[C++-sig] Re: accessing the python type system

[David Abrahams]

Stefan Seefeld <stefan.seefeld at orthosoft.ca> writes:

> hi there,
>
> are there any functions/operators in boost.python to
> let me access the python type system from within C++ ?
>
> For example holding two python objects I'd like to test
> whether one's type is derived from the other's type,
> whether they are derived from a given type, i.e. things
> like 'type', 'isinstance', etc.

These are more functions in the same category as len().  See my reply
to Philippe Fremy today on this list.

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