[C++-sig] [boost.python] char arrays in structs

[Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve]

--- Markus Schöpflin <markus.schoepflin at comsoft.de> wrote:
> > Here bar_t is equivalent to a plain char*. The size information is lost.
> This
> > due to the C heritage.
> 
> Duh, I keep forgetting about that. But this makes me wondering why the 
> custom converter indeed does the trick in my example.

Sorry, David corrected me here. Apparently there is a difference between

  foo(char s[4])

and what you have. I wasn't aware of that.

> You mean thin wrapper as follows?
> 
> struct wrap_foo : public foo
> {
>    char const *get_bar() { return bar; }
> };
> 
> and then
> 
> class_<foo_derived>("foo")
>    .def_property("bar", &foo_derived::get_bar)
>    ;

You don't have to use inheritance just to provide a wrapper. An unbound
function  will also work if the first argument is foo& or foo const& (and maybe
even foo* etc., I am not sure):

char const*
get_bar(foo& self) { return foo.bar(); }

Then:

  class<foo>("foo")
    .def("get_bar", get_bar)
  ;


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