[C++-sig] Boost.Python.function.__signatures__

[Nikolay Mladenov]

"Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" wrote:
> 
> --- Nikolay Mladenov <nickm at sitius.com> wrote:
> > Don't you think relying on the order of overloads is a problem by
> > itself?
> 
> Well, yes, but that's the way Boost.Python works at the moment, and I had a few
> situations where I had to get the order right to achieve what I wanted.
> 
> > I do the sorting so I can write:
> > func( arg1 [, arg2 [, arg3[ ...]]]])
> > instead of n lines with one arg difference.
> > And I do not reorder the overloads.
> 
> That's very nice, but couldn't you also do this without sorting? In most cases
> you'd probably get the same result anyway, but you wouldn't undo the work
> someone may have done in ordering the overloads.

Yes, you are probably right. I will see if I can remove the sorting. I
have to check how 
the overload generators order their overloads(they should be with
increasing number of args).
But in all cases the sorting is not really mandatory, although it is
nice.

I have also used the ordering to achieve better performance, but I never
had a case where 
the ordering affects the logical behavior.


Nikolay