Hi, I am using pyste of boost.python to wrap a library. This library has an init function 'init' which allocates an object and sets a global pointer 'ptr' to it. This function can only be called once, so 'ptr' can or should never be changed. 1. How can I access 'ptr' or '*ptr'? 2. I have a function returning this 'ptr', what is the right call-Policy? Many thanks, Stefan