, you can look at where that function is called, for instance in mycast:
data = getValuePolyplanSLF(self.file,self.tags,t,zpo,self.NVAR,self.NPOIN3,self.NPLAN,vars)
where self refer to a SELAFIN object. You can then refer to the SELAFIN class itself to see how these are set.
Hope this helps.
Sébastien.