[C++-SIG] setattr and CXX-4.2

[Steve Harris]

"Barry Scott" <barry at scottb.demon.co.uk> writes:

[...]

> Here is an example taken from CXX\Demo\r.cxx
> 
> Py::Object r::getattr( const char *name )
> {
>     if(std::string(name) == "c")
> 		return Py::Float(300.0);
> 
>     if(std::string(name) == "start")
> 		return Py::Int(start);
> 
>     return getattr_methods( name );
> }

Would it be possible to get a length argument in addition to the const
char* argument, if we're not getting a const std::string& as a
parameter? That is, if the length of the string is known "upstream,"
it would be convenient to have it here to both speed comparisons or to
construct a std::string as you've shown here. If the string hasn't
even been examined yet, then this would not be an option here.

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