[C++-sig] Strange problem with boost::python::scope

[David Abrahams]

on Sun Sep 02 2007, Lloyd Weehuizen <lloyd-AT-fusion.net.nz> wrote:

> I then try to inherit from DataGrid in python code as follows:
>
> class CustomDataGrid(testmodule.element.DataGrid):
>      def __init__(self, tag):
>          testmodule.element.DataGrid.__init__(self, tag)
>
> And I get the following error:
>   Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "c:\projects\testmodule\datagrid.py", line 6, in __init__
>    testmodule.element.DataGrid.__init__(self, tag)
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'DataGrid'
>
> Strangely enough the CustomDataGrid class inheritance finds the  
> object correctly, but calling the base  initializer fails.
>
> Any ideas?

I'm afraid not.  Your best bet is to debug python itself in Visual
Studio (I'm assuming you're on VC++) and find out where the exception
is being thrown.

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