> 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.
Ralf
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