[C++-sig] Re: FW: Injected constructors

[Roman Yakovenko]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Abrahams [mailto:dave at boost-consulting.com]
> Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 12:32 PM
> To: c++-sig at python.org
> Subject: [C++-sig] Re: FW: Injected constructors
> 
> 
> "Roman Yakovenko" <romany at actimize.com> writes:
> 
> > Just a question what is wrong with static member function or global
> > function make_xxx?  
> 
> Good point.  init_factory was going to be a global function, but I
> guess I like "make_init" much better than "init_factory".  Thanks!

 I think I was misunderstood. I will explain my self using code.

> > The idiom of constructing object and then making additional
> > initialization is already used in Boost.Python - borrowed function
> > for constructing handle.
> 
> Sure; that's
> 
>       .def(init_factory(f))
> 
> or, I guess:
> 
>       .def(make_init(f))
> 
> right?
> 
> > Also in Python code it will be written explicit what programmer is
> > going to do.  Did I missed something?
> 
> I don't know.  What point are you trying to make with this remark?

class MyClass
{
...
	MyClass(); //after constructing object stays in state 1
	MyClass( int i ); //after constructing object stays in state 2
	MyClass( const YourClass &x); //after constructing object stays in state 3
...
};

Now if I understand right there is a need in other state of the MyClass object.

MyClass make_myclass_from_other( const SomeOther &y );

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(staticmethod_ext)
{
    class_<MyClass>
		...
        .staticmethod(make_myclass_from_other)
...

While in python I'll write
obj = MyClass.make_myclass_from_other( third_party_class )

As for me it is much clear then adding an other constructor for the class.
At the moment I wrote I thought about class that already has a few constructors. 
Now I understand that it is not the only case. May be you have nice small class with 
one constructor and you want to add an other one.

I propose those names: make_object / make_instance

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