[C++-sig] Re: Pyste bug: can't set different return policies on method

[David Abrahams]

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

> On 21 Sep 2003 at 14:32, Nicodemus wrote:
>
>> That's a limitation of Pyste right now. One of the future plans is to
>> allow metaprogramming inside the pyste files, which would allow you to
>> do something like this:
>> 
>> FXFile = Class(...)
>> 
>> if not FXFile.name.static:
>>     set_policy(FXFile.name, return_internal_reference)
>> 
>> But this might take a while to be implemented... I haven't had much
>> time to work on Pyste lately. But what you think of this solution?
>
> Looks to me like you're making work for yourself.
>
> How about instead when pyste encounters two methods with the same 
> name it puts an array at FXFile.name ie; now it's FXFile.name[0] and 
> FXFile.name[1]. This ensures you don't accidentally set the policy 
> incorrectly for both when you meant one of them, plus it's much 
> easier to code.

I like that idea.

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Dave Abrahams
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