[C++-sig] Re: bypassing boost::python's keyword handling

[David Abrahams]

Garrick Meeker wrote:
> Is it possible to use boost to wrap a function that expects args and 
> keywords as two PyObject's?  This is old C-style Python code that could 
> be written but the python syntax must be the same.  Imagine I'm 
> implementing some sort of dictionary class in C++.  The easiest way 
> might be to wrap this in python, so this may be purely an academic 
> question.  Something like:
> 
> void f(PyObject *args, PyObject *kw);
> def("f_base", &f);
> 
> def f(*args, **kw):
>  f_base(args, kw)
> 
> f(a=1, b=2, c=3)

Does
http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/v2/raw_function.html
help?

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Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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