[C++-sig] make_constructor and BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS

[Holger Brandsmeier]

Dear list,

how can I combine make_constructor() and BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS()?

I have a static member function in a class that "acts like a
constructors", in the sense that it returns a shared pointer to the
class. The function has default arguments, thats why I was thinking of
using BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS.

For usual member functions I've been using it like this:
BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS(Operator_apply, apply, 2, 5)
[...]
       .def("apply", &ClassT::apply, Operator_apply() )

So for the constructor I thought probably I should use it like
BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS(fPfemSpace_create, create, 2, 3)
[...]
          .def("__init__", make_constructor( &ClassT::create ),
fPfemSpace_create())

but that fails with the error:
/usr/include/boost/python/class.hpp:598:37: error: no matching
function for call to 'get_signature'
            name, overloads, *this, detail::get_signature(sig));

I tried out a few other variations for ".def(" but I didn't find the
right one yet. Is there a way to combine make_constructor with
BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS?

-Holger