[C++-sig] Re: operator ->, cast operator

[David Abrahams]

"Leonard \"paniq\" Ritter" <paniq at paniq.org> writes:

> followup (heh):
>
> to get the syntax i wished for i wrote a function that went like
>
>    template<typename T>
>    Ptr<T> New(const String& objectClassName)
>    {
>        return Ptr<T>(objectClassName);
>    }
>
> and exposed it via def("View",New<View>), and  that works due to 
> boost.pythons magical ptr conversion wizardry ;) the class itself is now 
> exposed as "ViewInterface" which is not _perfect_, but its sufficient 
> since type names dont play a big role in python anyway.

Okay, but you could use make_constructor; it will get you the
interface you want.

> thank you dave for the help, boost.python rocks again :)

Sure.

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