[C++-sig] [boost::python] Unresolved overloaded function - methods with same name

[Roman Yakovenko]

On 10/27/06, yardbird <yardbird at nerdshack.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a problem with getters/setters methods with the same name which both
> return cont/non-const reference to a class' data member. For instance:
>
> struct Foo {
>    Foo(int x) { b = x; }
>    int const& get_b() const { return b; }
>    int & get_b() { return b; }
>  private:
>    int b;
> };
>
> // Wrapper code
>
> BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(my_module)
> {
>    class_<Foo>("Foo", init<int>())
>       .def("get_b", &Foo::get_b);
-----------------------^^^^^^^^^^^

typedef int const& (Foo::*get_b_const_type) const;

.def( "get_b", get_b_const_type( &Foo::get_b ) );

The idea is to use function type to specify to compiler what function
you want to export.

I think you also will have to specify call policies:
return_value_policy< copy_const_reference >

-- 
Roman Yakovenko
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