[C++-sig] directly modifying objects contained in vector exposed with vector_indexing_suite

[Roger Dahl]

Hello everyone,

I'm having a problem with vector_indexing_suite and thought I'd see if 
anyone could tell me if what I'm trying to do should work...

I have exposed a vector<obj> with vector_indexing_suite and a function 
that returns a reference to vector<obj> to Python and I'm trying to 
update the members of obj from Python.

I can do:

obj = get_vec()[0]

And I can then successfully modify obj:

obj.text = 'test'

However, if I try to modify the object in the vector:

get_vec()[0].text = 'test'

It doesn't "take". After assignment, if I display the value:

print get_vec()[0].text

It just prints the value that "text" had before.

I have tried some variations like passing true for the 
vector_indexing_suite NoProxy parameter and having the get_vec function 
use return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>. I have also tried to 
modify obj in two steps:

obj = get_vec()[0]
obj.text = 'test'
get_vec()[0] = obj

But this also fails silently.

Any pointers would be much appreciated.

Thank you,

Roger