[C++-sig] Wrapping class methods with array parameters

[CLARKE,RON (HP-Vancouver,ex1)]

I am in the process of wrapping two C++ classes, each of which has at least
one method which takes a pointer, which is really the first item in an array
of known length. My problem is I don't see how to do it! Given that Boost
Python is so robust, I suspect I've missed something in all the
documentation, or perhaps I read it and did not grasp its relevance.

Here is one of the classes/methods:
class scifidict
{
public:
	/* a bunch of stuff */
size_t getOwners(string* ps = NULL)
            throw (invalid_argument);

	/* more fun stuff */
};

The other C++ class' method is similar, but it uses an array of integers as
one of its arguments.

In the above method, ps is a std::string array passed in by the caller,
which getOwners() than proceeds to populate. It works fine in C++.  I've
made numerous attempts to get code that works for Python, and either the
code did not compile, or it did compile but then Python didn't like the
method when I tried to execute it ("TypeError: bad argument type for
built-in operation").

What is the proper way to wrap array arguments so the data can be passed
back and forth between C++ and Python?

Thanks in advance for the help.
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