[C++-sig] Wrapping a class with private operator&()

[Dennis Brakhane]

Matthias Baas wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm having problems wrapping a C++ class that has a private reference 
> operator (operator&()). Here is a minimal example that shows the problem:

Why would anyone do such a thing?

You could create a wrapper (see the tutorial)

class Foo { //private & };

struct FooWrap : Foo
{
    Bar *operator& {return this;}
};

class_<FooWrap,boost::noncopyable>("Foo")
    .def(...);