[C++-sig] Raw pointer wrapper

[Roman Yakovenko]

On 1/25/07, Paul Guse <paul at mustagh.com> wrote:
>
>
> Hello.
> I have a reference counted c++ class that I expose to python using boost. I
> would like to keep the reference counting managed on the c++ side of things
> and just wrap the raw pointer in a boost::python::object.
> Since I increment the reference count upon retrieval, I would like to
> decrement the count when the python object is destroyed.
> Is there a way to use boost to wrap this c++ class so that it acts like a
> boost python object, but has it's reference count decremented when the
> object goes out of scope?
>
> In other words I need a class that can act like a python object, store a raw
> pointer, and decrement on destruction.
> Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
> Paul

http://www.boost.org/libs/smart_ptr/intrusive_ptr.html
I could be wrong, but it seems t me that intrusive_ptr is the way to go.
Search this mailing list and you will relevant information and I think
code that
exposes it.

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Roman Yakovenko
C++ Python language binding
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