[C++-sig] set python attribute from C++

[David Abrahams]

on Tue Jul 15 2008, Gennadiy Rozental <rogeeff-AT-gmail.com> wrote:

> How can I set object attribute inside the function foo implementation. More
> generally: how can I get access ot the underlying python object?
>
> essentially I want something like this:
>
> void foo( A& obj )
> {
>    boost::python::object o = get_py_object( obj );
>    o.attr( "field" ) = 1;
> }

I think this works better than the other suggestions:

  void foo( boost::shared_ptr<A> a )
  {
      boost::python::object o(a);
      o.attr( "field" ) = 1;
  }

Please let me know if it works out.
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Dave Abrahams
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