[C++-sig] Extending & embedding Python?

[James Gunn]

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Hi Stefan,

> From: Stefan Seefeld [mailto:seefeld at sympatico.ca]
> 
> James Gunn wrote:
> 
> > I almost had it working yesterday, however, when my script 
> had finished
> > running 
> > the state had not been updated...I think this is because 
> instead of Python 
> > referencing the same C++ object it had created a new one. 
> Is there a way
> > around 
> > this? I've looked through the docs and the documentation 
> but I'm a bit
> > lost/stuck.
> 
> 
> It's hard to make any guess without some more detail (such as code
> snippets). If you are not sure whether the objects are passed by value
> (i.e. copied) or by reference, you may want to have a close look at
> boost.python's 'call policies' (for example
> 
> http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/call_policies.html).
> 
> What you have in mind should certainly work.

Thanks for the quick response. I'll try and get something together to
show exactly what I'm doing. 

Cheers,

James


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