[C++-sig] implicit conversion

Benjamin Schmeling Benjamin_Schmeling at gmx.de
Mon Jan 24 16:48:45 CET 2005


Hi,

I am working on exposing a bigint class to python.  
Now I've got the problem that methods which take an bigint as
an parameter do not accept Python longs. 

For example:
import _PythonLiDIA
x=123L;
c=_PythonLiDIA.bigint();
_PythonLiDIA.gcd(c,x);


Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "test.py", line 132, in ?
    _PythonLiDIA.gcd(a,x);
Boost.Python.ArgumentError: Python argument types in
    _PythonLiDIA.gcd(bigint, long)
did not match C++ signature:
    gcd(LiDIA::bigint, LiDIA::bigint)

I don't know how to achieve implicit conversion at this point, turning an
long automatically into an bigint. The other way round, turning an bigint
into long can be realized by defining __long__.

Can someone help me please?

Benjamin




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