[C++-sig] Re: Boost.Python v2: reference-counting and user-friendly conversions

[David Abrahams]

From: "Dave Hawkes" <daveh at cadlink.com>

> Which then begs the question should a raw PyObject be allowed as an
argument
> at all? Is it too much too insist that the user does this:
>
>     call<void>(my_function, handle<>(PyObject_GetAttrString(x, y)))
>
> that way we can also do:
>
>     call<void>(my_function, handle<>(borrow(PyImport_AddModule(name))))

It just occurred to me that we can allow

    call<void>(my_function, borrow(PyImport_AddModule(name)))

as a convenience.

Regards,
Dave