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You cannot do this currently, because there is no way to get from the type object (which is the only thing you have available in Python) to the functions you need to pass to O&.

In Python 2.2, the type object can itself be an instance, and you could call classmethods on it... I'm doing something similar on windows.

Could you explain how you do this? If I have the typeobject, how would I get to the address of the "int (*converter)(PyObject *, void *)" function?

Jack, it seems I misunderstood you (slightly?). I was talking about the other direction (constructing Python objects from C pointers or handles). I had to invent a special convention: I use O& with a function which calls obj->as_parameter() to convert from Python to C, but of course this gives you no typechecks as your O@ proposal does.

I've reread your original O@ proposal, and I like it very much. Aren't there really any other positive responses?

Thomas