[C++-sig] Possible to inspect type of a boost::python::object

[David Abrahams]

"anders langlands" <anderslanglands at gmail.com> writes:

> Currently I'm using extract<T>::check() over a bunch of different types to
> decide what to do with python objects. Is there any way to inspect the type
> directly?

You can inspect the _Python_ type directly:

    x.ptr()->ob_type;

or if all the types have a common C++ base class with at least one
virtual function, you can write:

   typeid(extract<Base*>(x)())

HTH,

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Dave Abrahams
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