[C++-sig] Python converters for raw pointers: request for help

Michele De Stefano micdestefano at gmail.com
Mon Nov 2 08:55:51 CET 2009


Thank you very much.

I had not thought to this solution. And I don't think there's a better one.

Thank you again.
Michele

2009/10/31 Ravi <lists_ravi at lavabit.com>:
> On Friday 23 October 2009 04:38:30 Michele De Stefano wrote:
>> typedef struct _p_Mat*           Mat;
>
> Creating a converter to/from a raw pointer is rather tricky (due to the way
> argument type deduction handles pointers & references seamlessly, IIUC). You
> should either expose _p_Mat or wrap the raw pointer in a struct and then
> expose converters to it:
>  struct Mat { struct _p_Mat *ptr; };
> If you come up with a better way, I'd be interested.
>
> Regards,
> Ravi
>
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