Help translate c++ to python | nearest points | line | polylines [closed]

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I asked a question about contours, and how to fill blank spaces with "dashed" contour. @LBerger and @sturkmen gently gave me solutions, and I choose the @sturkmen code ( http://pastebin.com/EXuKpgY6 ) because it is easier to implement. However, both are in c++. The original image is :

The desired output (which is also the @sturkmen code's ouput) is :

Taking in account stakeoverflow answers, @sturkmen 's help and @berak 's code/answer http://answers.opencv.org/question/71... I was able to do some translation.

In order to simplify my problem I used the @berak 's image:

My current code stands as :

import cv2
import numpy as np

def distanceBtwPoints(p0, p1):
    return np.sqrt((p0[0] - p1[0])**2 + (p0[1] - p1[1])**2)

def findNearestPointIndex(pt, Points):
    mindistance = 1e9

    for ip in Points:
        print "ip", ip
        print "pt", pt
        distance = distanceBtwPoints(pt, ip)
        print 'distance', distance

        if distance < mindistance :
            mindistance =  distance
            nearestpoint = ip
            print "nearestpoint", nearestpoint
            nearestpointindex = nearestpoint.argmin()
            print "nearestpointindex", nearestpoint.argmin()

    return  nearestpointindex

if __name__ == '__main__':
    img = cv2.imread("bridgeTestSource.png")
    src = cv2.imread("bridgeTestSource.png")

    gray = cv2.cvtColor(img, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    gray = np.asarray(gray < 127, dtype=np.uint8) # need to cast back to uint8

   contours, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(gray, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)
   cv2.drawContours(img, contours,-1, (0,0,255), 2)
   for i in range(len(contours)):
        print "Contour ", i , "points", contours[i]
        print
        print " - Contour ", i, "area :", cv2.contourArea(contours[i])
        print
        for j in range(contours[i].shape[0]):
            print "contour x y", contours[i][j].squeeze()
           print "the contour" , i, "distance between ", contours[i][0].squeeze(),contours[i][1].squeeze(), "is " , distanceBtwPoints(contours[i][0].squeeze(), contours[i][1].squeeze())


    cnt = contours[0]

    for c in contours:
        if cv2.contourArea(cnt) < cv2.contourArea(c):
            cnt = c 

    for c in contours:
        if not np.array_equal(cnt, c) and c.shape[0] > 0:
            for j in range(c.shape[2]):
                pt0 = c[j][0]
                cnt_nearIdx = cnt[findNearestPointIndex(pt0, cnt.squeeze())].squeeze()

                lcnt_nearIdx = cnt_nearIdx.tolist()
                lpt0 = pt0.tolist()

                tcnt_nearIdx = tuple(lcnt_nearIdx)
                tpt0 = tuple(lpt0)

                cv2.line(img,tpt0, tcnt_nearIdx,(0,0,0),1,8)

    cv2.imwrite('nimg.jpg', img)
    gray_src = cv2.cvtColor(src, cv2.COLOR_BGR2GRAY)
    gray_src = np.asarray(gray_src < 127, dtype=np.uint8) # need to cast back to uint8

    contours1, hierarchy = cv2.findContours(gray_src, cv2.RETR_EXTERNAL, cv2.CHAIN_APPROX_SIMPLE)

    cv2.drawContours(src, contours1,-1, (0,0,0), 0)

    m_xor= np.ones(src.shape[:2], dtype="uint8") * 255

    ncnt = cnt.astype(np.int32)
    cv2.polylines(m_xor, [ncnt], 1, (0,0,0))

   m_xor = 255 - (src or m_xor)

   cv2.imwrite('result.jpg', m_xor)

And I'm facing problems. The image after the lines loop is a mess:

I'm getting errors in m_xor: m_xor = 255 - (src or m_xor) ValueError: The truth value of an array with more than one element is ambiguous. Use a.any() or a.all()

For debug purposes you can see my distance, points, nearest here: http://pastebin.com/NstQXxBk