Indeed, reversing the order works. Thanks also for the explanation. This required to change my template metaprogramming code which I use to export the classes. This is not optimal as I want to know that no compiler errors occur for `double` before I get potentially more complicated compiler errors for `std::complex<double>`, but I will probably have to live with that.
-Holger On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 19:03, Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve <rwgrosse-kunstl...@lbl.gov> wrote: > Did you already try .def'ing the functions with the order reversed? I think > it should work for your case. > Boost.Python uses a simple "first match" approach, I think trying bottom up > for functions and member functions, top down for constructors (for weird > reasons). > > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:48 AM, Holger Brandsmeier <brandsme...@gmx.de> > wrote: >> >> Dear list, >> >> I exported the C++ function `sin` both for real and complex numbers >> (`float` and `complex` in python / `double` and `std::complex` in C++) >> and I noticed that calling `sin(2.3)` gives `(0.7457052121767203-0j)` >> so a complex number. Why is that? In which order does boost python >> handle overloading of functions anyways? >> >> >> More precisely I exported this function to python >> >> >>> sin? >> Type: function >> Base Class: <type 'builtin_function_or_method'> >> String Form: <Boost.Python.function object at 0x26358e0> >> Namespace: Interactive >> Docstring: >> sin( (float)arg1) -> float : >> >> C++ signature : >> double sin(double) >> >> sin( (complex)arg1) -> complex : >> >> C++ signature : >> std::complex<double> sin(std::complex<double>) >> >> Notice in particular that the `float` version is above the `complex` >> version, so if boost::python things this is ambiguous (I don't >> condider this abiguous), but even if so I was kind of expecting him to >> use the first exported function, not the second. >> >> Any ideas? >> -Holger >> _______________________________________________ >> Cplusplus-sig mailing list >> Cplusplus-sig@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cplusplus-sig > > > > _______________________________________________ > Cplusplus-sig mailing list > Cplusplus-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cplusplus-sig _______________________________________________ Cplusplus-sig mailing list Cplusplus-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cplusplus-sig
