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<li><a class="reference" href="#pyunicode-support" id="id17" name="id17"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">PyUnicode</span></tt> Support</a></li>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" name="base-class-for-virtual-function-callback-wrappers">Base Class for Virtual Function Callback Wrappers</a></h2>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id5" id="base-class-for-virtual-function-callback-wrappers" name="base-class-for-virtual-function-callback-wrappers">Base Class for Virtual Function Callback Wrappers</a></h2>
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<ul class="simple">
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<li><a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/1456023">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/1456023</a>
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(bottom of message)</li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2003-August/005297.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2003-August/005297.html</a>
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(search for <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">VirtualDispatcher</span></tt>) describes how callback classes
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can swap ownership relationship with their Python wrappers.</li>
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<li><a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/1860301">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/1860301</a>
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describes how this can also be used to considerably simplify
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Scott Snyder provided a patch; Dave was dissatisfied for some
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reason, but maybe it should just be applied if no further action
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occurs <a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1824616">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1824616</a>.</blockquote>
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<p>It should be possible to wrap classes which support <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">operator()</span></tt>
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<p>It should be possible to wrap classes which support <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">operator()</span></tt>
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as Python methods.</p>
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<p><a class="reference" href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2003-August/005184.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2003-August/005184.html</a></p>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id10" id="best-match-overload-resolution" name="best-match-overload-resolution">"Best Match" Overload Resolution</a></h2>
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<p>Overload resolution currently depends on the order in which <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">def</span></tt>
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<p>Overload resolution currently depends on the order in which <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">def</span></tt>
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calls are made (preferring later overloads). This should be
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id12" name="lvalue-conversions-from-non-const-pytypeobject-s">Lvalue conversions from non-const <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">PyTypeObject*</span></tt>s</a></h2>
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<blockquote>
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<a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1662717">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1662717</a></blockquote>
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<p><a class="reference" href="http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.c++/2044">http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.c++/2044</a></p>
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<p>If this gets done at all, it is going to happen in conjunction
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Conversions to and from Python would be nice. See
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<a class="reference" href="http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cuvewak97m.fsf%40boost%2dconsulting.com%3e">http://news.gmane.org/find-root.php?message_id=%3cuvewak97m.fsf%40boost%2dconsulting.com%3e</a></blockquote>
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<a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1411366">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1411366</a></blockquote>
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returned as opaque values.</blockquote>
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register an additional action. See the end of
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<a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1755435">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1755435</a></blockquote>
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<p>Review and possibly incorporate changes from <a class="reference" href="mailto:qinlj-at-solidshare.com">Lijun Qin</a> at
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<a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1771145">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1771145</a></p>
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In the thread at
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<a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/1860301">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/1860301</a>,
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Builtin correspondences between builtiin Python types and C++
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types need to be documented</blockquote>
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<p>The structure of the framework needs to get documented; <a class="reference" href="mailto:brett.calcott-at-paradise.net.nz">Brett
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Calcott</a> has promised to turn <a class="reference" href="doc/internals.html">this document</a> into something fit
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in Boost.Python: see the thread at
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solutions and verifying that we <em>do</em> have a complete solution is
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This project to generalizes Boost.Python to work for other
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languages, initially Lua. See discussions at
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<a class="reference" href="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-langbinding">http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-langbinding</a></blockquote>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id26" id="refactoring-and-reorganization" name="refactoring-and-reorganization">Refactoring and Reorganization</a></h2>
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<blockquote>
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<a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/1673338">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/c++-sig/1673338</a></blockquote>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id26" name="numarray-support-enhancements">NumArray Support Enhancements</a></h2>
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<div class="section">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27" id="numarray-support-enhancements" name="numarray-support-enhancements">NumArray Support Enhancements</a></h2>
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<blockquote>
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Consider integrating the enhancements described in
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<a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1757092">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/C++-sig/1757092</a></blockquote>
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<div class="section" id="pyfinalize-safety">
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id27" name="pyfinalize-safety"><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">PyFinalize</span></tt> Safety</a></h2>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id28" id="pyfinalize-safety" name="pyfinalize-safety"><tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyFinalize</span></tt> Safety</a></h2>
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<blockquote>
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<p>Currently Boost.Python has several global (or function-static)
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objects whose existence keeps reference counts from dropping to
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zero until the Boost.Python shared object is unloaded. This can
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cause a crash because when the reference counts <em>do</em> go to zero,
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there's no interpreter. In order to make it safe to call
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<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">PyFinalize()</span></tt> we must register an <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">atexit</span></tt> routine which
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<tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">PyFinalize()</span></tt> we must register an <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">atexit</span></tt> routine which
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destroys these objects and releases all Python reference counts
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so that Python can clean them up while there's still an
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interpreter. <a class="reference" href="mailto:dirk-at-gerrits.homeip.net">Dirk Gerrits</a> has promised to do this job.</p>
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@@ -228,11 +236,5 @@ interpreter. <a class="reference" href="mailto:dirk-at-gerrits.homeip.net">Dirk
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