[C++-sig] Re: extract<const char *>

[David Abrahams]

"Niall Douglas" <s_sourceforge at nedprod.com> writes:

> On 18 Dec 2003 at 13:32, David Abrahams wrote:
>
>> > Where does extract<> store its result?
>> 
>> It doesn't.  You're getting the char const* out of the temporary
>> Python string you created.  This is the same as the "attempt to return
>> a dangling reference" issue.  If you want something that will stick
>> around, extract std::string.
>
> Would there be any reason why trying to extract to a FXString (which 
> I have previously registered a converter for and it all works fine) 
> gives a converter not found error?

If that happens, there's a reason, but I'm not sure what it is
offhand.

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Dave Abrahams
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