[C++-sig] accessing instances of C++ objects in Python

[Adrian Bentley]

Just to be clear on some stuff (working with the specific example of Boost):

It IS possible to hand an instance of a C++ class to a python function say 
and have the python function treat the instance of the class like one that 
was exposed to it.

And assuming that I can do this, it would follow that I can do that and any 
data changes will be reflected once I exit the call and am back in C++.

That is really all I would strictly need, but I also have another question:

Is it possible to get boost to treat an arbitrary offset like a variable.  
Essentially what I want to do is allocate a C++ class and a block of space 
for arbitrary data, and then have Python reference parts of the space as I 
want it to.  Is there any sort of support for this type of thing at all?  Or 
does it have to be a strict member variable (I could just read through the 
source, but there's a LOT of it :)

Also as a side note: is there a more message board like aspect to this 
mailing list (I'm new to this form of discussion stuff, and I don't know how 
much my email address can take :).

Thanks in advance,
Adruab > Adrian Bentley

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