[C++-sig] Re: register_exception_translator problem in 1.31.0

[David Abrahams]

Dan Halbert <halbert at bbn.com> writes:

> I am trying to use the exception translator feature stock BPL version
> from Boost 1.31.0. My code is like this:
>
>   void
>   translate(My::Own::Exception const &e)
>   {
>       PyErr_SetString( ... );
>   }
>
>
>   BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(mod)
>   {
>        // ...
>       register_exception_translator<My::Own::Exception>(translate);
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>   }
>
> However, I get a compile error with gcc 3.2.2 on Linux:
>
>   ../py_my_own.cpp: In function `void init_module_mod()':
>   ../py_my_own.cpp:68: no matching function for call to `
> 		        register_exception_translator(void (&)(My::Own::Exception&))'
>
> Studying the BPL include files has gotten me nowhere. Can you tell me
> what I'm doing wrong?

HTH,

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Dave Abrahams
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