[C++-sig] init from free function instead of constructor

[Roman Yakovenko]

On 1/24/07, John Reid <j.reid at mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I can't find anything in the documentation that lets me do this:
>
> class X { };
> X make_x( std::string );
>
> using namespace boost::python;
>
> class_<X>(
>         "X",
>         "This is X's docstring.",
>         init<std::string>( make_x ) )
> ;
>
> Is it true that I can only make python __init__ functions from
> constructors as opposed to free functions such as make_x()?

http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/v2/make_function.html#make_constructor-spec

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Roman Yakovenko
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