[C++-sig] C++ static function as __init__

[Piotr Jaroszyński]

On Thursday 14 of June 2007 02:29:27 Alex Mohr wrote:
> Does something like this work for you?
>
> struct Foo {
>      Foo() {}
>      static Foo *init_me() {
>          return new Foo;
>      }
> };
>
> class_<Foo>("Foo", no_init)
>      .def("__init__", make_constructor(Foo::init_me));
>
> I forget if you need manage_new_object in there or not...

I somehow missed the make_constructor before posting and found it just before 
receiving your reply. I did exactly the same but used shared_ptr instead of 
the raw pointer as I keep the real Foo in a shared_ptr anyway (probably, it 
doesn't matter, but shouldn't hurt, right?)

Thanks and sorry for the noise :]

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Best Regards,
Piotr Jaroszyński