[C++-sig] Boost.Python call policies at runtime...

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Hi Stefan,

My apologies for the confusion. T is a C++ class. The crux of my issue is
that I need to extract variant data from a C++ object and return the data
using a return policy that is based on the type  (at runtime).

Kevin


Stefan Seefeld wrote:
> 
> Kevin Jones wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> Given a class called Variant that can (at runtime)
>> contain either an int or a T*. 
>> 
>> I.E. 
>>   class Variant {
>>     public:
>>       int type;
>>       union {
>>         int i;
>>         T* t;
>>       };
>>   };
> 
> What is 'T' ?
> 
>> How can I create a call policy that uses
>> return_by_value when Variant is an int or
>> manage_new_object when Variant is a T* (based on the
>> value of "type" at runtime)?
> 
> What do you want to call that returns either of the two ?
> 
>> Note: I need to wrap either the int as a python object
>> or T* as a python object and not Variant.
> 
> You have given far too little information about what you
> want to do (both in C++ as well as python) for anybody to
> be able to help.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 		Stefan
> 
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