On 13/08/15 06:58 AM, MM wrote: > On 13 August 2015 at 10:24, MM <finjulh...@gmail.com > <mailto:finjulh...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I have the following class: > > class T { > }; > // T has been exposed to python with class_ > > and free function: > > void add_T( T* ); > > Ownership of the T* is taken by this C++ function. > > > If I create an instance of the python version of T, how do I "def" > the add_T function? > > def("add_T", add_T) > > fails to compile. > > > Apologies. This compiled correctly. > > This function: > > const T* get_T( const std::string& name ); > > failed to compile. > > so the T pointer is owner by a container in the c++ world, it gets > stored there by add_T, > then the get_T returns a raw pointer to it. I want to tell python to > let c++ manage it.
Sounds like you want to use the "return_internal_reference" call policy (see http://boostorg.github.io/python/doc/html/tutorial/tutorial/functions.html#tutorial.functions.call_policies). Stefan -- ...ich hab' noch einen Koffer in Berlin... _______________________________________________ Cplusplus-sig mailing list Cplusplus-sig@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cplusplus-sig
