Re: [C++-sig] Avoiding implicit boost::python::extract<> conversions

2011-04-07 Thread Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve
If you add the undocumented (sorry) define -DBOOST_PYTHON_BOOL_INT_STRICT Boost.Python will not convert bool to int and vice versa. I have been working with this define for a couple years now with a good experience. (The main reason for the define to be undocumented is that the tests need to be

Re: [C++-sig] Avoiding implicit boost::python::extract<> conversions

2011-04-07 Thread Hans Meine
Am Donnerstag, 7. April 2011, um 16:02:47 schrieb Murray Cumming: > It looks like boost::python::extract::check() will happily succeed > on an int python object, and boost::python::extract::check() will > likewise succeed on a bool python object. > > Is there an easy way to discover the actual pyt

[C++-sig] Avoiding implicit boost::python::extract<> conversions

2011-04-07 Thread Murray Cumming
It looks like boost::python::extract::check() will happily succeed on an int python object, and boost::python::extract::check() will likewise succeed on a bool python object. Is there an easy way to discover the actual python type so I can really get the data I want in the correct type? -- murr.