Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve wrote:
>> In SWIG it is possible to simply define an extra class method that takes a
>> PyObject* and perform any conversion you want in that method (although
>> this means having to add that extra method for all cases where the
>> non-const pointer is used). Would something similar work in Boost.Python,
>> e.g.
>>
>> class C
>> {
>> public:
>> void set_data(data* d);
>> };
>>
>> void
>> extra_method(C& self, PyObject *obj)
>> {
>> // if obj is list of tuples, convert to
>> // data* and
>> // call self.set_data(d)
>> }
>>
>> class_<C>("C")
>> .def("set_data", &C::set_data)
>> .def("set_data", &C::extra_method)
>> ;
>>
>
> Yes, this should work if you use boost::python::object:
>
> void
> extra_method(C& self, boost::python::object obj)
>
> The conversion code in the body of this function will probably be
> similar to what you see in the container_conversion.h file.
>
> You could also use
>
> void
> extra_method(C& self, boost::python::list list_of_tuples)
>
> which will save you one manual conversion step.
>
Hey, that's really nice! I'll try that...
Thanks,
Paul
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