[C++-sig] Smart Pointers in Boost.Python withAutomaticDereferencing

[English, Mark]

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From: c++-sig-bounces at python.org [mailto:c++-sig-bounces at python.org] On
Behalf Of Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve
Sent: 20 May 2008 00:20
To: Development of Python/C++ integration
Subject: Re: [C++-sig] Smart Pointers in Boost.Python
withAutomaticDereferencing

> No, sorry.

> Very wild idea: can your smart pointer be converted both ways to/from
a boost::shared_ptr?
> And are all your smart pointer objects passed by value or const&?
> Then maybe a custom rvalue converter could do the trick.

> I hope someone else with actual experience in this area will be able
to help.

> Ralf

Have you tried using your own custom pointer as the held_type for the
class_ ?
i.e. class_<A, my_custom_ptr<A> >("A");

In many cases this works reasonably well as long as the suitable
typedefs and functions are in place in my_custom_ptr.

You will probably hit problems if you derive from your C++ types in
Python (Python inheritance/polymorphism), store my_custom_ptr pointers
to instances of these Python derived classes in your C++ code, and
expose these back to your Python code. For some people that is not a
concern.

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