[C++-sig] Re: operator ->, cast operator

"Leonard \"paniq\" Ritter" <paniq@paniq.org> writes:

followup (heh):

to get the syntax i wished for i wrote a function that went like

template<typename T> Ptr<T> New(const String& objectClassName) { return Ptr<T>(objectClassName); }

and exposed it via def("View",New<View>), and that works due to boost.pythons magical ptr conversion wizardry ;) the class itself is now exposed as "ViewInterface" which is not _perfect_, but its sufficient since type names dont play a big role in python anyway.

Okay, but you could use make_constructor; it will get you the interface you want.

thank you dave for the help, boost.python rocks again :)

Sure. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com