Re: [C++-sig] Inner class name

On 06/04/2013 01:12 PM, John Reid wrote:

Inner classes seem to be given the wrong name or perhaps this is by design. Could someone enlighten me? If I do:

namespace py = boost::python; py::class_< T > outer( "Outer" ); py::scope( outer ); py::class_< U > inner( "Inner" );

then in python:

import module as M print M.Outer.Inner

gives "M.Inner" which doesn't exist. I'm not sure it is important, it just seems curious.

I agree that it's curious, but Python has never really handled inner classes terribly well; Boost.Python's behavior in this respect is the same as pure Python: class Outer(object): class Inner(object): pass print Outer.Inner gives "__main__.Inner" Jim