[C++-sig] Trying to clone (again)

[David Abrahams]

"Paul F. Kunz" <Paul_Kunz at slac.stanford.edu> writes:

> FunctionBase *
> FunctionWrap::
> clone () const  // overrides FunctionBase::clone()
> {
> #ifndef HAVE_OLD_PYTHON
>   PyGILState_STATE state = PyGILState_Ensure ();
>   object py_result;
>   if (override clone = this->get_override("clone")) {
>      try {
> 	// The Python class author overrode clone; do
> 	// whatever she says
> 	py_result = clone();

The result of invoking an override is not meant to be used this way,
but you might be able to force it by doing:

    py_result = boost::implicit_cast<object>(clone());

What compiler are you using, incidentally?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
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