[C++-sig] Re: pure virtual methods with pyste

[wiedeman at gmx.net]

Hi Nicodemus,

>Yes, it follows the procedure in the tutorial about abstract virtual 
>functions, ie, it only generates the virtual wrapper. You should still 
>be able to override the abstract member functions in Python, though... 
>is this the problem you're having?

No, that's not my problem. I want to be able to use pointers to abstract
classes within python without wrapping all the derived classes (in fact, they
are plugins), and, if possible, without writing a call_f function for every
pure virtual method. 
I've played around with boost.python and found the solution below
(Test.cpp). With pyste, i'd get an empty class Abstract. I wonder, if my solution is
dangerous or even wrong ?

Thanks in advance,
Christoph

/* Test.cpp */

struct Abstract { 
  virtual void a() = 0;
};

#include <boost/python.hpp>

using namespace boost::python;

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(myclasses) {
  class_<Abstract, AbstractWrap, boost::noncopyable>("Abstract")
    .def("a", &Abstract::a)
    ;
}