--- David Abrahams <dave@boost-consulting.com> wrote:
I write saying that implicitly_convertible<X, char*> doesn't work. Dave responds saying that char* is not a valid C++ string, that char const * should work. I amend my example to show that char const * does not work. Thread gets a little sidetracked with "const char*" vs "char const *" ...Limbo
Sorry, I just don't think I have time to look into the problem right now :(
In that case I'd work around the problem in one of these ways: - create "thin wrapper" functions. I.e. make standalone function with X const& or X& as the first parameter, and .def() them as member function. You can find several examples of thin wrappers in this short piece of code: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/cctbx/scitbx/include/scitbx/stl/set_wr... - if that is impractical due to the large number of functions that you might have to wrap, write your own "custom from python converter" which you could use to convert any Python object to X. Here is an example: http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/cctbx/scitbx/include/scitbx/boost_pyth... Look for "slice_from_python". It is probably not easy to grasp although it is not much code, but understanding this approach will give you access to a very ^H^H^H^Hextremely powerful tool. Ralf __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail