[C++-sig] Mapping C++ typedefs to Python

[Nat Goodspeed]

Sylvain Pion wrote:

> I use typedefs in C++, that is, several names for the same type
> (enums in my case).
> Is it possible to export this in Python?
> Is there the equivalent of typedefs in Python, and how
> can I specify this using Boost.Python?

enums:

http://boost.org/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/object.html#python.enums

If you have several C++ names for the same type, wouldn't it work to 
export each of them as though they were distinct? Unless I'm missing 
something, neither Python nor Boost.Python needs to know their sameness.