merging current boost/python and libs/python from trunk into release branch

[SVN r70448]

class.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
+// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/def.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/object.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/class.hpp>
+
+using namespace boost::python;
+
+struct X
+{
+    int x;
+    X(int n) : x(n) { }
+};
+
+int x_function(X& x)
+{   return x.x;
+}
+
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(class_ext)
+{
+    class_<X>("X", init<int>());
+    def("x_function", x_function);
+}
+
+#include "module_tail.cpp"

src/object/class.cpp

@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ static PyTypeObject class_metatype_object = {
 // object.
 void instance_holder::install(PyObject* self) throw()
 {
-    assert(Py_TYPE(Py_TYPE(self)) == &class_metatype_object);
+    assert(PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(Py_TYPE(self)), &class_metatype_object));
     m_next = ((objects::instance<>*)self)->objects;
     ((objects::instance<>*)self)->objects = this;
 }
@@ -482,7 +482,8 @@ namespace objects
   BOOST_PYTHON_DECL void*
   find_instance_impl(PyObject* inst, type_info type, bool null_shared_ptr_only)
   {
-      if (Py_TYPE(Py_TYPE(inst)) != &class_metatype_object)
+      if (!Py_TYPE(Py_TYPE(inst)) ||
+              !PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(Py_TYPE(inst)), &class_metatype_object))
           return 0;
     
       instance<>* self = reinterpret_cast<instance<>*>(inst);
@@ -727,7 +728,7 @@ namespace objects
 
 void* instance_holder::allocate(PyObject* self_, std::size_t holder_offset, std::size_t holder_size)
 {
-    assert(Py_TYPE(Py_TYPE(self_)) == &class_metatype_object);
+    assert(PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(Py_TYPE(self_)), &class_metatype_object));
     objects::instance<>* self = (objects::instance<>*)self_;
     
     int total_size_needed = holder_offset + holder_size;
@@ -752,7 +753,7 @@ void* instance_holder::allocate(PyObject* self_, std::size_t holder_offset, std:
 
 void instance_holder::deallocate(PyObject* self_, void* storage) throw()
 {
-    assert(Py_TYPE(Py_TYPE(self_)) == &class_metatype_object);
+    assert(PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(Py_TYPE(self_)), &class_metatype_object));
     objects::instance<>* self = (objects::instance<>*)self_;
     if (storage != (char*)self + Py_SIZE(self))
     {

test/Jamfile.v2

@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ bpl-test crossmod_exception
  [ bpl-test defaults ]
 
 [ bpl-test object ]
+[ bpl-test class ]
 [ bpl-test list ]
 [ bpl-test long ]
 [ bpl-test dict ]

test/class.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
+// accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+// http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/def.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/object.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/class.hpp>
+
+using namespace boost::python;
+
+struct X
+{
+    int x;
+    X(int n) : x(n) { }
+};
+
+int x_function(X& x)
+{   return x.x;
+}
+
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(class_ext)
+{
+    class_<X>("X", init<int>());
+    def("x_function", x_function);
+}
+
+#include "module_tail.cpp"

test/class.py

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+# Distributed under the Boost
+# Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+# file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+'''
+>>> from class_ext import *
+
+Ensure sanity:
+
+    >>> x = X(42)
+    >>> x_function(x)
+    42
+
+Demonstrate extraction in the presence of metaclass changes:
+
+    >>> class MetaX(X.__class__):
+    ...     def __new__(cls, *args):
+    ...         return super(MetaX, cls).__new__(cls, *args)
+    >>> class XPlusMetatype(X):
+    ...     __metaclass__ = MetaX
+    >>> x = XPlusMetatype(42)
+    >>> x_function(x)
+    42
+
+
+'''
+
+def run(args = None):
+    import sys
+    import doctest
+
+    if args is not None:
+        sys.argv = args
+    return doctest.testmod(sys.modules.get(__name__))
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print "running..."
+    import sys
+    status = run()[0]
+    if (status == 0): print "Done."
+    sys.exit(status)