Hello list, correct me if I am wrong, but based on what I have found in the docs, SO and few other places, when creating an object in Python and passing it to a wrapped C++ function which expects a pointer and which takes the ownership of that pointer, one should: * use auto_ptr as held type when wrapping types being passed to that function, * create a wrapper function expecting auto_ptr which calls original function and releases the auto_ptr.
Additionally, if polymorphic types are to be passed, then implicitly_convertible should be used to avoid writing multiple wrapper functions for each derived type. My question is: what happens if held type of my class is auto_ptr<T>, and the (original) function expects boost::shared_ptr<T>? Does BP register a converter for these types automatically, since implicitly_convertible is not needed at all this time? Does it call shared_ptr's ctor with auto_ptr as its parameter (which calls auto_ptr's release method, causing a wrapper function to be unneeded)? Or maybe such mixing of smart pointers should be completely avoided? Thanks for help, regards _______________________________________________ Cplusplus-sig mailing list Cplusplus-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cplusplus-sig
