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[SVN r13249]

Jamfile

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+subproject libs/python ;
+
+# bring in the rules for python
+SEARCH on <module@>python.jam = $(BOOST_BUILD_PATH) ;
+include <module@>python.jam ;
+
+dll bpl
+  : 
+  src/converter/from_python.cpp
+  src/converter/registry.cpp
+  src/converter/type_id.cpp
+  src/object/class.cpp
+  src/object/function.cpp
+  src/object/inheritance.cpp
+  src/object/life_support.cpp
+  src/errors.cpp
+  src/module.cpp
+  src/objects.cpp
+  src/converter/builtin_converters.cpp
+  src/converter/callback.cpp
+  :
+  $(BOOST_PYTHON_V2_PROPERTIES)
+    <define>BOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE
+    ;

build/Jamfile

@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+#  (C) Copyright David Abrahams 2001. Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and
+#  distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears
+#  in all copies. This software is provided "as is" without express or implied
+#  warranty, and with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+#
+# Boost.Python build and test Jamfile
+#
+# To run all tests quietly: jam test
+# To run all tests with verbose output: jam -sPYTHON_TEST_ARGS=-v test
+#
+# Declares the following targets:
+#   1. libboost_python.dll/.so, a dynamic library to be linked with all
+#      Boost.Python modules
+#
+#   2. pairs of test targets of the form <name>.test and <name>.run
+#      <name>.test runs the test when it is out-of-date, and the "test"
+#      pseudotarget depends on it. <name>.run runs
+#      a test unconditionally, and can be used to force a test to run.. Each
+#      test target builds one or more Boost.Python modules and runs a Python
+#      script to test them. The test names are:
+#
+#      from ../test
+#
+#         comprehensive         - a comprehensive test of Boost.Python features
+#
+#      from ../example:
+#         abstract              -
+#         getting_started1      -
+#         getting_started2      -
+#         simple_vector         -
+#         do_it_yourself_convts -
+#         pickle1               -
+#         pickle2               -
+#         pickle3               -
+#
+#         dvect1                -
+#         dvect2                -
+#         ivect1                -
+#         ivect2                -
+#         noncopyable           -
+#
+# subproject-specific environment/command-line variables:
+#
+# PYTHON                - How to invoke the Python interpreter. Defaults to "python"
+#
+# PYTHON_ROOT           - Windows only: where Python is installed. Defaults to "c:/tools/python"
+#
+# PYTHON_VERSION        - Version of Python. Defaults to "2.1" on Windows, "1.5" on Unix
+#
+# PYTHON_TEST_ARGS      - specifies arguments to be passed to test scripts on
+#                         the command line. "-v" can be useful if you want to
+#                         see the output of successful tests.
+#
+# PYTHON_VECT_ITERATIONS - specifies the number of test iterations to use for
+#                          the dvect and ivect tests above.
+
+# declare the location of this subproject relative to the root
+subproject libs/python/build ;
+
+# bring in the rules for python
+SEARCH on <module@>python.jam = $(BOOST_BUILD_PATH) ;
+include <module@>python.jam ;
+
+local PYTHON_PROPERTIES = $(PYTHON_PROPERTIES) <define>BOOST_PYTHON_DYNAMIC_LIB ;
+
+#######################
+rule bpl-test ( test-name : sources + )
+{
+    boost-python-test $(test-name) : $(sources) <dll>boost_python ;
+}
+
+#######################
+
+#
+# Declare the boost python static link library
+#
+
+# Base names of the source files for libboost_python
+local CPP_SOURCES =
+  types classes conversions extension_class functions 
+  init_function module_builder objects cross_module errors
+  ;
+
+lib boost_python_static : ../src/$(CPP_SOURCES).cpp
+    # requirements
+    : $(BOOST_PYTHON_INCLUDES)
+    <shared-linkable>true
+      <define>BOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB=1
+    $(PYTHON_PROPERTIES) ;
+
+dll boost_python
+  # $(SUFDLL[1])
+    : ../src/$(CPP_SOURCES).cpp
+	# requirements
+      : $(BOOST_PYTHON_INCLUDES)
+	<shared-linkable>true
+        <runtime-link>dynamic
+        <define>BOOST_PYTHON_HAS_DLL_RUNTIME=1
+	$(PYTHON_PROPERTIES)
+          ;
+
+############# comprehensive module and test ###########
+bpl-test boost_python_test
+      : ../test/comprehensive.cpp ;
+
+boost-python-runtest comprehensive
+         : ../test/comprehensive.py <pyd>boost_python_test <dll>boost_python ;
+
+############# simple tests from ../example ############
+
+rule boost-python-example-runtest ( name )
+{
+    bpl-test $(name)
+      : ../example/$(name).cpp ;
+    
+    boost-python-runtest $(name)
+      : ../example/test_$(name).py <pyd>$(name) ;
+}
+
+
+boost-python-example-runtest abstract ;
+boost-python-example-runtest getting_started1 ;
+boost-python-example-runtest getting_started2 ;
+boost-python-example-runtest simple_vector ;
+boost-python-example-runtest do_it_yourself_convts ;
+boost-python-example-runtest pickle1 ;
+boost-python-example-runtest pickle2 ;
+boost-python-example-runtest pickle3 ;
+
+
+bpl-test ivect : ../example/ivect.cpp ;
+bpl-test dvect : ../example/dvect.cpp ;
+bpl-test noncopyable_export : ../example/noncopyable_export.cpp ;
+bpl-test noncopyable_import : ../example/noncopyable_import.cpp ;
+
+############## cross-module tests from ../example ##########
+
+# A simple rule to build a test which depends on multiple modules in the PYTHONPATH
+rule boost-python-multi-example-runtest ( test-name : modules + )
+{
+    boost-python-runtest $(test-name)
+        : ../example/tst_$(test-name).py <pyd>$(modules) <dll>boost_python
+        : : : $(PYTHON_VECT_ITERATIONS) ;
+}
+
+PYTHON_VECT_ITERATIONS ?= 10 ;
+
+boost-python-multi-example-runtest dvect1 : ivect dvect ;
+boost-python-multi-example-runtest dvect2 : ivect dvect ;
+
+boost-python-multi-example-runtest ivect1 : ivect dvect ;
+boost-python-multi-example-runtest ivect2 : ivect dvect ;
+
+boost-python-multi-example-runtest
+        noncopyable : noncopyable_import noncopyable_export ;
+

build/como.mak

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ LIBSRC = \
     classes.cpp \
     conversions.cpp \
     cross_module.cpp \
+    errors.cpp \
     extension_class.cpp \
     functions.cpp \
     init_function.cpp \

build/filemgr.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ bpl_exa = "/libs/python/example"
 files = (
 bpl_src + "/classes.cpp",
 bpl_src + "/conversions.cpp",
+bpl_src + "/errors.cpp",
 bpl_src + "/extension_class.cpp",
 bpl_src + "/functions.cpp",
 bpl_src + "/init_function.cpp",
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@ bpl_exa + "/abstract.cpp",
 bpl_exa + "/getting_started1.cpp",
 bpl_exa + "/getting_started2.cpp",
 bpl_exa + "/simple_vector.cpp",
-bpl_exa + "/do_it_yourself_converters.cpp",
+bpl_exa + "/do_it_yourself_convts.cpp",
+bpl_exa + "/nested.cpp",
 bpl_exa + "/pickle1.cpp",
 bpl_exa + "/pickle2.cpp",
 bpl_exa + "/pickle3.cpp",
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ bpl_exa + "/test_abstract.py",
 bpl_exa + "/test_getting_started1.py",
 bpl_exa + "/test_getting_started2.py",
 bpl_exa + "/test_simple_vector.py",
-bpl_exa + "/test_do_it_yourself_converters.py",
+bpl_exa + "/test_do_it_yourself_convts.py",
+bpl_exa + "/test_nested.py",
 bpl_exa + "/test_pickle1.py",
 bpl_exa + "/test_pickle2.py",
 bpl_exa + "/test_pickle3.py",
@@ -52,6 +55,13 @@ bpl_exa + "/tst_dvect2.py",
 bpl_exa + "/tst_ivect1.py",
 bpl_exa + "/tst_ivect2.py",
 bpl_exa + "/test_cross_module.py",
+bpl_exa + "/vector_wrapper.h",
+bpl_exa + "/richcmp1.cpp",
+bpl_exa + "/richcmp2.cpp",
+bpl_exa + "/richcmp3.cpp",
+bpl_exa + "/test_richcmp1.py",
+bpl_exa + "/test_richcmp2.py",
+bpl_exa + "/test_richcmp3.py",
 )
 
 defs = (
@@ -60,7 +70,8 @@ defs = (
 "getting_started1",
 "getting_started2",
 "simple_vector",
-"do_it_yourself_converters",
+"do_it_yourself_convts",
+"nested",
 "pickle1",
 "pickle2",
 "pickle3",
@@ -68,6 +79,9 @@ defs = (
 "noncopyable_import",
 "ivect",
 "dvect",
+"richcmp1",
+"richcmp2",
+"richcmp3",
 )
 
 if (__name__ == "__main__"):

build/gcc.mak

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ LIBSRC = \
     classes.cpp \
     conversions.cpp \
     cross_module.cpp \
+    errors.cpp \
     extension_class.cpp \
     functions.cpp \
     init_function.cpp \

build/irix_CC.mak

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 ROOT=$(HOME)
 BOOST=$(ROOT)/boost
 
-PYEXE=/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/bin/python
-PYINC=-I/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/include/python1.5
-#PYEXE=/usr/local/Python-2.0/bin/python
-#PYINC=-I/usr/local/Python-2.0/include/python2.0
+#PYEXE=PYTHONPATH=. /usr/local/Python-1.5.2/bin/python
+#PYINC=-I/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/include/python1.5
+PYEXE=PYTHONPATH=. /usr/local_cci/Python-2.1.1/bin/python
+PYINC=-I/usr/local_cci/Python-2.1.1/include/python2.1
 STLPORTINC=-I$(BOOST)/boost/compatibility/cpp_c_headers
 
 STDOPTS=
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ MAKEDEP=-M
 LD=CC -LANG:std -n32 -mips4
 LDOPTS=-shared
 
-OBJ=classes.o conversions.o extension_class.o functions.o \
+OBJ=classes.o conversions.o errors.o extension_class.o functions.o \
     init_function.o module_builder.o \
     objects.o types.o cross_module.o
 DEPOBJ=$(OBJ) \
@@ -43,10 +43,12 @@ DEPOBJ=$(OBJ) \
        abstract.o \
        getting_started1.o getting_started2.o \
        simple_vector.o \
-       do_it_yourself_converters.o \
+       do_it_yourself_convts.o \
+       nested.o \
        pickle1.o pickle2.o pickle3.o \
        noncopyable_export.o noncopyable_import.o \
-       ivect.o dvect.o
+       ivect.o dvect.o \
+       richcmp1.o richcmp2.o richcmp3.o
 
 .SUFFIXES: .o .cpp
 
@@ -55,10 +57,12 @@ all: libboost_python.a \
      abstract.so \
      getting_started1.so getting_started2.so \
      simple_vector.so \
-     do_it_yourself_converters.so \
+     do_it_yourself_convts.so \
+     nested.so \
      pickle1.so pickle2.so pickle3.so \
      noncopyable_export.so noncopyable_import.so \
-     ivect.so dvect.so
+     ivect.so dvect.so \
+     richcmp1.so richcmp2.so richcmp3.so
 
 libboost_python.a: $(OBJ)
 	rm -f libboost_python.a
@@ -79,8 +83,11 @@ getting_started2.so: $(OBJ) getting_started2.o
 simple_vector.so: $(OBJ) simple_vector.o
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) simple_vector.o -o simple_vector.so
 
-do_it_yourself_converters.so: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.o
-	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.o -o do_it_yourself_converters.so
+do_it_yourself_convts.so: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.o -o do_it_yourself_convts.so
+
+nested.so: $(OBJ) nested.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) nested.o -o nested.so
 
 pickle1.so: $(OBJ) pickle1.o
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) pickle1.o -o pickle1.so
@@ -105,6 +112,15 @@ ivect.so: $(OBJ) ivect.o
 dvect.so: $(OBJ) dvect.o
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) $(HIDDEN) dvect.o -o dvect.so
 
+richcmp1.so: $(OBJ) richcmp1.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp1.o -o richcmp1.so
+
+richcmp2.so: $(OBJ) richcmp2.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp2.o -o richcmp2.so
+
+richcmp3.so: $(OBJ) richcmp3.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp3.o -o richcmp3.so
+
 .cpp.o:
 	$(CPP) $(CPPOPTS) -c $*.cpp
 
@@ -114,11 +130,15 @@ test:
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_simple_vector.py
-	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_converters.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_convts.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_nested.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle3.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_cross_module.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp1.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp2.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp3.py
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OBJ) libboost_python.a libboost_python.a.input
@@ -127,7 +147,8 @@ clean:
 	rm -f getting_started1.o getting_started1.so
 	rm -f getting_started2.o getting_started2.so
 	rm -f simple_vector.o simple_vector.so
-	rm -f do_it_yourself_converters.o do_it_yourself_converters.so
+	rm -f do_it_yourself_convts.o do_it_yourself_convts.so
+	rm -f nested.o nested.so
 	rm -f pickle1.o pickle1.so
 	rm -f pickle2.o pickle2.so
 	rm -f pickle3.o pickle3.so
@@ -135,6 +156,9 @@ clean:
 	rm -f noncopyable_import.o noncopyable_import.so
 	rm -f ivect.o ivect.so
 	rm -f dvect.o dvect.so
+	rm -f richcmp1.o richcmp1.so
+	rm -f richcmp2.o richcmp2.so
+	rm -f richcmp3.o richcmp3.so
 	rm -f so_locations *.pyc
 	rm -rf ii_files
 

build/linux_gcc.mak

@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 ROOT=$(HOME)
 BOOST=$(ROOT)/boost
 
-PYEXE=/usr/bin/python
-PYINC=-I/usr/include/python1.5
-#PYEXE=/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/bin/python
+#PYEXE=PYTHONPATH=. /usr/bin/python
+#PYINC=-I/usr/include/python1.5
+#PYEXE=PYTHONPATH=. /usr/local/Python-1.5.2/bin/python
 #PYINC=-I/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/include/python1.5
-#PYEXE=/usr/local/Python-2.0/bin/python
-#PYINC=-I/usr/local/Python-2.0/include/python2.0
+PYEXE=PYTHONPATH=. /usr/local_cci/Python-2.1.1/bin/python
+PYINC=-I/usr/local_cci/Python-2.1.1/include/python2.1
 
-STDOPTS=-ftemplate-depth-21
+STDOPTS=-fPIC -ftemplate-depth-21
 WARNOPTS=
 OPTOPTS=-g
 
@@ -33,10 +33,10 @@ CPPOPTS=$(STLPORTINC) $(STLPORTOPTS) -I$(BOOST) $(PYINC) \
         $(STDOPTS) $(WARNOPTS) $(OPTOPTS)
 MAKEDEP=-M
 
-LD=g++
+LD=$(CPP)
 LDOPTS=-shared
 
-OBJ=classes.o conversions.o extension_class.o functions.o \
+OBJ=classes.o conversions.o errors.o extension_class.o functions.o \
     init_function.o module_builder.o \
     objects.o types.o cross_module.o
 DEPOBJ=$(OBJ) \
@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ DEPOBJ=$(OBJ) \
        abstract.o \
        getting_started1.o getting_started2.o \
        simple_vector.o \
-       do_it_yourself_converters.o \
+       do_it_yourself_convts.o \
+       nested.o \
        pickle1.o pickle2.o pickle3.o \
        noncopyable_export.o noncopyable_import.o \
-       ivect.o dvect.o
+       ivect.o dvect.o \
+       richcmp1.o richcmp2.o richcmp3.o
 
 .SUFFIXES: .o .cpp
 
@@ -56,10 +58,12 @@ all: libboost_python.a \
      abstract.so \
      getting_started1.so getting_started2.so \
      simple_vector.so \
-     do_it_yourself_converters.so \
+     do_it_yourself_convts.so \
+     nested.so \
      pickle1.so pickle2.so pickle3.so \
      noncopyable_export.so noncopyable_import.so \
-     ivect.so dvect.so
+     ivect.so dvect.so \
+     richcmp1.so richcmp2.so richcmp3.so
 
 libboost_python.a: $(OBJ)
 	rm -f libboost_python.a
@@ -80,8 +84,11 @@ getting_started2.so: $(OBJ) getting_started2.o
 simple_vector.so: $(OBJ) simple_vector.o
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) simple_vector.o -o simple_vector.so
 
-do_it_yourself_converters.so: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.o
-	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.o -o do_it_yourself_converters.so
+do_it_yourself_convts.so: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.o -o do_it_yourself_convts.so
+
+nested.so: $(OBJ) nested.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) nested.o -o nested.so
 
 pickle1.so: $(OBJ) pickle1.o
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) pickle1.o -o pickle1.so
@@ -106,6 +113,15 @@ ivect.so: $(OBJ) ivect.o
 dvect.so: $(OBJ) dvect.o
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) $(HIDDEN) dvect.o -o dvect.so
 
+richcmp1.so: $(OBJ) richcmp1.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp1.o -o richcmp1.so
+
+richcmp2.so: $(OBJ) richcmp2.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp2.o -o richcmp2.so
+
+richcmp3.so: $(OBJ) richcmp3.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp3.o -o richcmp3.so
+
 .cpp.o:
 	$(CPP) $(CPPOPTS) -c $*.cpp
 
@@ -115,11 +131,15 @@ test:
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_simple_vector.py
-	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_converters.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_convts.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_nested.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle3.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_cross_module.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp1.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp2.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp3.py
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OBJ) libboost_python.a libboost_python.a.input
@@ -128,7 +148,8 @@ clean:
 	rm -f getting_started1.o getting_started1.so
 	rm -f getting_started2.o getting_started2.so
 	rm -f simple_vector.o simple_vector.so
-	rm -f do_it_yourself_converters.o do_it_yourself_converters.so
+	rm -f do_it_yourself_convts.o do_it_yourself_convts.so
+	rm -f nested.o nested.so
 	rm -f pickle1.o pickle1.so
 	rm -f pickle2.o pickle2.so
 	rm -f pickle3.o pickle3.so
@@ -136,6 +157,9 @@ clean:
 	rm -f noncopyable_import.o noncopyable_import.so
 	rm -f ivect.o ivect.so
 	rm -f dvect.o dvect.so
+	rm -f richcmp1.o richcmp1.so
+	rm -f richcmp2.o richcmp2.so
+	rm -f richcmp3.o richcmp3.so
 	rm -f so_locations *.pyc
 
 softlinks:

build/mingw32.mak

@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@
 # -fvtable-thunks eliminates the compiler warning, but
 #                 "import boost_python_test" still causes a crash.
 
-ROOT=L:
+ROOT=R:
 BOOST_WIN="$(ROOT)\boost"
 BOOST_UNIX=$(HOME)/boost
 
 PYEXE="C:\Program files\Python\python.exe"
 PYINC=-I"C:\usr\include\python1.5"
 PYLIB="C:\usr\lib\libpython15.a"
+#PYEXE="C:\Python21\python.exe"
+#PYINC=-I"C:\usr\include\python2.1"
+#PYLIB="C:\usr\lib\libpython21.a"
 
 STDOPTS=-ftemplate-depth-21
 WARNOPTS=
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ CPPOPTS=$(STLPORTINC) $(STLPORTOPTS) -I$(BOOST_WIN) $(PYINC) \
 LD=g++
 LDOPTS=-shared
 
-OBJ=classes.o conversions.o extension_class.o functions.o \
+OBJ=classes.o conversions.o errors.o extension_class.o functions.o \
     init_function.o module_builder.o \
     objects.o types.o cross_module.o
 
@@ -59,13 +62,15 @@ all: libboost_python.a \
      abstract.pyd \
      getting_started1.pyd getting_started2.pyd \
      simple_vector.pyd \
-     do_it_yourself_converters.pyd \
+     do_it_yourself_convts.pyd \
+     nested.pyd \
      pickle1.pyd pickle2.pyd pickle3.pyd \
      noncopyable_export.pyd noncopyable_import.pyd \
-     ivect.pyd dvect.pyd
+     ivect.pyd dvect.pyd \
+     richcmp1.pyd richcmp2.pyd richcmp3.pyd
 
 libboost_python.a: $(OBJ)
-	del libboost_python.a
+	-del libboost_python.a
 	ar r libboost_python.a $(OBJ)
 
 DLLWRAPOPTS=-s --driver-name g++ -s \
@@ -101,11 +106,17 @@ simple_vector.pyd: $(OBJ) simple_vector.o
           --def simple_vector.def \
           $(OBJ) simple_vector.o $(PYLIB)
 
-do_it_yourself_converters.pyd: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.o
+do_it_yourself_convts.pyd: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.o
 	dllwrap $(DLLWRAPOPTS) \
-          --dllname do_it_yourself_converters.pyd \
-          --def do_it_yourself_converters.def \
-          $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.o $(PYLIB)
+          --dllname do_it_yourself_convts.pyd \
+          --def do_it_yourself_convts.def \
+          $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.o $(PYLIB)
+
+nested.pyd: $(OBJ) nested.o
+	dllwrap $(DLLWRAPOPTS) \
+          --dllname nested.pyd \
+          --def nested.def \
+          $(OBJ) nested.o $(PYLIB)
 
 pickle1.pyd: $(OBJ) pickle1.o
 	dllwrap $(DLLWRAPOPTS) \
@@ -149,6 +160,24 @@ dvect.pyd: $(OBJ) dvect.o
           --def dvect.def \
           $(OBJ) dvect.o $(PYLIB)
 
+richcmp1.pyd: $(OBJ) richcmp1.o
+	dllwrap $(DLLWRAPOPTS) \
+          --dllname richcmp1.pyd \
+          --def richcmp1.def \
+          $(OBJ) richcmp1.o $(PYLIB)
+
+richcmp2.pyd: $(OBJ) richcmp2.o
+	dllwrap $(DLLWRAPOPTS) \
+          --dllname richcmp2.pyd \
+          --def richcmp2.def \
+          $(OBJ) richcmp2.o $(PYLIB)
+
+richcmp3.pyd: $(OBJ) richcmp3.o
+	dllwrap $(DLLWRAPOPTS) \
+          --dllname richcmp3.pyd \
+          --def richcmp3.def \
+          $(OBJ) richcmp3.o $(PYLIB)
+
 .cpp.o:
 	$(CPP) $(CPPOPTS) -c $*.cpp
 
@@ -158,17 +187,21 @@ test:
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_simple_vector.py
-	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_converters.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_convts.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_nested.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle3.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_cross_module.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp1.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp2.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp3.py
 
 clean:
-	del *.o
-	del *.a
-	del *.pyd
-	del *.pyc
+	-del *.o
+	-del *.a
+	-del *.pyd
+	-del *.pyc
 
 softlinks:
 	python $(BOOST_UNIX)/libs/python/build/filemgr.py $(BOOST_UNIX) softlinks

build/tru64_cxx.mak

@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@
 ROOT=$(HOME)
 BOOST=$(ROOT)/boost
 
-PYEXE=/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/bin/python
-PYINC=-I/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/include/python1.5
-#PYEXE=/usr/local/Python-2.0/bin/python
-#PYINC=-I/usr/local/Python-2.0/include/python2.0
+#PYEXE=PYTHONPATH=. /usr/local/Python-1.5.2/bin/python
+#PYINC=-I/usr/local/Python-1.5.2/include/python1.5
+PYEXE=PYTHONPATH=. /usr/local_cci/Python-2.1.1/bin/python
+PYINC=-I/usr/local_cci/Python-2.1.1/include/python2.1
 #STLPORTINC=-I/usr/local/STLport-4.1b3/stlport
 #STLPORTINC=-I/usr/local/STLport-4.1b4/stlport
 #STLPORTOPTS= \
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ LDOPTS=-shared -expect_unresolved 'Py*' -expect_unresolved '_Py*'
 
 #HIDDEN=-hidden
 
-OBJ=classes.o conversions.o extension_class.o functions.o \
+OBJ=classes.o conversions.o errors.o extension_class.o functions.o \
     init_function.o module_builder.o \
     objects.o types.o cross_module.o
 DEPOBJ=$(OBJ) \
@@ -54,10 +54,12 @@ DEPOBJ=$(OBJ) \
        abstract.o \
        getting_started1.o getting_started2.o \
        simple_vector.o \
-       do_it_yourself_converters.o \
+       do_it_yourself_convts.o \
+       nested.o \
        pickle1.o pickle2.o pickle3.o \
        noncopyable_export.o noncopyable_import.o \
-       ivect.o dvect.o
+       ivect.o dvect.o \
+       richcmp1.o richcmp2.o richcmp3.o
 
 .SUFFIXES: .o .cpp
 
@@ -66,10 +68,12 @@ all: libboost_python.a \
      abstract.so \
      getting_started1.so getting_started2.so \
      simple_vector.so \
-     do_it_yourself_converters.so \
+     do_it_yourself_convts.so \
+     nested.so \
      pickle1.so pickle2.so pickle3.so \
      noncopyable_export.so noncopyable_import.so \
-     ivect.so dvect.so
+     ivect.so dvect.so \
+     richcmp1.so richcmp2.so richcmp3.so
 
 libboost_python.a: $(OBJ)
 	rm -f libboost_python.a
@@ -94,8 +98,11 @@ getting_started2.so: $(OBJ) getting_started2.o
 simple_vector.so: $(OBJ) simple_vector.o
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) simple_vector.o -o simple_vector.so
 
-do_it_yourself_converters.so: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.o
-	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.o -o do_it_yourself_converters.so
+do_it_yourself_convts.so: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.o -o do_it_yourself_convts.so
+
+nested.so: $(OBJ) nested.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) nested.o -o nested.so
 
 pickle1.so: $(OBJ) pickle1.o
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) pickle1.o -o pickle1.so
@@ -120,6 +127,15 @@ ivect.so: $(OBJ) ivect.o
 dvect.so: $(OBJ) dvect.o
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) $(HIDDEN) dvect.o -o dvect.so
 
+richcmp1.so: $(OBJ) richcmp1.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp1.o -o richcmp1.so
+
+richcmp2.so: $(OBJ) richcmp2.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp2.o -o richcmp2.so
+
+richcmp3.so: $(OBJ) richcmp3.o
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp3.o -o richcmp3.so
+
 .cpp.o:
 	$(CPP) $(CPPOPTS) -c $*.cpp
 
@@ -129,11 +145,15 @@ test:
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_simple_vector.py
-	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_converters.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_convts.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_nested.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle3.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_cross_module.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp1.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp2.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp3.py
 
 clean:
 	rm -f $(OBJ) libboost_python.a libboost_python.a.input
@@ -142,7 +162,8 @@ clean:
 	rm -f getting_started1.o getting_started1.so
 	rm -f getting_started2.o getting_started2.so
 	rm -f simple_vector.o simple_vector.so
-	rm -f do_it_yourself_converters.o do_it_yourself_converters.so
+	rm -f do_it_yourself_convts.o do_it_yourself_convts.so
+	rm -f nested.o nested.so
 	rm -f pickle1.o pickle1.so
 	rm -f pickle2.o pickle2.so
 	rm -f pickle3.o pickle3.so
@@ -150,6 +171,9 @@ clean:
 	rm -f noncopyable_import.o noncopyable_import.so
 	rm -f ivect.o ivect.so
 	rm -f dvect.o dvect.so
+	rm -f richcmp1.o richcmp1.so
+	rm -f richcmp2.o richcmp2.so
+	rm -f richcmp3.o richcmp3.so
 	rm -f so_locations *.pyc
 	rm -rf cxx_repository
 

build/vc60.mak

@@ -10,15 +10,18 @@
 #   12 Apr 01 new macro ROOT to simplify configuration (R.W. Grosse-Kunstleve)
 #   Initial version: R.W. Grosse-Kunstleve
 
-ROOT=L:
+ROOT=R:
 BOOST_WIN="$(ROOT)\boost"
 BOOST_UNIX=$(HOME)/boost
 
-PYEXE="C:\Program files\Python\python.exe"
-PYINC=/I"C:\Program files\Python\include"
-PYLIB="C:\Program files\Python\libs\python15.lib"
+#PYEXE="C:\Program files\Python\python.exe"
+#PYINC=/I"C:\Program files\Python\include"
+#PYLIB="C:\Program files\Python\libs\python15.lib"
+PYEXE="C:\Python21\python.exe"
+PYINC=/I"C:\Python21\include"
+PYLIB="C:\Python21\libs\python21.lib"
 
-STDOPTS=/nologo /MD /GR /GX /Zm200
+STDOPTS=/nologo /MD /GR /GX /Zm300 /DBOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB
 WARNOPTS=
 OPTOPTS=
 
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ CPPOPTS=$(STLPORTINC) $(STLPORTOPTS) /I$(BOOST_WIN) $(PYINC) \
 LD=link.exe
 LDOPTS=/nologo /dll /incremental:no
 
-OBJ=classes.obj conversions.obj extension_class.obj functions.obj \
+OBJ=classes.obj conversions.obj errors.obj extension_class.obj functions.obj \
     init_function.obj module_builder.obj \
     objects.obj types.obj cross_module.obj
 
@@ -40,10 +43,12 @@ all: boost_python.lib \
      abstract.pyd \
      getting_started1.pyd getting_started2.pyd \
      simple_vector.pyd \
-     do_it_yourself_converters.pyd \
+     do_it_yourself_convts.pyd \
+     nested.pyd \
      pickle1.pyd pickle2.pyd pickle3.pyd \
      noncopyable_export.pyd noncopyable_import.pyd \
-     ivect.pyd dvect.pyd
+     ivect.pyd dvect.pyd \
+     richcmp1.pyd richcmp2.pyd richcmp3.pyd
 
 boost_python.lib: $(OBJ)
 	$(LD) -lib /nologo /out:boost_python.lib $(OBJ)
@@ -63,8 +68,11 @@ getting_started2.pyd: $(OBJ) getting_started2.obj
 simple_vector.pyd: $(OBJ) simple_vector.obj
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) simple_vector.obj $(PYLIB) /export:initsimple_vector /out:"simple_vector.pyd"
 
-do_it_yourself_converters.pyd: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.obj
-	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_converters.obj $(PYLIB) /export:initdo_it_yourself_converters /out:"do_it_yourself_converters.pyd"
+do_it_yourself_convts.pyd: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.obj $(PYLIB) /export:initdo_it_yourself_convts /out:"do_it_yourself_convts.pyd"
+
+nested.pyd: $(OBJ) nested.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) nested.obj $(PYLIB) /export:initnested /out:"nested.pyd"
 
 pickle1.pyd: $(OBJ) pickle1.obj
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) pickle1.obj $(PYLIB) /export:initpickle1 /out:"pickle1.pyd"
@@ -87,6 +95,15 @@ ivect.pyd: $(OBJ) ivect.obj
 dvect.pyd: $(OBJ) dvect.obj
 	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) dvect.obj $(PYLIB) /export:initdvect /out:"dvect.pyd"
 
+richcmp1.pyd: $(OBJ) richcmp1.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp1.obj $(PYLIB) /export:initrichcmp1 /out:"richcmp1.pyd"
+
+richcmp2.pyd: $(OBJ) richcmp2.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp2.obj $(PYLIB) /export:initrichcmp2 /out:"richcmp2.pyd"
+
+richcmp3.pyd: $(OBJ) richcmp3.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp3.obj $(PYLIB) /export:initrichcmp3 /out:"richcmp3.pyd"
+
 .cpp.obj:
 	$(CPP) $(CPPOPTS) /c $*.cpp
 
@@ -96,19 +113,23 @@ test:
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_simple_vector.py
-	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_converters.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_convts.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_nested.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle1.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle2.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_pickle3.py
 	$(PYEXE) test_cross_module.py --broken-auto-ptr
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp1.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp2.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp3.py
 
 clean:
-	del *.obj
-	del *.lib
-	del *.exp
-	del *.idb
-	del *.pyd
-	del *.pyc
+	-del *.obj
+	-del *.lib
+	-del *.exp
+	-del *.idb
+	-del *.pyd
+	-del *.pyc
 
 softlinks:
 	python $(BOOST_UNIX)/libs/python/build/filemgr.py $(BOOST_UNIX) softlinks

build/win32_mwcc.mak

@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+# Usage:
+#
+#   make copy          Copy the sources and tests
+#   make               Compile all sources
+#   make test          Run doctest tests
+#   make clean         Remove all object files
+#   make del           Remove the sources and tests
+#
+# Revision history:
+#   14 Dec 01 derived from vc60.mak (R.W. Grosse-Kunstleve)
+
+ROOT=R:
+BOOST_WIN="$(ROOT)\boost"
+BOOST_UNIX=$(HOME)/boost
+
+#PYEXE="C:\Program files\Python\python.exe"
+#PYINC=-I"C:\Program files\Python\include"
+#PYLIB="C:\Program files\Python\libs\python15.lib"
+PYEXE="C:\Python21\python.exe"
+PYINC=-I"C:\Python21\include"
+PYLIB="C:\Python21\libs\python21.lib"
+
+STDOPTS=-gccinc -prefix UseDLLPrefix.h -DBOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB
+WARNOPTS=-warn on,nounusedexpr,nounused
+OPTOPTS=-O
+
+CPP=mwcc
+CPPOPTS=$(STDOPTS) $(WARNOPTS) $(OPTOPTS) \
+        $(STLPORTINC) $(STLPORTOPTS) -I$(BOOST_WIN) $(PYINC)
+
+LD=mwld
+LDOPTS=-export dllexport -shared
+
+OBJ=classes.obj conversions.obj errors.obj extension_class.obj functions.obj \
+    init_function.obj module_builder.obj \
+    objects.obj types.obj cross_module.obj
+
+.SUFFIXES: .obj .cpp
+
+all: libboost_python.lib \
+     boost_python_test.pyd \
+     abstract.pyd \
+     getting_started1.pyd getting_started2.pyd \
+     simple_vector.pyd \
+     do_it_yourself_convts.pyd \
+     nested.pyd \
+     pickle1.pyd pickle2.pyd pickle3.pyd \
+     noncopyable_export.pyd noncopyable_import.pyd \
+     ivect.pyd dvect.pyd \
+     richcmp1.pyd richcmp2.pyd richcmp3.pyd
+
+libboost_python.lib: $(OBJ)
+	$(LD) -library -o libboost_python.lib $(OBJ)
+
+boost_python_test.pyd: $(OBJ) comprehensive.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) comprehensive.obj $(PYLIB) -o boost_python_test.pyd
+
+abstract.pyd: $(OBJ) abstract.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) abstract.obj $(PYLIB)  -o abstract.pyd
+
+getting_started1.pyd: $(OBJ) getting_started1.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) getting_started1.obj $(PYLIB)  -o getting_started1.pyd
+
+getting_started2.pyd: $(OBJ) getting_started2.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) getting_started2.obj $(PYLIB)  -o getting_started2.pyd
+
+simple_vector.pyd: $(OBJ) simple_vector.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) simple_vector.obj $(PYLIB)  -o simple_vector.pyd
+
+do_it_yourself_convts.pyd: $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) do_it_yourself_convts.obj $(PYLIB)  -o do_it_yourself_convts.pyd
+
+nested.pyd: $(OBJ) nested.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) nested.obj $(PYLIB)  -o nested.pyd
+
+pickle1.pyd: $(OBJ) pickle1.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) pickle1.obj $(PYLIB)  -o pickle1.pyd
+
+pickle2.pyd: $(OBJ) pickle2.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) pickle2.obj $(PYLIB)  -o pickle2.pyd
+
+pickle3.pyd: $(OBJ) pickle3.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) pickle3.obj $(PYLIB)  -o pickle3.pyd
+
+noncopyable_export.pyd: $(OBJ) noncopyable_export.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) noncopyable_export.obj $(PYLIB)  -o noncopyable_export.pyd
+
+noncopyable_import.pyd: $(OBJ) noncopyable_import.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) noncopyable_import.obj $(PYLIB)  -o noncopyable_import.pyd
+
+ivect.pyd: $(OBJ) ivect.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) ivect.obj $(PYLIB)  -o ivect.pyd
+
+dvect.pyd: $(OBJ) dvect.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) dvect.obj $(PYLIB)  -o dvect.pyd
+
+richcmp1.pyd: $(OBJ) richcmp1.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp1.obj $(PYLIB)  -o richcmp1.pyd
+
+richcmp2.pyd: $(OBJ) richcmp2.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp2.obj $(PYLIB)  -o richcmp2.pyd
+
+richcmp3.pyd: $(OBJ) richcmp3.obj
+	$(LD) $(LDOPTS) $(OBJ) richcmp3.obj $(PYLIB)  -o richcmp3.pyd
+
+.cpp.obj:
+	$(CPP) $(CPPOPTS) -c $*.cpp
+
+test:
+	$(PYEXE) comprehensive.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_abstract.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started1.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_getting_started2.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_simple_vector.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_do_it_yourself_convts.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_nested.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_pickle1.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_pickle2.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_pickle3.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_cross_module.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp1.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp2.py
+	$(PYEXE) test_richcmp3.py
+
+clean:
+	-del *.obj
+	-del *.lib
+	-del *.exp
+	-del *.idb
+	-del *.pyd
+	-del *.pyc
+
+softlinks:
+	python $(BOOST_UNIX)/libs/python/build/filemgr.py $(BOOST_UNIX) softlinks
+
+unlink:
+	python $(BOOST_UNIX)/libs/python/build/filemgr.py $(BOOST_UNIX) unlink
+
+cp:
+	python $(BOOST_UNIX)/libs/python/build/filemgr.py $(BOOST_UNIX) cp
+
+rm:
+	python $(BOOST_UNIX)/libs/python/build/filemgr.py $(BOOST_UNIX) rm
+
+copy:
+	$(PYEXE) $(BOOST_WIN)\libs\python\build\filemgr.py $(BOOST_WIN) copy
+
+del:
+	$(PYEXE) $(BOOST_WIN)\libs\python\build\filemgr.py $(BOOST_WIN) del

build/win32_mwcc_setup.bat

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+call "c:\program files\metrowerks\codewarrior\other metrowerks tools\command line tools\cwenv.bat"
+set MWWinx86LibraryFiles=MSL_All-DLL_x86.lib;gdi32.lib;user32.lib;kernel32.lib

doc/boost.css

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+H1
+{
+    FONT-SIZE: 200%
+    COLOR: #00007f
+}
+H2
+{
+    FONT-SIZE: 150%;
+}
+H3
+{
+    FONT-SIZE: 125%;
+}
+H4
+{
+    FONT-SIZE: 108%;
+}
+BODY
+{
+    FONT-SIZE: 100%;
+    BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff
+}
+PRE
+{
+    MARGIN-LEFT: 2pc;
+    FONT-SIZE: 80%;
+    BACKGROUND-COLOR: #dfffff
+}
+CODE
+{
+    FONT-SIZE: 95%;
+     white-space: pre
+}
+.index
+{
+    TEXT-ALIGN: left
+}
+.page-index
+{
+	TEXT-ALIGN: left
+}
+.definition
+{
+	TEXT-ALIGN: left
+}
+.footnote
+{
+    FONT-SIZE: 66%;
+    VERTICAL-ALIGN: super;
+    TEXT-DECORATION: none
+}
+.function-semantics
+{
+    CLEAR: left
+}
+.metafunction-semantics
+{
+    CLEAR: left
+}

doc/comparisons.html

@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ that.''<br><i>-<a href="mailto:dubois1@llnl.gov">Paul Dubois</a></i>
       <h2>ILU</h2>
       <p>
         <a
-        href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/Rainbow/projects/origami/ilu-1.8-manual">ILU</a>
+        href="ftp://ftp.parc.xerox.com/pub/ilu/ilu.html">ILU</a>
         is a very ambitious project which tries to describe a module's interface
         (types and functions) in terms of an <a
-        href="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/Rainbow/projects/origami/ilu-1.8-manual/manual_2.html">Interface
+        href="ftp://ftp.parc.xerox.com/pub/ilu/2.0b1/manual-html/manual_2.html">Interface
         Specification Language</a> (ISL) so that it can be uniformly interfaced
         to a wide range of computer languages, including Common Lisp, C++, C,
         Modula-3, and Python. ILU can parse the ISL to generate a C++ language

doc/enums.html

@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ initialization. These bind the corresponding enum values to the appropriate
 names so they can be used from Python:
 
 <blockquote><pre>
-mymodule.add(boost::python::to_python(enum_value_1), "enum_value_1");
-mymodule.add(boost::python::to_python(enum_value_2), "enum_value_2");
+mymodule.add(boost::python::make_ref(enum_value_1), "enum_value_1");
+mymodule.add(boost::python::make_ref(enum_value_2), "enum_value_2");
 ...
 </pre></blockquote>
 

doc/example1.html

@@ -37,19 +37,12 @@ namespace python = boost::python;
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(getting_started1)
 {
-  try
-  {
     // Create an object representing this extension module.
     python::module_builder this_module("getting_started1");
 
     // Add regular functions to the module.
     this_module.def(greet, "greet");
     this_module.def(square, "square");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }
 </pre>
       </blockquote>

doc/exporting_classes.html

@@ -47,8 +47,6 @@ namespace python = boost::python;
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(getting_started2)
 {
-  try
-  {
     // Create an object representing this extension module.
     python::module_builder this_module("getting_started2");
 
@@ -65,11 +63,6 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(getting_started2)
 
     // Even better, invite() can also be made a member of hello_class!!!
     hello_class.def(invite, "invite");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }
 </blockquote></pre>
       <p>
@@ -98,6 +91,12 @@ Notes:<ul>
 
 <li>Any function added to a class whose initial argument matches the class (or
 any base) will act like a member function in Python.
+
+<li>To define a nested class, just pass the enclosing
+<tt>class_builder</tt> (instead of a <tt>module_builder</tt>) as the
+first argument to the nested <tt>class_builder</tt>'s constructor.
+
+
 </ul>
       <p>
          We can even make a subclass of <code>hello.world</code>:

doc/inheritance.html

@@ -78,26 +78,19 @@ namespace python = boost::python;
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(my_module)
 {
-    try
-    {
-       python::module_builder my_module("my_module");
-
-       python::class_builder<Base> base_class(my_module, "Base");
-       base_class.def(python::constructor<void>());
-
-       python::class_builder<Derived> derived_class(my_module, "Derived");
-       derived_class.def(python::constructor<void>());
-       <b>// Establish the inheritance relationship between Base and Derived
-       derived_class.declare_base(base_class);</b>
-
-       my_module.def(derived_as_base, "derived_as_base");
-       my_module.def(get_name, "get_name");
-       my_module.def(get_derived_x, "get_derived_x");
-    }
-    catch(...)
-    {
-       python::handle_exception();    // Deal with the exception for Python
-    }
+    python::module_builder my_module("my_module");                            
+                                                                              
+    python::class_builder&lt;Base&gt; base_class(my_module, "Base");          
+    base_class.def(python::constructor&lt;void&gt;());                        
+                                                                              
+    python::class_builder&lt;Derived&gt; derived_class(my_module, "Derived"); 
+    derived_class.def(python::constructor&lt;void&gt;());                     
+    <b>// Establish the inheritance relationship between Base and Derived     
+    derived_class.declare_base(base_class);</b>                               
+                                                                              
+    my_module.def(derived_as_base, "derived_as_base");                        
+    my_module.def(get_name, "get_name");                                      
+    my_module.def(get_derived_x, "get_derived_x"); 
 }
 </pre>
 </blockquote>

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+<html>
+
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
+<title>A New Type Conversion Mechanism for Boost.Python</title>
+</head>
+
+<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
+
+<p><img border="0" src="../../../c++boost.gif" width="277" height="86"
+alt="boost logo"></p>
+
+<h1>A New Type Conversion Mechanism for Boost.Python</h1>
+
+<p>By <a href="../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">David Abrahams</a>.
+
+<h2>Introduction</h2>
+
+This document describes a redesign of the mechanism for automatically
+converting objects between C++ and Python. The current implementation
+uses two functions for any type <tt>T</tt>:
+
+<blockquote><pre>
+U from_python(PyObject*, type&lt;T&gt;);
+void to_python(V);
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+where U is convertible to T and T is convertible to V. These functions
+are at the heart of C++/Python interoperability in Boost.Python, so
+why would we want to change them? There are many reasons:
+
+<h3>Bugs</h3>
+<p>Firstly, the current mechanism relies on a common C++ compiler
+bug. This is not just embarrassing: as compilers get to be more
+conformant, the library stops working. The issue, in detail, is the
+use of inline friend functions in templates to generate
+conversions. It is a very powerful, and legal technique as long as
+it's used correctly:
+
+<blockquote><pre>
+template &lt;class Derived&gt;
+struct add_some_functions
+{
+     friend <i>return-type</i> some_function1(..., Derived <i>cv-*-&amp;-opt</i>, ...);
+     friend <i>return-type</i> some_function2(..., Derived <i>cv-*-&amp;-opt</i>, ...);
+};
+
+template &lt;class T&gt;
+struct some_template : add_some_functions&lt;some_template&lt;T&gt; &gt;
+{
+};
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+The <tt>add_some_functions</tt> template generates free functions
+which operate on <tt>Derived</tt>, or on related types. Strictly
+speaking the related types are not just cv-qualified <tt>Derived</tt>
+values, pointers and/or references. Section 3.4.2 in the standard
+describes exactly which types you must use as parameters to these
+functions if you want the functions to be found
+(there is also a less-technical description in section 11.5.1 of
+C++PL3 <a href="#ref_1">[1]</a>). Suffice it to say that
+with the current design, the <tt>from_python</tt> and
+<tt>to_python</tt> functions are not supposed to be callable under any
+conditions!
+
+<h3>Compilation and Linking Time</h3>
+
+The conversion functions generated for each wrapped class using the
+above technique are not function templates, but regular functions. The
+upshot is that they must <i>all</i> be generated regardless of whether
+they are actually used. Generating all of those functions can slow
+down module compilation, and resolving the references can slow down
+linking.
+
+<h3>Efficiency</h3>
+
+The conversion functions are primarily used in (member) function
+wrappers to convert the arguments and return values. Being functions,
+converters have no interface which allows us to ask &quot;will the
+conversion succeed?&quot; without calling the function. Since the
+return value of the function must be the object to be passed as an
+argument, Boost.Python currently uses C++ exception-handling to detect
+an unsuccessful conversion. It's not a particularly good use of
+exception-handling, since the failure is not handled very far from
+where it occurred. More importantly, it means that C++ exceptions are
+thrown during overload resolution as we seek an overload that matches
+the arguments passed. Depending on the implementation, this approach
+can result in significant slowdowns.
+
+<p>It is also unclear that the current library generates a minimal
+amount of code for any type conversion. Many of the conversion
+functions are nontrivial, and partly because of compiler limitations,
+they are declared <tt>inline</tt>. Also, we could have done a better
+job separating the type-specific conversion code from the code which
+is type-independent.
+
+<h3>Cross-module Support</h3>
+
+The current strategy requires every module to contain the definition
+of conversions it uses. In general, a new module can never supply
+conversion code which is used by another module. Ralf Grosse-Kunstleve
+designed a clever system which imports conversions directly from one
+library into another using some explicit declarations, but it has some
+disadvantages also:
+
+<ol>
+<li>The system Ullrich Koethe designed for implicit conversion between
+wrapped classes related through inheritance does not currently work if
+the classes are defined in separate modules.
+
+<li>The writer of the importing module is required to know the name of
+the module supplying the imported conversions.
+
+<li>There can be only one way to extract any given C++ type from a
+Python object in a given module.
+</ol>
+
+The first item might be addressed by moving Boost.Python into a shared
+library, but the other two cannot. Ralf turned the limitation in item
+two into a feature: the required module is loaded implicitly when a
+conversion it defines is invoked. We will probably want to provide
+that functionality anyway, but it's not clear that we should require
+the declaration of all such conversions. The final item is a more
+serious limitation. If, for example, new numeric types are defined in
+separate modules, and these types can all be converted to
+<tt>double</tt>s, we have to choose just one conversion method.
+
+<h3>Ease-of-use</h3>
+
+One persistent source of confusion for users of Boost.Python has been
+the fact that conversions for a class are not be visible at
+compile-time until the declaration of that class has been seen. When
+the user tries to expose a (member) function operating on or returning
+an instance of the class in question, compilation fails...even though
+the user goes on to expose the class in the same translation unit!
+
+<p>
+The new system lifts all compile-time checks for the existence of
+particular type conversions and replaces them with runtime checks, in
+true Pythonic style. While this might seem cavalier, the compile-time
+checks are actually not much use in the current system if many classes
+are wrapped in separate modules, since the checks are based only on
+the user's declaration that the conversions exist.
+
+<h2>The New Design</h2>
+
+<h3>Motivation</h3>
+
+The new design was heavily influenced by a desire to generate as
+little code as possible in extension modules. Some of Boost.Python's
+clients are enormous projects where link time is proportional to the
+amount of object code, and there are many Python extension modules. As
+such, we try to keep type-specific conversion code out of modules
+other than the one the converters are defined in, and rely as much as
+possible on centralized control through a shared library.
+
+<h3>The Basics</h3>
+
+The library contains a <tt>registry</tt> which maps runtime type
+identifiers (actually an extension of <tt>std::type_info</tt> which
+preserves references and constness) to entries containing type
+converters. An <tt>entry</tt> can contain only one converter from C++ to Python
+(<tt>wrapper</tt>), but many converters from Python to C++
+(<tt>unwrapper</tt>s). <font color="#ff0000">What should happen if
+multiple modules try to register wrappers for the same type?</font>. Wrappers
+and unwrappers are known as <tt>body</tt> objects, and are accessed
+by the user and the library (in its function-wrapping code) through
+corresponding <tt>handle</tt> (<tt>wrap&lt;T&gt;</tt> and
+<tt>unwrap&lt;T&gt;</tt>) objects. The <tt>handle</tt> objects are
+extremely lightweight, and delegate <i>all</i> of their operations to
+the corresponding <tt>body</tt>.
+
+<p>
+When a <tt>handle</tt> object is constructed, it accesses the
+registry to find a corresponding <tt>body</tt> that can convert the
+handle's constructor argument. Actually the registry record for any
+type
+<tt>T</tt>used in a module is looked up only once and stored in a
+static <tt>registration&lt;T&gt;</tt> object for efficiency. For
+example, if the handle is an <tt>unwrap&lt;Foo&amp;&gt;</tt> object,
+the <tt>entry</tt> for <tt>Foo&amp;</tt> is looked up in the
+<tt>registry</tt>, and each <tt>unwrapper</tt> it contains is queried
+to determine if it can convert the
+<tt>PyObject*</tt> with which the <tt>unwrap</tt> was constructed. If
+a body object which can perform the conversion is found, a pointer to
+it is stored in the handle. A body object may at any point store
+additional data in the handle to speed up the conversion process.
+
+<p>
+Now that the handle has been constructed, the user can ask it whether
+the conversion can be performed. All handles can be tested as though
+they were convertible to <tt>bool</tt>; a <tt>true</tt> value
+indicates success. If the user forges ahead and tries to do the
+conversion without checking when no conversion is possible, an
+exception will be thrown as usual. The conversion itself is performed
+by the body object. 
+
+<h3>Handling complex conversions</h3>
+
+<p>Some conversions may require a dynamic allocation. For example,
+when a Python tuple is converted to a <tt>std::vector&lt;double&gt;
+const&amp;</tt>, we need some storage into which to construct the
+vector so that a reference to it can be formed. Furthermore, multiple
+conversions of the same type may need to be &quot;active&quot;
+simultaneously, so we can't keep a single copy of the storage
+anywhere. We could keep the storage in the <tt>body</tt> object, and
+have the body clone itself in case the storage is used, but in that
+case the storage in the body which lives in the registry is never
+used. If the storage was actually an object of the target type (the
+safest way in C++), we'd have to find a way to construct one for the
+body in the registry, since it may not have a default constructor.
+
+<p>
+The most obvious way out of this quagmire is to allocate the object using a
+<i>new-expression</i>, and store a pointer to it in the handle. Since
+the <tt>body</tt> object knows everything about the data it needs to
+allocate (if any), it is also given responsibility for destroying that
+data. When the <tt>handle</tt> is destroyed it asks the <tt>body</tt>
+object to tear down any data it may have stored there. In many ways,
+you can think of the <tt>body</tt> as a &quot;dynamically-determined
+vtable&quot; for the handle.
+
+<h3>Eliminating Redundancy</h3>
+
+If you look at the current Boost.Python code, you'll see that there
+are an enormous number of conversion functions generated for each
+wrapped class. For a given class <tt>T</tt>, functions are generated
+to extract the following types <tt>from_python</tt>:
+
+<blockquote><pre>
+T*
+T const*
+T const* const&amp;
+T* const&amp;
+T&amp;
+T const&amp;
+T
+std::auto_ptr&lt;T&gt;&amp;
+std::auto_ptr&lt;T&gt;
+std::auto_ptr&lt;T&gt; const&amp;
+boost::shared_ptr&lt;T&gt;&amp;
+boost::shared_ptr&lt;T&gt;
+boost::shared_ptr&lt;T&gt; const&amp;
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+Most of these are implemented in terms of just a few conversions, and
+<t>if you're lucky</t>, they will be inlined and cause no extra
+overhead. In the new system, however, a significant amount of data
+will be associated with each type that needs to be converted. We
+certainly don't want to register a separate unwrapper object for all
+of the above types.
+
+<p>Fortunately, much of the redundancy can be eliminated. For example,
+if we generate an unwrapper for <tt>T&</tt>, we don't need an
+unwrapper for <tt>T const&</tt> or <tt>T</tt>. Accordingly, the user's
+request to wrap/unwrap a given type is translated at compile-time into
+a request which helps to eliminate redundancy. The rules used to
+<tt>unwrap</tt> a type are:
+
+<ol>
+<li> Treat built-in types specially: when unwrapping a value or
+   constant reference to one of these, use a value for the target
+   type. It will bind to a const reference if neccessary, and more
+   importantly, avoids having to dynamically allocate room for
+   an lvalue of types which can be cheaply copied.
+<li>
+ Reduce everything else to a reference to an un-cv-qualified type
+   where possible. Since cv-qualification is lost on Python
+   anyway, there's no point in trying to convert to a
+   <tt>const&amp;</tt>. <font color="#ff0000">What about conversions
+   to values like the tuple-&gt;vector example above? It seems to me
+   that we don't want to make a <tt>vector&lt;double&gt;&amp;</tt>
+   (non-const) converter available for that case. We may need to
+   rethink this slightly.</font>
+</ol>
+
+<p>To handle the problem described above in item 2, we modify the
+procedure slightly. To unwrap any non-scalar <tt>T</tt>, we seek an
+unwrapper for <tt>add_reference&lt;T&gt;::type</tt>. Unwrappers for
+<tt>T&nbsp;const&amp;</tt> always return <tt>T&amp;</tt>, and are
+registered under both <tt>T&nbsp;&amp;</tt> and
+<tt>T&nbsp;const&amp;</tt>.
+
+<p>For compilers not supporting partial specialization, unwrappers for
+<tt>T&nbsp;const&amp;</tt> must return <tt>T&nbsp;const&amp;</tt>
+(since constness can't be stripped), but a separate unwrapper object
+need to be registered for <tt>T&nbsp;&amp;</tt> and
+<tt>T&nbsp;const&amp;</tt> anyway, for the same reasons.
+
+<font color="#ff0000">We may want to make it possible to compile as
+though partial specialization were unavailable even on compilers where
+it is available, in case modules could be compiled by different
+compilers with compatible ABIs (e.g. Intel C++ and MSVC6).</font>
+
+<h3>Efficient Argument Conversion</h3>
+
+Since type conversions are primarily used in function wrappers, an
+optimization is provided for the case where a group of conversions are
+used together. Each <tt>handle</tt> class has a corresponding
+&quot;<tt>_more</tt>&quot; class which does the same job, but has a
+trivial destructor. Instead of asking each &quot;<tt>_more</tt>&quot;
+handle to destroy its own body, it is linked into an endogenous list
+managed by the first (ordinary) handle. The <tt>wrap</tt> and
+<tt>unwrap</tt> destructors are responsible for traversing that list
+and asking each <tt>body</tt> class to tear down its
+<tt>handle</tt>. This mechanism is also used to determine if all of
+the argument/return-value conversions can succeed with a single
+function call in the function wrapping code. <font color="#ff0000">We
+might need to handle return values in a separate step for Python
+callbacks, since the availablility of a conversion won't be known
+until the result object is retrieved.</font>
+
+<br>
+<hr>
+<h2>References</h2>
+
+<p><a name="ref_1">[1]</a>B. Stroustrup, The C++ Programming Language
+Special Edition Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-70073-5.
+
+<hr>
+<p>Revised <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" s-type="EDITED" s-format="%d %B %Y" startspan -->19 December 2001<!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="31283" --></p>
+<p>© Copyright David Abrahams, 2001</p>
+
+</body>
+
+</html>

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+This hierarchy contains converter handle classes.
+
+
+                +-------------+
+                | noncopyable |
+                +-------------+
+                      ^
+                      |            A common base class used so that
+             +--------+--------+   conversions can be linked into a
+             | conversion_base |   chain for efficient argument
+             +-----------------+   conversion
+                      ^
+                      |
+            +---------+-----------+
+            |                     |
++-----------+----+         +------+-------+  only used for
+| unwrap_more<T> |         | wrap_more<T> |  chaining, and don't manage any
++----------------+         +--------------+  resources.
+         ^                         ^
+         |                         |
+   +-----+-----+           +-------+-+  These converters are what users
+   | unwrap<T> |           | wrap<T> |  actually touch, but they do so
+   +-----------+           +---------+  through a type generator which
+                                        minimizes the number of converters
+                                        that must be generated, so they
+
+
+Each unwrap<T>, unwrap_more<T>, wrap<T>, wrap_more<T> converter holds
+a reference to an appropriate converter object
+
+This hierarchy contains converter body classes
+
+                                          Exposes use/release which
+                                          are needed in case the converter
+                           +-----------+  in the registry needs to be
+                           | converter |  cloned. That occurs when a
+                           +-----------+  unwrap target type is not
+                                 ^        contained within the Python object.
+                                 |
+              +------------------+-----+
+              |                        |
+     +--------+-------+ Exposes        |
+     | unwrapper_base | convertible()  |
+     +----------------+                |
+              ^                        |
+              |                        |
+     +--------+----+             +-----+-----+
+     | unwrapper<T>|             | wrapper<T>|
+     +-------------+             +-----------+
+ Exposes T convert(PyObject*)    Exposes PyObject* convert(T)
+
+
+unwrap:
+
+    constructed with a PyObject*, whose reference count is
+    incremented.
+
+    find the registry entry for the target type
+
+    look in the collection of converters for one which claims to be
+    able to convert the PyObject to the target type.
+
+    stick a pointer to the unwrapper in the unwrap object
+
+    when unwrap is queried for convertibility, it checks to see
+    if it has a pointer to an unwrapper.
+
+    on conversion, the unwrapper is asked to allocate an
+    implementation if the unwrap object isn't already holding
+    one. The unwrap object "takes ownership" of the unwrapper's
+    implementation. No memory allocation will actually take place
+    unless this is a value conversion.
+
+    on destruction, the unwrapper is asked to free any implementation
+    held by the unwrap object. No memory deallocation actually
+    takes place unless this is a value conversion
+
+    on destruction, the reference count on the held PyObject is
+    decremented.
+
+    We need to make sure that by default, you can't instantiate
+    callback<> for reference and pointer return types: although the
+    unwrappers may exist, they may convert by-value, which would cause
+    the referent to be destroyed upon return.
+
+wrap:
+
+    find the registry entry for the source type
+
+    see if there is a converter. If found, stick a pointer to it in
+    the wrap object.
+
+    when queried for convertibility, it checks to see if it has a
+    pointer to a converter.
+
+    on conversion, a reference to the target PyObject is held by the
+    converter. Generally, the PyObject will have been created by the
+    converter, but in certain cases it may be a pre-existing object,
+    whose reference count will have been incremented.
+
+    when a wrap<T> x is used to return from a C++ function,
+    x.release() is returned so that x no longer holds a reference to
+    the PyObject when destroyed.
+
+    Otherwise, on destruction, any PyObject still held has its
+    reference-count decremented.
+
+
+When a converter is created by the user, the appropriate element must
+be added to the registry; when it is destroyed, it must be removed
+from the registry.

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@@ -151,16 +151,9 @@ struct baz_callback {
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(foobar)
 {
-    try
-    {
-       boost::python::module_builder foobar("foobar");
-       boost::python::class_builder<baz,baz_callback> baz_class("baz");
-       baz_class.def(&baz::calls_pure, "calls_pure");
-    }
-    catch(...)
-    {
-       boost::python::handle_exception();    // Deal with the exception for Python
-    }
+     boost::python::module_builder foobar("foobar");                          
+     boost::python::class_builder<baz,baz_callback> baz_class("baz");   
+     baz_class.def(&baz::calls_pure, "calls_pure"); 
 }
 </pre>
     </blockquote>

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@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ code before the last Python reference to it disappears:
 BOOST_PYTHON_BEGIN_CONVERSION_NAMESPACE // this is a gcc 2.95.2 bug workaround
   PyObject* to_python(Foo* p)
   {
-      return boost::python::python_extension_class_converters&ltFoo&gt::ptr_to_python(p);
+      return boost::python::python_extension_class_converters<Foo>::smart_ptr_to_python(p);
   }
 
   PyObject* to_python(const Foo* p)

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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0//EN"
+"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/strict.dtd">
+
+<title>Rich Comparisons</title>
+
+<div>
+
+<img src="../../../c++boost.gif"
+     alt="c++boost.gif (8819 bytes)"
+     align="center"
+     width="277" height="86">
+
+<hr>
+<h1>Rich Comparisons</h1>
+
+<hr>
+In Python versions up to and including Python 2.0, support for
+implementing comparisons on user-defined classes and extension types
+was quite simple. Classes could implement a <tt>__cmp__</tt> method
+that was given two instances of a class as arguments, and could only
+return <tt>0</tt> if they were equal or <tt>+1</tt> or <tt>-1</tt> if
+they were not. The method could not raise an exception or return
+anything other than an integer value.
+In Python 2.1, <b>Rich Comparisons</b> were added (see
+<a href="http://python.sourceforge.net/peps/pep-0207.html">PEP 207</a>).
+Python classes can now individually overload each of the &lt;, &lt;=,
+&gt;, &gt;=, ==, and != operations.
+
+<p>
+For more detailed information, search for "rich comparison"
+<a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/ref/customization.html"
+>here</a>.
+
+<p>
+Boost.Python supports both automatic overloading and manual overloading
+of the Rich Comparison operators. The <b>compile-time</b> support is
+independent of the Python version that is used when compiling
+Boost.Python extension modules. That is, <tt>op_lt</tt> for example can
+always be used, and the C++ <tt>operator&lt;</tt> will always be bound
+to the Python method <tt>__lt__</tt>. However, the <b>run-time</b>
+behavior will depend on the Python version.
+
+<p>
+With Python versions before 2.1, the Rich Comparison operators will not
+be called by Python when any of the six comparison operators
+(<tt>&lt;</tt>, <tt>&lt;=</tt>, <tt>==</tt>, <tt>!=</tt>,
+<tt>&gt;</tt>, <tt>&gt;=</tt>) is used in an expression. The only way
+to access the corresponding methods is to call them explicitly, e.g.
+<tt>a.__lt__(b)</tt>. Only with Python versions 2.1 or higher will
+expressions like <tt>a &lt; b</tt> work as expected.
+
+<p>
+To support Rich Comparisions, the Python C API was modified between
+Python versions 2.0 and 2.1. A new slot was introduced in the
+<tt>PyTypeObject</tt> structure: <tt>tp_richcompare</tt>. For backwards
+compatibility, a flag (<tt>Py_TPFLAGS_HAVE_RICHCOMPARE</tt>) has to be
+set to signal to the Python interpreter that Rich Comparisions are
+supported by a particular type.
+There is only one flag for all the six comparison operators.
+When any of the six operators is wrapped automatically or
+manually, Boost.Python will set this flag. Attempts to use comparison
+operators at the Python level that are not defined at the C++ level
+will then lead to an <tt>AttributeError</tt> when the Python 2.1
+(or higher) interpreter tries, e.g., <tt>a.__lt__(b)</tt>. That
+is, in general all six operators should be supplied. Automatically
+wrapped operators and manually wrapped operators can be mixed. For
+example:<pre>
+    boost::python::class_builder&lt;code&gt; py_code(this_module, "code");
+
+    py_code.def(boost::python::constructor&lt;&gt;());
+    py_code.def(boost::python::constructor&lt;int&gt;());
+    py_code.def(boost::python::operators&lt;(  boost::python::op_eq
+                                          | boost::python::op_ne)&gt;());
+    py_code.def(NotImplemented, "__lt__");
+    py_code.def(NotImplemented, "__le__");
+    py_code.def(NotImplemented, "__gt__");
+    py_code.def(NotImplemented, "__ge__");
+</pre>
+
+<tt>NotImplemented</tt> is a simple free function that (currently) has
+to be provided by the user. For example:<pre>
+  boost::python::ref
+  NotImplemented(const code&amp;, const code&amp;) {
+    return
+    boost::python::ref(Py_NotImplemented, boost::python::ref::increment_count);
+  }
+</pre>
+
+See also:
+<ul>
+<li><a href="../example/richcmp1.cpp"><tt>../example/richcmp1.cpp</tt></a>
+<li><a href="../example/richcmp2.cpp"><tt>../example/richcmp2.cpp</tt></a>
+<li><a href="../example/richcmp3.cpp"><tt>../example/richcmp3.cpp</tt></a>
+</ul>
+
+<hr>
+&copy; Copyright Nicholas K. Sauter &amp; Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve 2001.
+Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document is
+granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This
+document is provided "as is" without express or implied warranty, and
+with no claim as to its suitability for any purpose.
+
+<p>
+Updated: July 2001
+
+</div>

doc/special.html

@@ -60,13 +60,27 @@
           <b><tt class='method'>__str__</tt></b>(<i>self</i>)
         <dd>
           Create a string representation which is suitable for printing.
+        <dt>
+          <b><tt class='method'>__lt__</tt></b>(<i>self, other</i>)
+        <dt>
+          <b><tt class='method'>__le__</tt></b>(<i>self, other</i>)
+        <dt>
+          <b><tt class='method'>__eq__</tt></b>(<i>self, other</i>)
+        <dt>
+          <b><tt class='method'>__ne__</tt></b>(<i>self, other</i>)
+        <dt>
+          <b><tt class='method'>__gt__</tt></b>(<i>self, other</i>)
+        <dt>
+          <b><tt class='method'>__ge__</tt></b>(<i>self, other</i>)
+        <dd>
+	  Rich Comparison methods.
+          New in Python 2.1.
+          See <a href="richcmp.html">Rich Comparisons</a>.
         <dt>
           <b><tt class='method'>__cmp__</tt></b>(<i>self, other</i>)
         <dd>
-          Three-way compare function, used to implement comparison operators
-          (&lt; etc.) Should return a negative integer if <code> self < other
-          </code> , zero if <code> self == other </code> , a positive integer if
-          <code> self > other </code>.
+	  Three-way compare function.
+          See <a href="richcmp.html">Rich Comparisons</a>.
         <dt>
           <b><tt class='method'>__hash__</tt></b>(<i>self</i>)
         <dd>
@@ -273,6 +287,35 @@ bignum_class.def(&amp;rmod,  "__rmod__");
         found first (be it ``<code>int</code>`` or ``<code>float</code>'') will be
         used for either of the two types.
 
+<h3><a name="inplace">Inplace Operators</a></h3>
+<p>
+        Boost.Python can also be used to expose inplace numeric operations
+        (i.e., <code>+=</code> and so forth).  These operators must be wrapped
+        manually, as described in the previous section.  For example, suppose
+        the class BigNum has an <code>operator+=</code>:
+
+<blockquote><pre>
+BigNum& operator+= (BigNum const&amp; right);
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+      This can be exposed by first writing a wrapper function:
+
+<blockquote><pre>
+BigNum& iadd (BigNum&amp; self, const BigNum&amp; right)
+{
+  return self += right;
+}
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+      and then exposing the wrapper with
+
+<blockquote><pre>
+bignum_class.def(&amp;iadd, "__iadd__");
+</pre></blockquote>
+
+
+
+
 <h3><a name="coercion">Coercion</a></h3>
 
 
@@ -544,17 +587,42 @@ Note that "__rrpow__" is an extension not present in plain Python.
             <code>__cmp__, __rcmp__</code>
           <td>
             <code>cmp(left, right)</code><br>
-             <code>left &lt; right</code><br>
-             <code>left &lt;= right</code><br>
-             <code>left &gt; right</code><br>
-             <code>left &gt;= right</code><br>
-             <code>left == right</code><br>
-             <code>left != right</code>
+            <br>See <a href="richcmp.html">Rich Comparisons</a>.
           <td>
             <code>op_cmp</code>
           <td>
             <code>cpp_left &lt; cpp_right </code>
         <br><code>cpp_right &lt; cpp_left</code>
+        <tr>
+          <td>
+                <code>__lt__</code>
+            <br><code>__le__</code>
+            <br><code>__eq__</code>
+            <br><code>__ne__</code>
+            <br><code>__gt__</code>
+            <br><code>__ge__</code>
+          <td>
+                <code>left &lt; right</code>
+            <br><code>left &lt;= right</code>
+            <br><code>left == right</code>
+            <br><code>left != right</code>
+            <br><code>left &gt; right</code>
+            <br><code>left &gt;= right</code>
+            <br>See <a href="richcmp.html">Rich Comparisons</a>
+          <td>
+                <code>op_lt</code>
+            <br><code>op_le</code>
+            <br><code>op_eq</code>
+            <br><code>op_ne</code>
+            <br><code>op_gt</code>
+            <br><code>op_ge</code>
+          <td>
+                <code>cpp_left &lt; cpp_right </code>
+            <br><code>cpp_left &lt;= cpp_right </code>
+            <br><code>cpp_left == cpp_right </code>
+            <br><code>cpp_left != cpp_right </code>
+            <br><code>cpp_left &gt; cpp_right </code>
+            <br><code>cpp_left &gt;= cpp_right </code>
 
         <tr>
           <td>

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@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@
       "example1.html#world_class"><code>extension_class&lt;T&gt;</code></a>
       template defines a whole raft of these conversions (for <code>T, T*,
       T&amp;, std::auto_ptr&lt;T&gt;</code>, etc.), using the same inline
-      friend function technique employed by <a href= 
-      "http://www.boost.org/libs/utility/operators.htm">the boost operators
+      friend function technique employed by <a href="../../utility/operators.htm">the boost operators
       library</a>.
     <p>
       Because the <code>to_python</code> and <code>from_python</code> functions

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@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+<title>Boost.Python - Acknowledgments</title>
+</head>
+<body link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top" width="300"> 
+      <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top"> 
+      <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+      <h2 align="center">Acknowledgments</h2>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+{{text}}
+<hr>
+<p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+  05 November, 2002 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+</p>
+<p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 
+  2002. All Rights Reserved.</i></p>
+</body>
+</html>

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+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+<title>Boost.Python - Bibliography</title>
+</head>
+<body link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top" width="300"> 
+      <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top"> 
+      <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+      <h2 align="center">Bibliography</h2>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+{{bibliographical information}}
+<hr>
+<p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+  05 November, 2002 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+</p>
+<p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 
+  2002. All Rights Reserved.</i></p>
+</body>
+</html>

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@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+<title>Boost.Python - &lt;call.hpp&gt;</title>
+</head>
+<body link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top" width="300"> 
+      <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top"> 
+      <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+      <h2 align="center">Header &lt;call.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+<h2>Contents</h2>
+<dl class="page-index"> 
+  <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></dt>
+
+  <dt><a href="#functions">Functions</a></dt>
+  <dl class="page-index">
+    <dt><a href="#call-spec">call</a></dt>
+  </dl>
+
+  <dt><a href="#examples">Example(s)</a></dt>
+
+</dl>
+<hr>
+<h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+<p>{{Introductory text}}</p>
+
+<h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+<pre>
+<a name="call-spec"></a>call
+</pre>
+<dl class="function-semantics"> 
+  <dt><b>Requires:</b> {{text}}</dt>
+  <dt><b>Effects:</b> {{text}}</dt>
+  <dt><b>Postconditions:</b> {{text}}</dt>
+  <dt><b>Returns:</b> {{text}}</dt>
+  <dt><b>Throws:</b> {{text}}</dt>
+  <dt><b>Complexity:</b> {{text}}</dt>
+  <dt><b>Rationale:</b> {{text}}</dt>
+</dl>
+
+<h2><a name="examples"></a>Example(s)</h2>
+
+<p>{{Example(s)}}</p>
+<p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+  05 November, 2002 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+</p>
+<p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 
+  2002. All Rights Reserved.</i></p>
+</body>
+</html>

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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
+    <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org">
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;boost/python/class.hpp&gt;,
+    &lt;boost/python/class_fwd.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Headers &lt;boost/python/class.hpp&gt;,
+          &lt;boost/python/class_fwd.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#class_-spec">Class template <code>class_</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#class_-spec-synopsis">Class <code>class_</code>
+              synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#class_-spec-ctors">Class <code>class_</code>
+              constructors</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#class_-spec-modifiers">Class <code>class_</code>
+              modifier functions</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#class_-spec-observers">Class <code>class_</code>
+              observer functions</a>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="#bases-spec">Class template <code>bases</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#bases-spec-synopsis">Class <code>bases</code>
+              synopsis</a>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="#args-spec">Class template <code>args</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#args-spec-synopsis">Class <code>args</code>
+              synopsis</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example(s)</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <p><code>&lt;boost/python/class.hpp&gt;</code> defines the interface
+    through which users expose their C++ classes to Python. It declares the
+    <code>class_</code> class template, which is parameterized on the class
+    type being exposed, and the <code>args</code> and <code>bases</code>
+    utility class templates in the anonymous namespace (the latter definitions
+    will probably be moved in a future release).
+
+    <p><code>&lt;boost/python/class_fwd.hpp&gt;</code> contains a forward
+    declaration of the <code>class_</code> class template.
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="class_-spec"></a>Class template <code>class_&lt;T, Bases, <a
+    href="HolderGenerator.html">HolderGenerator</a>&gt;</code></h3>
+
+    <p>Creates a Python class associated with the C++ type passed as its first
+    parameter. Its template arguments are:<br>
+    <br>
+
+
+    <table border="1" summary="class_ template parameters">
+      <tr>
+        <th>Parameter
+
+        <th>Requirements
+
+        <th>Default
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>T</code> 
+
+        <td>A class type.
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>Bases</code> 
+
+        <td>An <a href="../../../mpl/doc/Sequences.html">MPL sequence</a> of
+        C++ base classes of <code>T</code>.
+
+        <td>An unspecified empty sequence
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>HolderGenerator</code> 
+
+        <td>A model of <code><a href=
+        "HolderGenerator.html">HolderGenerator</a></code>.
+
+        <td><code>boost::python::objects::value_holder_generator</code> 
+    </table>
+
+    <h4><a name="class_-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>class_</code>
+    synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+
+  template &lt;class T
+            , class Bases = <i>none</i>
+            , class HolderGenerator = objects::value_holder_generator&gt;
+  class class_
+  {
+    class_();
+    class_(char const* name);
+
+    template &lt;class F&gt;
+    class_&amp; def(char const* name, F f);
+
+    template &lt;class Fn, class CallPolicy&gt;
+    class_&amp; def(char const* name, Fn fn, CallPolicy policy);
+    
+    template &lt;class Args&gt;
+    class_&amp; def_init(Args const&amp; = Args());
+
+    class_&amp; def_init();
+
+    ref object() const;
+  };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="class_-spec-ctors"></a>Class template <code>class_</code>
+    constructors</h4>
+<pre>
+class_()
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> The platform's <code>std::type_info::name()</code>
+      implementation produces a string which corresponds to the type's
+      declaration in C++
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Constructs a <code>class_</code> object which
+      generates a Boost.Python extension class with the same name as
+      <code>T</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> Many platforms can generate reasonable names for
+      Python classes without user intervention.
+    </dl>
+<pre>
+class_(char const* name)
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>name</code> is a ntbs which conforms to
+      Python's <a href=
+      "http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ref/identifiers.html">identifier
+      naming rules</a>.
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Constructs a <code>class_</code> object which
+      generates a Boost.Python extension class named <code>name</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> Gives the user full control over class naming.
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="class_-spec-modifiers"></a>Class template <code>class_</code>
+    modifier functions</h4>
+<pre>
+template &lt;class F&gt;
+class_&amp; def(char const* name, F f)
+
+template &lt;class Fn, class CallPolicy&gt;
+class_&amp; def(char const* name, Fn f, CallPolicy policy)
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>f</code> is a non-null pointer-to-function or
+      pointer-to-member-function. <code>name</code> is a ntbs which conforms to
+      Python's <a href=
+      "http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ref/identifiers.html">identifier
+      naming rules</a>. In the first form, the return type of
+      <code>f</code> is not a reference and is not a pointer other
+      than <code>char const*</code> or <code>PyObject*</code>. In the
+      second form <code>policy</code> is a model of <a
+      href="CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a>.
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Adds the result of <code><a href=
+      "make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function</a>(f)</code> to
+      the Boost.Python extension class being defined, with the given
+      <code>name</code>. If the extension class already has an attribute named
+      <code><i>name</i></code>, the usual <a href=
+      "overloading.html">overloading procedure</a> applies.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>*this</code>
+    </dl>
+<pre>
+template &lt;class Args&gt;
+class_&amp; def_init(Args const&amp; argument_types)
+
+class_&amp; def_init()
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> in the first form, argument_types must be an <a
+      href="../../../mpl/doc/Sequences.html">MPL sequence</a> of C++ argument
+      types (<i>A1, A2,... AN</i>) such that if
+      <code>a1, a2</code>... <code>aN</code> are objects of type
+      <i>A1, A2,... AN</i> respectively, the expression
+      <code>T(a1, a2</code>... <code>aN</code>) is valid. In the second form,
+      the expression <code>T()</code> must be valid.
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Adds the result of <code><a href=
+      "make_function.html#make_constructor-spec">make_constructor</a>&lt;T,Args,HolderGenerator&gt;()</code>
+      to the Boost.Python extension class being defined with the name
+      "__init__". If the 2nd form is used, an unspecified empty <a href=
+      "../../../mpl/doc/Sequences.html">MPL sequence</a> type is substituted
+      for <code>Args</code>. If the extension class already has an "__init__"
+      attribute, the usual <a href="http:overloading.html">overloading
+      procedure</a> applies.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>*this</code>
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> Allows users to easily expose a class' constructor
+      to Python.
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="class_-spec-observers"></a>Class template <code>class_</code>
+    observer functions</h4>
+<pre>
+ref object() const;
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> A <code>ref</code> object which holds a reference to
+      the Boost.Python extension class object created by the
+      <code>class_</code> constructor.
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> Mostly not needed by users, since <code><a href=
+      "module.html#add-spec">module::add</a>()</code> uses this to insert the
+      extension class in the module.
+    </dl>
+
+    <h3><a name="args-spec"></a>Class template
+    <code>args&lt;T1, T2,</code>...<code>TN&gt;</code></h3>
+
+    <p>Essentially an alias for <code>boost::mpl::type_list</code> which users
+    can use in <code>def_init</code> calls to make their code more readable.
+    Currently it is in the global unnammed namespace, but that will probably
+    change.
+
+    <h4><a name="args-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>args</code>
+    synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace
+{
+  template &lt;T1 = <i>unspecified</i>,...TN = <i>unspecified</i>&gt;
+  struct args : ::boost::mpl::type_list&lt;T1,...TN&gt;::type
+  {};
+}
+</pre>
+
+    <h3><a name="bases-spec"></a>Class template
+    <code>bases&lt;T1, T2,</code>...<code>TN&gt;</code></h3>
+
+    <p>Essentially an alias for <code>boost::mpl::type_list</code> which users
+    can use in <code>class_&lt;</code>...<code>&gt;</code> instantiations to
+    make their code more readable. Currently it is in the global unnammed
+    namespace, but that will probably change.
+
+    <h4><a name="bases-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>bases</code>
+    synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace
+{
+  template &lt;T1 = <i>unspecified</i>,...TN = <i>unspecified</i>&gt;
+  struct bases : ::boost::mpl::type_list&lt;T1,...TN&gt;::type
+  {};
+}
+</pre>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example(s)</h2>
+
+    <p>Given a C++ class declaration:
+<pre>
+class Foo : public Bar, public Baz
+{
+ public:
+   Foo(int, char const*);
+   Foo(double);
+
+   std::string const&amp; name() { return m_name; }
+   void name(char const*);
+ private:
+   ...
+};
+</pre>
+    A corresponding Boost.Python extension class can be created with: 
+<pre>
+using namespace boost::python;
+ref foo =
+class_&lt;Foo,bases&lt;Bar,Baz&gt; &gt;()
+   .def_init(args&lt;int,char const*&gt;())
+   .def_init(args&lt;double&gt;())
+   .def("get_name", &amp;Foo::get_name, return_internal_reference&lt;&gt;())
+   .def("set_name", &amp;Foo::set_name)
+   .object();
+</pre>
+    Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     05 November, 2001 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+     
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+<title>Boost.Python - Configuration</title>
+</head>
+<body link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top" width="300"> 
+      <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top"> 
+      <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+      <h2 align="center">Configuration</h2>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+<dl class="page-index">
+  <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#app-defined">Application Defined Macros</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#lib-defined-public">Public Library Defined Macros</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#lib-defined-impl">Library Defined Implementation Macros</a></dt>
+</dl>
+<h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+<p>Boost.Python uses several configuration macros in <a href="http://www.boost.org/libs/config/config.htm">&lt;boost/config.hpp&gt;</a>, 
+  as well as configuration macros meant to be supplied by the application. These 
+  macros are documented here.</p>
+<h2><a name="app-defined"></a>Application Defined Macros</h2>
+<p>These are the macros that may be defined by an application using Boost.Python.</p>
+<table summary="application defined macros" cellspacing="10" width="100%">
+  <tr>
+    <td><b>Macro</b></td>
+    <td><b>Meaning</b></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>{{macro}}</td>
+	<td>{{meaning}}</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>{{macro}}</td>
+	<td>{{meaning}}</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<h2><a name="lib-defined-public"></a>Public Library Defined Macros</h2>
+<p>These macros are defined by Boost.Python but are expected to be used by application 
+  code.</p>
+<table summary="public library defined macros" cellspacing="10" width="100%">
+  <tr>
+    <td><b>Macro</b></td>
+    <td><b>Meaning</b></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>{{macro}}</td>
+	<td>{{meaning}}</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>{{macro}}</td>
+	<td>{{meaning}}</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<h2><a name="lib-defined-impl"></a>Library Defined Implementation Macros</h2>
+<p>These macros are defined by Boost.Python and are implementation details of interest 
+  only to implementers.</p>
+<table summary="library defined implementation macros" cellspacing="10" width="100%">
+  <tr>
+    <td><b>Macro</b></td>
+    <td><b>Meaning</b></td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>{{macro}}</td>
+	<td>{{meaning}}</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td>{{macro}}</td>
+	<td>{{meaning}}</td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+<p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+  05 November, 2002 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+</p>
+<p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 
+  2002. All Rights Reserved.</i></p>
+</body>
+</html>

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+    <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org">
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+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;boost/python/copy_const_reference.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header
+          &lt;boost/python/copy_const_reference.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#copy_const_reference-spec">Class
+          <code>copy_const_reference</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#copy_const_reference-spec-synopsis">Class
+              <code>copy_const_reference</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#copy_const_reference-spec-metafunctions">Class
+              <code>copy_const_reference</code> metafunctions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="copy_const_reference-spec"></a>Class
+    <code>copy_const_reference</code></h3>
+
+    <p><code>copy_const_reference</code> is a model of <a href=
+    "ResultConverterGenerator.html">ResultConverterGenerator</a> which can be
+    used to wrap C++ functions returning a reference-to-const type such that
+    the referenced value is copied into a new Python object.
+
+    <h4><a name="copy_const_reference-spec-synopsis"></a>Class
+    <code>copy_const_reference</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+    struct copy_const_reference
+    {
+        template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply;
+    };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="copy_const_reference-spec-metafunctions"></a>Class
+    <code>copy_const_reference</code> metafunctions</h4>
+<pre>
+template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="metafunction-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>T</code> is <code>U const&amp;</code> for some
+      <code>U</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>typedef <a href=
+      "to_python_value.html#to_python_value-spec">to_python_value</a>&lt;T&gt;
+      type;</code>
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+<h3>C++ Module Definition</h3>
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/class.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/copy_const_reference.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/return_value_policy.hpp&gt;
+
+// classes to wrap
+struct Bar { int x; }
+
+struct Foo {
+   Foo(int x) : { b.x = x; }
+   Bar const&amp; get_bar() const { return b; }
+ private:
+   Bar b;
+};
+
+// Wrapper code
+using namespace boost::python;
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(my_module)
+{
+   module m("my_module")
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Bar&gt;()
+         )
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Foo&gt;()
+            .def_init(args&lt;int&gt;())
+            .def("get_bar", &amp;Foo::get_bar
+                , return_value_policy&lt;copy_const_reference&gt;())
+         )
+       ;
+}
+</pre>
+<h3>Python Code</h3>
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; from my_module import *
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f = Foo(3)         # create a Foo object
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b = f.get_bar()    # make a copy of the internal Bar object
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     15 February, 2002
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+    <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org">
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python -
+    &lt;boost/python/copy_non_const_reference.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header
+          &lt;boost/python/copy_non_const_reference.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#copy_non_const_reference-spec">Class
+          <code>copy_non_const_reference</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#copy_non_const_reference-spec-synopsis">Class
+              <code>copy_non_const_reference</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#copy_non_const_reference-spec-metafunctions">Class
+              <code>copy_non_const_reference</code> metafunctions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="copy_non_const_reference-spec"></a>Class
+    <code>copy_non_const_reference</code></h3>
+
+    <p><code>copy_non_const_reference</code> is a model of <a href=
+    "ResultConverterGenerator.html">ResultConverterGenerator</a> which can be
+    used to wrap C++ functions returning a reference-to-non-const type such
+    that the referenced value is copied into a new Python object.
+
+    <h4><a name="copy_non_const_reference-spec-synopsis"></a>Class
+    <code>copy_non_const_reference</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+    struct copy_non_const_reference
+    {
+        template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply;
+    };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="copy_non_const_reference-spec-metafunctions"></a>Class
+    <code>copy_non_const_reference</code> metafunctions</h4>
+<pre>
+template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="metafunction-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>T</code> is <code>U&amp;</code> for some
+      non-const <code>U</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>typedef <a href=
+      "to_python_value.html#to_python_value-spec">to_python_value</a>&lt;T&gt;
+      type;</code>
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+    <p>C++ code:
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/class.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/copy_non_const_reference.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/return_value_policy.hpp&gt;
+
+// classes to wrap
+struct Bar { int x; }
+
+struct Foo {
+   Foo(int x) : { b.x = x; }
+   Bar&amp; get_bar() { return b; }
+ private:
+   Bar b;
+};
+
+// Wrapper code
+using namespace boost::python;
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(my_module)
+{
+   module m("my_module")
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Bar&gt;()
+         )
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Foo&gt;()
+            .def_init(args&lt;int&gt;())
+            .def("get_bar", &amp;Foo::get_bar
+                , return_value_policy&lt;copy_non_const_reference&gt;())
+         );
+}
+</pre>
+    Python Code: 
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; from my_module import *
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f = Foo(3)         # create a Foo object
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b = f.get_bar()    # make a copy of the internal Bar object
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     05 November, 2001 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+    <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org">
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python -
+    &lt;boost/python/default_call_policies.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header
+          &lt;boost/python/default_call_policies.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#default_call_policies-spec">Class
+          <code>default_call_policies</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#default_call_policies-spec-synopsis">Class
+              <code>default_call_policies</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#default_call_policies-spec-statics">Class
+              <code>default_call_policies</code> static functions</a>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="#default_result_converter-spec">Class
+          <code>default_result_converter</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#default_result_converter-spec-synopsis">Class
+              <code>default_result_converter</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#default_result_converter-spec-metafunctions">Class
+              <code>default_result_converter</code> metafunctions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="default_call_policies-spec"></a>Class
+    <code>default_call_policies</code></h3>
+
+    <p><code>default_call_policies</code> is a model of <a href=
+    "CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a> with no <code>precall</code> or
+    <code>postcall</code> behavior and a <code>result_converter</code> which
+    handles by-value returns. Wrapped C++ functions and member functions use
+    <code>default_call_policies</code> unless otherwise specified. You may find
+    it convenient to derive new models of <a href=
+    "CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a> from
+    <code>default_call_policies</code>.
+
+    <h4><a name="default_call_policies-spec-synopsis"></a>Class
+    <code>default_call_policies</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+    struct default_call_policies
+    {
+        static bool precall(PyObject*);
+        static PyObject* postcall(PyObject*, PyObject* result);
+        typedef <a href=
+"#default_result_converter-spec">default_result_converter</a> result_converter;
+    };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="default_call_policies-spec-statics"></a>Class
+    <code>default_call_policies</code> static functions</h4>
+<pre>
+bool precall(PyObject*);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>true</code>
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> nothing
+    </dl>
+<pre>
+PyObject* postcall(PyObject*, PyObject* result);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>result</code>
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> nothing
+    </dl>
+
+    <h3><a name="default_result_converter-spec"></a>Class
+    <code>default_result_converter</code></h3>
+
+    <p><code>default_result_converter</code> is a model of <a href=
+    "ResultConverterGenerator.html">ResultConverterGenerator</a> which can be
+    used to wrap C++ functions returning non-pointer types, <code>char
+    const*</code>, and <code>PyObject*</code>, by-value.
+
+    <h4><a name="default_result_converter-spec-synopsis"></a>Class
+    <code>default_result_converter</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+    struct default_result_converter
+    {
+        template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply;
+    };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="default_result_converter-spec-metafunctions"></a>Class
+    <code>default_result_converter</code> metafunctions</h4>
+<pre>
+template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="metafunction-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>T</code> is not a reference type. If
+      <code>T</code> is a pointer type, <code>T</code> is <code>const
+      char*</code> or <code>PyObject*</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>typedef <a href=
+      "to_python_value.html#to_python_value-spec">to_python_value</a>&lt;T
+      const&amp;&gt; type;</code>
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+    <p>This example comes from the Boost.Python implementation itself. Because
+    the <a href=
+    "return_value_policy.html#return_value_policy-spec">return_value_policy</a>
+    class template does not implement <code>precall</code> or
+    <code>postcall</code> behavior, its default base class is
+    <code>default_call_policies</code>:
+<pre>
+template &lt;class Handler, class Base = default_call_policies&gt;
+struct return_value_policy : Base
+{
+   typedef Handler result_converter;
+};
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     05 November, 2001 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+<title>Boost.Python - Definitions</title>
+</head>
+<body link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top" width="300"> 
+      <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top"> 
+      <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+      <h2 align="center">Definitions</h2>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+<dl class="definitions">
+  <dt><b>{{term}}:</b> {{definition}}</dt>
+  <dt><b>{{term}}:</b> {{definition}}</dt>
+</dl>
+<hr>
+<p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+  05 November, 2002 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+</p>
+<p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 
+  2002. All Rights Reserved.</i></p>
+</body>
+</html>

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+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;{{header}}&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/errors.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#class-spec">Class <code>error_already_set</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#error_already_set-spec-synopsis">Class
+              <code>error_already_set</code> synopsis</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#functions">Functions</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#handle_exception-spec">handle_exception</a>
+
+          <dt><a href="#expect_non_null-spec">expect_non_null</a>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Examples</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <p><code>&lt;boost/python/errors.hpp&gt;</code> provides types and
+    functions for managing and translating between Python and C++ exceptions.
+    This is relatively low-level functionality that is mostly used internally
+    by Boost.Python. Users should seldom need it.
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="error_already_set-spec"></a>Class
+    <code>error_already_set</code></h3>
+
+    <p><code>error_already_set</code> is an exception type which can be thrown
+    to indicate that a Python error has occurred. If thrown, the precondition
+    is that <a href=
+    "http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/api/exceptionHandling.html#l2h-71">PyErr_Occurred()</a>
+    returns a value convertible to <code>true</code>.
+
+    <h4><a name="class-spec-synopsis"></a>Class error_already_set synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+    class error_already_set {};
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+<pre>
+<a name=
+"handle_exception-spec">template &lt;class T&gt; bool handle_exception</a>(T f) throw();
+
+void handle_exception() throw();
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="handle_exception-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> The first form requires that the expression <code><a
+      href=
+      "../../../function/doc/reference.html#functionN">function0</a>&lt;void&gt;(f)</code>
+      is valid. The second form requires that a C++ exception is currently
+      being handled (see section 15.1 in the C++ standard).
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> The first form calls <code>f()</code> inside a
+      <code>try</code> block whose <code>catch</code> clauses set an
+      appropriate Python exception for the C++ exception caught, returning
+      <code>true</code> if an exception was caught, <code>false</code>
+      otherwise. The second form passes a function which rethrows the exception
+      currently being handled to the first form.
+
+      <dt><b>Postconditions:</b> No exception is being handled
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> nothing
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> At inter-language boundaries it is important to
+      ensure that no C++ exceptions escape, since the calling language usually
+      doesn't have the equipment neccessary to properly unwind the stack. Use
+      <code>handle_exception</code> to manage exception translation whenever
+      your C++ code is called directly from the Python API. This is done for
+      you automatically by the usual function wrapping facilities: <a href=
+      "make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function()</a>, <a href=
+      "make_function.html#make_constructor-spec">make_constructor()</a>, <a
+      href="module.html#def-spec">module::def</a> and <a href=
+      "class.html#def-spec">class_::def</a>). The second form can be more
+      convenient to use (see the <a href="#examples">example</a> below), but
+      various compilers have problems when exceptions are rethrown from within
+      an enclosing <code>try</code> block.
+    </dl>
+<pre>
+<a name="expect_non_null-spec">PyObject* expect_non_null(PyObject* x);</a>
+
+template &lt;class T&gt; T* expect_non_null(T* x);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="expect_non_null-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>x</code>
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> <code><a href=
+      "#error_already_set-spec">error_already_set()</a></code> iff <code>x ==
+      0</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> Simplifies error-handling when calling many
+      functions in the <a href=
+      "http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/api/api.html">Python/C API</a>, which
+      return 0 on error.
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Examples</h2>
+<pre>
+#include &lt;string&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/errors.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/reference.hpp&gt;
+
+// Returns a std::string which has the same value as obj's "__name__"
+// attribute.
+std::string get_name(boost::python::ref obj)
+{
+   // throws if there's no __name__ attribute
+   PyObject* p = boost::python::expect_non_null(
+      PyObject_GetAttrString(obj.get(), "__name__"));
+
+   // throws if it's not a Python string
+   std::string result(
+      boost::python::expect_non_null(
+         PyString_AsString(p)));
+
+   Py_XDECREF(p); // Done with p
+   
+   return result;
+}
+
+//
+// Demonstrate form 1 of handle_exception
+//
+
+// Place a Python Int object whose value is 1 if a and b have
+// identical "__name__" attributes, 0 otherwise.
+void same_name_impl(PyObject*&amp; result, PyObject* a, PyObject* b)
+{
+   result = PyInt_FromLong(
+      get_name(boost::python::ref(a1)) == get_name(boost::python::ref(a2)));
+}
+
+// This is an example Python 'C' API interface function
+extern "C" PyObject*
+same_name(PyObject* args, PyObject* keywords)
+{
+   PyObject* a1;
+   PyObject* a2;
+   PyObject* result = 0;
+
+   if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, const_cast&lt;char*&gt;("OO"), &amp;a1, &amp;a2))
+      return 0;
+   
+   // Use boost::bind to make an object compatible with
+   // boost::Function0&lt;void&gt;
+   if (boost::python::handle_exception(
+         boost::bind&lt;void&gt;(same_name_impl, boost::ref(result), a1, a2)))
+   {
+      // an exception was thrown; the Python error was set by
+      // handle_exception()
+      return 0;
+   }
+
+   return result;
+}
+
+//
+// Demonstrate form 2 of handle_exception. Not well-supported by all
+// compilers.
+//
+extern "C" PyObject*
+same_name2(PyObject* args, PyObject* keywords)
+{
+   PyObject* a1;
+   PyObject* a2;
+   PyObject* result = 0;
+
+   if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, const_cast&lt;char*&gt;("OO"), &amp;a1, &amp;a2))
+      return 0;
+   try {
+      return PyInt_FromLong(
+         get_name(boost::python::ref(a1)) == get_name(boost::python::ref(a2)));
+   }
+   catch(...)
+   {
+      // If an exception was thrown, translate it to Python
+      boost::python::handle_exception();
+      return 0;
+   }
+}
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     05 November, 2001 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+<title>Boost.Python - FAQ</title>
+</head>
+<body link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top" width="300"> 
+      <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top"> 
+      <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+      <h2 align="center">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)</h2>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+<dl class="page-index">
+  <dt><a href="#question1">{{question}}</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#question2">{{question}}</a></dt>
+</dl>
+<h2><a name="question1"></a>{{question}}</h2>
+<p>{{answer}}</p>
+<h2><a name="question2"></a>{{question}}</h2>
+<p>{{answer}}</p>
+<hr>
+<p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+  05 November, 2002 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+</p>
+<p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 
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+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;boost/python/from_python.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/from_python.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#from_python-spec">Class
+          Template<code>from_python</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#from_python-spec-synopsis">Class Template
+              <code>from_python</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#from_python-spec-ctors">Class Template
+              <code>from_python</code> constructor</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#from_python-spec-observers">Class Template
+              <code>from_python</code> observer functions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <p><code>&lt;boost/python/from_python.hpp&gt;</code> introduces a class
+    template <code>from_python&lt;T&gt;</code> for extracting a C++ object of
+    type <code>T</code> from a Python object.
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="from_python-spec"></a>Class Template
+    <code>from_python&lt;class T&gt;</code></h3>
+
+    <p><code>from_python&lt;T&gt;</code> is the type used internally by
+    Boost.Python to extract C++ function arguments from a Python argument tuple
+    when calling a wrapped function. It can also be used directly to make
+    similar conversions in other contexts.
+
+    <h4><a name="from_python-spec-synopsis"></a>Class Template
+    <code>from_python</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+   template &lt;class T&gt;
+   struct from_python : private <a href=
+"../../../utility/utility.htm#Class noncopyable">boost::noncopyable</a> // Exposition only.
+       // from_python&lt;T&gt; meets the <a href=
+"NonCopyable.html">NonCopyable</a> requirements
+   {
+      from_python(PyObject*);
+      bool convertible() const;
+      <i>convertible-to-T</i> operator()(PyObject*) const;
+   };
+}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="from_python-spec-ctors"></a>Class Template
+    <code>from_python</code> constructor</h4>
+<pre>
+from_python(PyObject* p);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>p != 0</code>
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Constructs a <code>from_python</code> object suitable
+      for extracting a C++ object of type <code>T</code> from <code>p</code>.
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="from_python-spec-observers"></a>Class Template
+    <code>from_python</code> observer functions</h4>
+<pre>
+bool convertible() const;
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>false</code> if the conversion cannot succeed.
+      This indicates that either:
+
+      <dd>
+        <ol>
+          <li>No <code>from_python_converter</code> was registered for
+          <code>T</code>, or
+
+          <li>any such converter rejected the constructor argument
+          <code>p</code> by returning <code>0</code> from its
+          <code>convertible()</code> function
+        </ol>
+        Note that conversion may still fail in <code>operator()</code> due to
+        an exception. 
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> nothing
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> Because <code>from_python&lt;&gt;</code> is used in
+      overload resolution, and throwing an exception can be slow, it is useful
+      to be able to rule out a broad class of unsuccessful conversions without
+      throwing an exception.
+    </dl>
+<pre>
+<i>convertible-to-T</i> operator()(PyObject* p) const;
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>*p</code> refers to the same object which was
+      passed to the constructor, and <code>convertible()</code> returns
+      <code>true</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> performs the conversion
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> an object convertible to <code>T</code>.
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+<pre>
+#include &lt;string&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/from_python.hpp&gt;
+
+// If a std::string can be extracted from p, return its
+// length. Otherwise, return 0.
+std::size_t length_if_string(PyObject* p)
+{
+   from_python&lt;std::string&gt; converter(p);
+   if (!converter.convertible())
+      return 0;
+   else
+      return converter().size();
+}
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     05 November, 2001 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;{{header}}&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;{{header}}&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+      <dt><a href="#macros">Macros</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#macro-spec">{{macro name}}</a>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#values">Values</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#value-spec">{{value name}}</a>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#types">Types</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#type-spec">{{type name}}</a>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#class-spec">Class <code>{{name}}</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#class-spec-synopsis">Class <code>{{name}}</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#class-spec-ctors">Class <code>{{name}}</code>
+              constructors and destructor</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#class-spec-comparisons">Class <code>{{name}}</code> comparison functions</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#class-spec-modifiers">Class <code>{{name}}</code> modifier functions</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#class-spec-observers">Class <code>{{name}}</code> observer functions</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#class-spec-statics">Class <code>{{name}}</code> static functions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#functions">Functions</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#function-spec">{{function name}}</a>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#objects">Objects</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#object-spec">{{object name}}</a>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example(s)</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <p>{{Introductory text}}
+
+    <h2><a name="macros"></a>Macros</h2>
+
+    <p><a name="macro-spec"></a>{{Macro specifications}}
+
+    <h2><a name="values"></a>Values</h2>
+
+    <p><a name="value-spec"></a>{{Value specifications}}
+
+    <h2><a name="types"></a>Types</h2>
+
+    <p><a name="type-spec"></a>{{Type specifications}}
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="class-spec"></a>Class <code>{{name}}</code></h3>
+
+    <p>{{class overview text}}
+
+    <h4><a name="class-spec-synopsis"></a>Class <code>{{name}}</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost
+{
+    class {{name}}
+  {
+  };
+};
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="class-spec-ctors"></a>Class <code>{{name}}</code> constructors and
+    destructor</h4>
+<pre>
+{{constructor}}
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Postconditions:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Complexity:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> {{text}}
+    </dl>
+<pre>
+{{destructor}}
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Postconditions:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Complexity:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> {{text}}
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="class-spec-comparisons"></a>Class <code>{{name}}</code> comparison
+    functions</h4>
+<pre>
+{{function}}
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Postconditions:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Complexity:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> {{text}}
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="class-spec-modifiers"></a>Class <code>{{name}}</code> modifier
+    functions</h4>
+<pre>
+{{function}}
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Postconditions:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Complexity:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> {{text}}
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="class-spec-observers"></a>Class <code>{{name}}</code> observer
+    functions</h4>
+<pre>
+{{function}}
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Postconditions:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Complexity:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> {{text}}
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="class-spec-statics"></a>Class <code>{{name}}</code> static functions</h4>
+<pre>
+{{function}}
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Postconditions:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Complexity:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> {{text}}
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+<pre>
+
+
+<a name="function-spec"></a>{{function}}
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Postconditions:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Throws:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Complexity:</b> {{text}}
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> {{text}}
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="objects"></a>Objects</h2>
+
+    <p><a name="object-spec"></a>{{Object specifications}}
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example(s)</h2>
+
+    <p>{{Example(s)}}
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     05 November, 2001 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+<head>
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+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
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+<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top" width="300"> 
+      <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top"> 
+      <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+      <h2 align="center">Index</h2>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+<h2>Contents</h2>
+<dl class="index">
+  <dt><a href="overview.html">Overview</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="reference.html">Reference</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="configuration.html">Configuration Information</a></dt>
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+  <dt><a href="definitions.html">Definitions</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="faq.html">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="bibliography.html">Bibliography</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="acknowledgments.html">Acknowledgments</a></dt>
+</dl>
+<hr>
+<p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+  05 November, 2002 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+</p>
+<p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 
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+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/lvalue_from_python.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#lvalue_from_python-spec">Class Template <code>lvalue_from_python</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+
+              <dt><a href="#lvalue_from_python-spec-synopsis">Class Template
+              <code>lvalue_from_python</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#lvalue_from_python-spec-ctors">Class Template
+              <code>lvalue_from_python</code> constructor</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#get_member-spec">Class Template <code>get_member</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+
+              <dt><a href="#get_member-spec-synopsis">Class Template
+              <code>get_member</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#get_member-spec-statics">Class Template
+              <code>get_member</code> static functions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <code>&lt;boost/python/lvalue_from_python.hpp&gt;</code> supplies
+    a facility for extracting C++ objects from within instances of a
+    given Python type. This is typically useful for dealing with
+    &quot;traditional&quot; Python extension types.
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="lvalue_from_python-spec"></a>Class template <code>lvalue_from_python</code></h3>
+
+    <p>Class template <code>lvalue_from_python</code> will register
+    from_python converters which extract a references and pointers to
+    a C++ type which is held within an object of a given Python
+    type. Its template arguments are:
+
+    <p>
+
+
+    <table border="1" summary="lvalue_from_python template parameters">
+      <caption>
+        <b><code>lvalue_from_python</code> Requirements</b><br>
+
+        In the table below, <b><code>x</code></b> denotes an object of type <code>PythonObject&amp;</code>
+
+      </caption>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Parameter
+        
+        <th>Requirements
+
+        <th>Description
+
+        <th>Default
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>python_type</code> 
+
+        <td>A compile-time constant <code><a
+        href="http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ext/dnt-type-methods.html">PyTypeObject</a>*</code>
+
+        <td>The Python type of instances convertible by this
+        converter. Python subtypes are also convertible.
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>Value</code> 
+
+        <td>A non-reference type.
+
+        <td>The C++ type to be extracted
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>PythonObject</code> 
+
+        <td>initial <code>sizeof(PyObject)</code> bytes are
+        layout-compatible with <code>PyObject</code>.
+
+        <td>The C++ type used to hold Python instances of
+        <code>python_type</code>.
+
+        <td><code>Value</code> 
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>Extract</code> 
+
+        <td><code>Value&amp; v = Extract::execute(x);</code> 
+
+        <td>A type whose static <code>execute</code> function extracts a <code>Value</code> reference from within an object of type <code>PythonObject</code>.
+
+        <td>An unspecified type whose <code>execute</code> function consists of <code>return&nbsp;x;</code>
+    </table>
+
+    If only the first two template arguments are supplied, these
+    converters extract the entire <code>PythonObject</code> as a
+    whole.
+
+    <p>
+
+    If the lifetime of the <code>lvalue_from_python</code> object ends
+    before the last attempt to convert to one its target types, the
+    behavior is undefined. The easiest way to ensure correct behavior
+    is to declare an <code>lvalue_from_python</code> instance as a
+    static local in a <a
+    href="module.html#BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT-spec">module init
+    function</a>, as shown in the <a href="#examples">example</a>
+    below.
+
+    <h4><a name="lvalue_from_python-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>lvalue_from_python</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+   template &lt;
+      PyTypeObject const* python_type
+      , class Value
+      , class PythonObject = Value
+      , class Extract = <i>unspecified</i>
+      &gt;
+   class lvalue_from_python
+   {
+      lvalue_from_python();
+   };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="lvalue_from_python-spec-ctors"></a>Class template <code>lvalue_from_python</code> constructor</h4>
+<pre>
+lvalue_from_python();
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Registers from_python converters which
+      extract
+      <code>Value&amp;</code>, <code>Value const&amp;</code>,
+      <code>Value*</code>, or <code>Value const*</code> from Python
+      objects of type <code>python_type</code> using
+      <code>Extract::execute()</code>.
+
+    </dl>
+
+    <h3><a name="get_member-spec"></a>Class template <code>get_member</code></h3>
+
+    <p><code>get_member</code> can be used with
+    <code>lvalue_from_python</code> in the common case where the C++
+    type to be extracted is a member of the Python object.
+
+    <h4><a name="get_member-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>get_member</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+  template &lt;class Class, class Member, Member (Class::*mp)&gt;
+  struct get_member
+  {
+     static Member&amp; execute(Class&amp; c);
+  };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="get_member-spec-statics"></a>Class template <code>get_member</code> static functions</h4>
+<pre>
+Member&amp; execute(Class&amp; c);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>c.*mp</code>
+
+    </dl>
+
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+This example presumes that someone has implemented the standard <a
+href="http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ext/dnt-basics.html">noddy
+example module</a> from the Python documentation, and we want to build
+a module which manipulates <code>Noddy</code>s. Since
+<code>noddy_NoddyObject</code> is so simple that it carries no
+interesting information, the example is a bit contrived: it assumes
+you want to keep track of one particular object for some reason.
+
+<h3>C++ module definition</h3>
+
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/reference.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+
+// definition lifted from the Python docs
+typedef struct {
+   PyObject_HEAD
+} noddy_NoddyObject;
+
+using namespace boost::python;
+static ref cache;
+
+bool is_cached(noddy_NoddyObject* x)
+{
+   return x == cache.get();
+}
+
+void set_cache(noddy_NoddyObject* x)
+{
+   cache.reset((PyObject*)x, ref::increment_count);
+}
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(noddy_cache)
+{
+   module noddy_cache(&quot;noddy_cache&quot;)
+      .def(&quot;is_cached&quot;, is_cached)
+      .def(&quot;set_cache&quot;, set_cache)
+      ;
+}
+</pre>
+
+<h3>Python code</h3>
+
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; import noddy
+&gt;&gt;&gt; n = noddy.new_noddy()
+&gt;&gt;&gt; import noddy_cache
+&gt;&gt;&gt; noddy_cache.is_cached(n)
+0
+&gt;&gt;&gt; noddy_cache.set_cache(n)
+&gt;&gt;&gt; noddy_cache.is_cached(n)
+1
+&gt;&gt;&gt; noddy_cache.is_cached(noddy.new_noddy())
+0
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     05 November, 2001 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
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+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/make_function.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+      <dt><a href="#functions">Functions</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#make_function-spec">make_function</a>
+
+          <dt><a href="#make_constructor-spec">make_constructor</a>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <p><code><a href="#make_function-spec">make_function</a>()</code> and
+    <code><a href="#make_constructor-spec">make_constructor</a>()</code> are
+    the functions used internally by <code>class_&lt;&gt;::<a href=
+    "class.html#class_-spec-modifiers">def</a></code>, <code>class_&lt;&gt;::<a
+    href="module.html#module-spec-modifiers">def</a></code>, and
+    <code>class_&lt;&gt;::<a href=
+    "class.html#class_-spec-modifiers">def_init</a></code> to produce Python
+    callable objects which wrap C++ functions and member functions.
+
+    <h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+<pre>
+<a name="make_function-spec">template &lt;class F&gt;</a>
+objects::function* make_function(F f)&lt;/a&gt;
+
+template &lt;class F, class Policies&gt;
+objects::function* make_function(F f, Policies const&amp; policies)
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>F</code> is a function pointer or member
+      function pointer type
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Creates a Python callable object which, when called
+      from Python, converts its arguments to C++ and calls <code>f</code>. If
+      <code>F</code> is a pointer-to-member-function type, the target object of
+      the function call (<code>*this</code>) will be taken from the first
+      Python argument, and subsequent Python arguments will be used as the
+      arguments to <code>f</code>. If <code>policies</code> are supplied, it
+      must be a model of <a href="CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a>, and will
+      be applied to the function as described <a href=
+      "CallPolicies.html">here</a>.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> A pointer convertible to <code>PyObject*</code> which
+      refers to the new Python callable object.
+    </dl>
+<pre>
+<a name=
+"make_constructor-spec">template &lt;class T, class ArgList, class Generator&gt;
+objects::function* make_constructor();</a>
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="make_constructor-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>T</code> is a class type. <code>ArgList</code>
+      is an <a href="../../../mpl/doc/Sequences.html">MPL sequence</a> of C++
+      argument types (<i>A1, A2,... AN</i>) such that if
+      <code>a1, a2</code>... <code>aN</code> are objects of type
+      <i>A1, A2,... AN</i> respectively, the expression <code>new
+      Generator::apply&lt;T&gt;::type(a1, a2</code>... <code>aN</code>) is
+      valid. Generator is a model of <a href=
+      "HolderGenerator.html">HolderGenerator</a>.
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Creates a Python callable object which, when called
+      from Python, expects its first argument to be a Boost.Python extension
+      class object. It converts its remaining its arguments to C++ and passes
+      them to the constructor of a dynamically-allocated
+      <code>Generator::apply&lt;T&gt;::type</code> object. The result is
+      installed in the extension class object.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> The new Python callable object
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+    <p>C++ function exposed below returns a callable object wrapping one of two
+    functions.
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/make_function.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+
+char const* foo() { return "foo"; }
+char const* bar() { return "bar"; }
+
+PyObject* choose_function(bool selector)
+{
+    if (selector)
+        return boost::python::make_function(foo);
+    else
+        return boost::python::make_function(bar);
+}
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(make_function_test)
+{
+    module("make_function_test")
+        .def("choose_function", choose_function);
+}
+</pre>
+    It can be used this way in Python: 
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; from make_function_test import *
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f = choose_function(1)
+&gt;&gt;&gt; g = choose_function(0)
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f()
+'foo'
+&gt;&gt;&gt; g()
+'bar'
+</pre>
+
+    <p>
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+    14 February 2002 <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;boost/python/manage_new_object.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header
+          &lt;boost/python/manage_new_object.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#manage_new_object-spec">Class
+          <code>manage_new_object</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#manage_new_object-spec-synopsis">Class
+              <code>manage_new_object</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#manage_new_object-spec-metafunctions">Class
+              <code>manage_new_object</code> metafunctions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="manage_new_object-spec"></a>Class
+    <code>manage_new_object</code></h3>
+
+    <p><code>manage_new_object</code> is a model of <a href=
+    "ResultConverterGenerator.html">ResultConverterGenerator</a> which can be
+    used to wrap C++ functions which return a pointer to an object allocated
+    with a <i>new-expression</i>, and expect the caller to take responsibility
+    for deleting that object.
+
+    <h4><a name="manage_new_object-spec-synopsis"></a>Class
+    <code>manage_new_object</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+    struct manage_new_object
+    {
+        template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply;
+    };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="manage_new_object-spec-metafunctions"></a>Class
+    <code>manage_new_object</code> metafunctions</h4>
+<pre>
+template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="metafunction-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>T</code> is <code>U*</code> for some
+      <code>U</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>typedef <a href=
+      "to_python_indirect.html#to_python_indirect-spec">to_python_indirect</a>&lt;T&gt;
+      type;</code>
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+    <p>In C++:
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/class.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/manage_new_object.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/return_value_policy.hpp&gt;
+
+
+struct Foo {
+   Foo(int x) : x(x){}
+   int get_x() { return x; }
+   int x;
+};
+
+Foo* make_foo(int x) { return new Foo(x); }
+
+// Wrapper code
+using namespace boost::python;
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(my_module)
+{
+   module m("my_module")
+      .def("make_foo", make_foo)
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Foo&gt;()
+            .def("get_x", &amp;Foo::get_x)
+         )
+}
+</pre>
+In Python: 
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; from my_module import *
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f = make_foo(3)     # create a Foo object
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f.get_x()
+3
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     14 February 2002 <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+      <dt><a href="#macros">Macros</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href=
+          "#BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT-spec">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT</a>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#module-spec">Class <code>module</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#module-spec-synopsis">Class <code>module</code>
+              synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#module-spec-ctors">Class <code>module</code>
+              constructor</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#module-spec-modifiers">Class <code>module</code>
+              modifier functions</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#module-spec-observers">Class <code>module</code>
+              observer functions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example(s)</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <p>{{Introductory text}}
+
+    <h2><a name="macros"></a>Macros</h2>
+
+    <p><a name=
+    "BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT-spec"><code>BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(name)</code></a>
+    is used to declare Python <a href=
+    "http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ext/methodTable.html#SECTION003400000000000000000">
+    module initialization functions</a>. The <code>name</code> argument must
+    exactly match the name of the module to be initialized, and must conform to
+    Python's <a href=
+    "http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ref/identifiers.html">identifier naming
+    rules</a>. Where you would normally write
+<pre>
+void init<i>name</i>()
+{
+   ...
+</pre>
+    Boost.Python modules should be initialized with 
+<pre>
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(<i>name</i>)
+{
+   ...
+</pre>
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="module-spec">Class <code>module</code></a></h3>
+
+    <p>This class represents the Python extension module under construction. It
+    provides functions for adding attributes and for retrieving the underlying
+    Python module object.
+
+    <h4><a name="module-spec-synopsis"></a>Class <code>module</code>
+    synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+  class module : public module_base
+  {
+   public:
+      module(const char* name);
+
+      // modifier functions
+      module&amp; setattr(const char* name, PyObject*);
+      module&amp; setattr(const char* name, PyTypeObject*);
+      module&amp; setattr(const char* name, ref const&amp;);
+
+      module&amp; add(PyTypeObject* x);
+      template &lt;class T, class Bases, class HolderGenerator&gt;
+      module&amp; add(class_&lt;T,Bases,HolderGenerator&gt; const&amp; c);
+
+      template &lt;class Fn&gt;
+      module&amp; def(char const* name, Fn fn);
+      template &lt;class Fn, class ResultHandler&gt;
+      module&amp; def(char const* name, Fn fn, ResultHandler handler);
+
+      // observer function
+      ref object() const;
+  };
+
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="module-spec-ctors">Class <code>module</code></a>
+    constructor</h4>
+<pre>
+module(const char* name);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>name</code> is a ntbs whose value matches the
+      argument passed to <a href=
+      "#BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT-spec">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT</a>.
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Creates a <code>module</code> object representing a
+      Python module named <code>name</code>.
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="module-spec-modifiers">Class <code>module</code></a> modifier
+    functions</h4>
+<pre>
+module&amp; setattr(const char* name, PyObject* obj);
+module&amp; setattr(const char* name, PyTypeObject* obj);
+module&amp; setattr(const char* name, ref const&amp; r);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>name</code> is a ntbs which conforms to
+      Python's <a href=
+      "http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ref/identifiers.html">identifier
+      naming rules</a>. In the first two forms, <code>obj</code> is non-null.
+      In the third form, <code>r.get()</code> is non-null.
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Adds the given Python object to the module. If the
+      object is a product of <code><a href=
+      "make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function</a>()</code>, the
+      usual <a href="overloading.html">overloading procedure</a> applies.
+      In the first two forms, ownership of a reference to obj is transferred
+      from caller to callee, even if an exception is thrown.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>*this</code>
+    </dl>
+<pre>
+module&amp; add(PyTypeObject* x);
+
+template &lt;class T, class Bases, class HolderGenerator&gt;
+module&amp; add(class_&lt;T,Bases,HolderGenerator&gt; const&amp; c);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> In the first form, <code>x</code> is non-null
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> The first form adds the Python type object named by
+      <code>x</code> to the Python module under construction, with the name
+      given by the type's <code><a href=
+      "http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ext/dnt-type-methods.html">tp_name</a></code>
+      field. The second form adds the extension class object being constructed
+      by <code>c</code> to the module, with the same name that was passed to
+      <code>c</code>'s constructor.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>*this</code>
+
+      <dt><b>Rationale:</b> Provides a way to set type attributes in the module
+      without having to explicitly specify the name.
+    </dl>
+<pre>
+template &lt;class Fn&gt;
+module&amp; def(char const* name, Fn f);
+
+template &lt;class Fn, class ResultHandler&gt;
+module&amp; def(char const* name, Fn f, ResultHandler handler);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>f</code> is a non-null pointer-to-function or
+      pointer-to-member-function. <code>name</code> is a ntbs which conforms to
+      Python's <a href=
+      "http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ref/identifiers.html">identifier
+      naming rules</a>. In the first form, the return type of
+      <code>f</code> is not a reference and is not a pointer other
+      than <code>char const*</code> or <code>PyObject*</code>. In the
+      second form <code>policy</code> is a model of <a
+      href="CallPolicy.html">CallPolicy</a>.
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Adds the result of <code><a href=
+      "make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function</a>(f)</code> to
+      the extension module being defined, with the given <code>name</code>. If
+      the module already has an attribute named <code><i>name</i></code>, the
+      usual <a href="http:overloading.html">overloading procedure</a> applies.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>*this</code>
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="module-spec-observers">Class <code>module</code></a> observer
+    functions</h4>
+<pre>
+ref object() const;
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> A <code>ref</code> object which holds a reference to
+      the Python module object created by the <code>module</code> constructor.
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example(s)</h2>
+
+    <p>C++ module definition:
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+
+char const* greet()
+{
+    return "hello, Boost.Python!";
+}
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(boost_greet)
+{
+    module("boost_greet")
+        .def("greet", greet);
+}
+</pre>
+
+Interactive Python: 
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; import boost_greet
+&gt;&gt;&gt; boost_greet.greet()
+'hello, Boost.Python!'
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     14 February, 2002
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+<title>Boost.Python - Overview</title>
+</head>
+<body link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top" width="300"> 
+      <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top"> 
+      <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+      <h2 align="center">Overview</h2>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+<dl class="index">
+  <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#topic1">First topic</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#topic2">Second topic</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#footnotes">Footnotes</a></dt>
+</dl>
+<h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+<p>{{text}}</p>
+<h2><a name="topic1"></a>First Topic</h2>
+<p>{{text}}</p>
+<h2><a name="topic2"></a>Second Topic</h2>
+<p>{{text}}</p>
+<h2><a name="footnotes"></a>Footnotes</h2>
+<dl>
+  <dt><a name="footnote1" class="footnote">(1)</a> {{text}}</dt>
+  <dt><a name="footnote2" class="footnote">(2)</a> {{text}}</dt>
+</dl>
+<hr>
+<p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+  05 November, 2002 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+</p>
+<p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 
+  2002. All Rights Reserved.</i></p>
+</body>
+</html>

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+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+<title>Boost.Python - Rationale</title>
+</head>
+<body link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
+<table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top" width="300"> 
+      <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+    </td>
+    <td valign="top"> 
+      <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+      <h2 align="center">Rationale</h2>
+    </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+<hr>
+<dl class="index">
+  <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#topic1">First topic</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#topic2">Second topic</a></dt>
+  <dt><a href="#footnotes">Footnotes</a></dt>
+</dl>
+<h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+<p>{{text}}</p>
+<h2><a name="topic1"></a>First Topic</h2>
+<p>{{text}}</p>
+<h2><a name="topic2"></a>Second Topic</h2>
+<p>{{text}}</p>
+<h2><a name="footnotes"></a>Footnotes</h2>
+<dl>
+  <dt><a name="footnote1" class="footnote">(1)</a> {{text}}</dt>
+  <dt><a name="footnote2" class="footnote">(2)</a> {{text}}</dt>
+</dl>
+<hr>
+<p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+  05 November, 2002 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+</p>
+<p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 
+  2002. All Rights Reserved.</i></p>
+</body>
+</html>

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+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python - Reference</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "reference">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="http://www.boost.org"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Reference</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="Reference">
+      <dt><a href="#high_level">High Level Components</a>
+
+      <dt><a href="#framework">Framework Elements</a>
+
+      <dt><a href="#utilities">Utilities</a>
+
+      <dt><a href="#by_name">Index By Name</a>
+    </dl>
+    <a name="high_level"></a>
+
+    <h2>High Level Components</h2>
+
+    <dl class="index">
+      <dd>
+        <a name="general_purpose"></a>
+
+        <h3>General Purpose</h3>
+
+        <dl class="index">
+          <dt><a href="class.html">class.hpp/class_fwd.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="class.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href="class.html#class_-spec">class_</a>
+
+                  <dt><a href="class.html#bases-spec">bases</a>
+
+                  <dt><a href="class.html#args-spec">args</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="errors.html">errors.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="errors.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "errors.html#error_already_set-spec">error_already_set</a>
+                </dl>
+
+              <dt><a href="errors.html#functions">Functions</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "errors.html#handle_exception-spec">handle_exception</a>
+
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "errors.html#expect_non_null-spec">expect_non_null</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="make_function.html">make_function.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="make_function.html#classes">Functions</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function</a>
+
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "make_.html#make_constructor-spec">make_constructor</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="module.html">module.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="module.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href="module.html#module-spec">module</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="objects.html">objects.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="objects.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href="objects.html#xxx-spec">not yet documented</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="reference_hpp.html">reference.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="reference_hpp.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href="reference_hpp.html#reference-spec">reference</a>
+                </dl>
+
+              <dt><a href="reference_hpp.html#types">Types</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href="reference_hpp.html#ref-spec">ref</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+        <a name="type_conversion"></a>
+
+        <h3>To/From Python Type Conversion</h3>
+
+        <dl class="index">
+          <dt><a href="from_python.html">from_python.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="from_python.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "from_python.html#from_python-spec">from_python</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="to_python_converter.html">to_python_converter.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="to_python_converter.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "to_python_converter.html#to_python_converter-spec">to_python_converter</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="to_python_indirect.html">to_python_indirect.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="to_python_indirect.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "to_python_indirect.html#to_python_indirect-spec">to_python_indirect</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="to_python_value.html">to_python_value.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="to_python_value.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "to_python_value.html#to_python_value-spec">to_python_value</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="type_from_python.html">type_from_python.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="type_from_python.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "type_from_python.html#type_from_python-spec">type_from_python</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="value_from_python.html">value_from_python.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="value_from_python.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "value_from_python.html#value_from_python-spec">value_from_python</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+        <a name="models_of_call_policies"></a>
+
+        <h3>Models of CallPolicies</h3>
+
+        <dl class="index">
+          <dt><a href=
+          "default_call_policies.html">default_call_policies.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="default_call_policies.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "default_call_policies.html#default_call_policies-spec">default_call_policies</a>
+
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "default_call_policies.html#default_result_converter-spec">default_result_converter</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href=
+          "return_internal_reference.html">return_internal_reference.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="return_internal_reference.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "return_internal_reference.html#return_internal_reference-spec">
+                  return_internal_reference</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="return_value_policy.html">return_value_policy.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="return_value_policy.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "return_value_policy.html#return_value_policy-spec">return_value_policy</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href=
+          "with_custodian_and_ward.html">with_custodian_and_ward.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="with_custodian_and_ward.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "with_custodian_and_ward.html#with_custodian_and_ward-spec">with_custodian_and_ward</a>
+
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "with_custodian_and_ward.html#with_custodian_and_ward_postcall-spec">
+                  with_custodian_and_ward_postcall</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+        <a name="return_handler_generators"></a>
+
+        <h3>Models of ReturnHandlerGenerator</h3>
+
+        <dl class="index">
+          <dt><a href="copy_const_reference.html">copy_const_reference.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="copy_const_reference.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "copy_const_reference.html#copy_const_reference-spec">copy_const_reference</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href=
+          "copy_non_const_reference.html">copy_non_const_reference.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="copy_non_const_reference.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "copy_non_const_reference.html#copy_non_const_reference-spec">
+                  copy_non_const_reference</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href="manage_new_object.html">manage_new_object.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="manage_new_object.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "manage_new_object.html#manage_new_object-spec">manage_new_object</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href=
+          "reference_existing_object.html">reference_existing_object.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="reference_existing_object.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "reference_existing_object.html#reference_existing_object-spec">
+                  reference_existing_object</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+
+          <dt><a href=
+          "lvalue_from_python.html">reference_from_python.hpp</a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="index">
+              <dt><a href="lvalue_from_python.html#classes">Classes</a>
+
+              <dd>
+                <dl class="index">
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "lvalue_from_python.html#reference_from_python-spec">reference_from_python</a>
+
+                  <dt><a href=
+                  "lvalue_from_python.html#get_member-spec">get_member</a>
+                </dl>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     05 November, 2002 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+
+    <title>Boost.Python -
+    &lt;boost/python/reference_existing_object.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header
+          &lt;boost/python/reference_existing_object.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#reference_existing_object-spec">Class
+          <code>reference_existing_object</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#reference_existing_object-spec-synopsis">Class
+              <code>reference_existing_object</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#reference_existing_object-spec-metafunctions">Class
+              <code>reference_existing_object</code> metafunctions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="reference_existing_object-spec"></a>Class
+    <code>reference_existing_object</code></h3>
+
+    <p><code>reference_existing_object</code> is a model of <a href=
+    "ResultConverterGenerator.html">ResultConverterGenerator</a> which can be
+    used to wrap C++ functions which return a reference or pointer to a C++
+    object. When the wrapped function is called, the value referenced by its
+    return value is not copied. A new Python object is created which contains a
+    pointer to the referent, and no attempt is made to ensure that the lifetime
+    of the referent is at least as long as that of the corresponding Python
+    object. Thus, it can be <font color="#ff0000"><b>highly
+    dangerous</b></font> to use <code>reference_existing_object</code> without
+    additional lifetime management from such models of <a href=
+    "CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a> as <a href=
+    "with_custodian_and_ward.html#with_custodian_and_ward-spec">with_custodian_and_ward</a>.
+    This class is used in the implementation of <a href=
+    "return_internal_reference.html#return_internal_reference-spec">return_internal_reference</a>.
+
+    <h4><a name="reference_existing_object-spec-synopsis"></a>Class
+    <code>reference_existing_object</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+    struct reference_existing_object
+    {
+        template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply;
+    };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="reference_existing_object-spec-metafunctions"></a>Class
+    <code>reference_existing_object</code> metafunctions</h4>
+<pre>
+template &lt;class T&gt; struct apply
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="metafunction-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>T</code> is <code>U&amp;</code> or
+      <code>U*</code>for some <code>U</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>typedef <a href=
+      "to_python_indirect.html#to_python_indirect-spec">to_python_indirect</a>&lt;T,V&gt;
+      type</code>, where <code>V</code> is a <a href=
+      "to_python_indirect.html#HolderObjectGenerator">HolderObjectGenerator</a>
+      which constructs an instance holder containing an <i>unowned</i>
+      <code>U*</code> pointing to the referent of the wrapped function's return
+      value.
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+    <p>In C++:
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/class.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/reference_existing_object.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/return_value_policy.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;utility&gt;
+
+// classes to wrap
+struct Singleton
+{
+   Singleton() : x(0) {}
+
+   int exchange(int n)  // set x and return the old value
+   {
+        std::swap(n, x);
+        return n;
+   }
+
+   int x;
+};
+
+Singleton&amp; get_it()
+{
+   static Singleton just_one;
+   return just_one;
+}
+
+// Wrapper code
+using namespace boost::python;
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(singleton)
+{
+   module m("singleton")
+      .def("get_it", get_it)
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Singleton&gt;()
+            .def("exchange", &amp;Singleton::exchange)
+         );
+}
+</pre>
+    In Python: 
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; import singleton
+&gt;&gt;&gt; s1 = singleton.get_it()  
+&gt;&gt;&gt; s2 = singleton.get_it()
+&gt;&gt;&gt; id(s1) == id(s2)  # s1 and s2 are not the same object
+0
+&gt;&gt;&gt; s1.exchange(42)   # but they reference the same C++ Singleton
+0
+&gt;&gt;&gt; s2.exchange(99)
+42
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     14 February 2002 <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;boost/python/return_internal_reference.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/return_internal_reference.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#return_internal_reference-spec">Class Template <code>return_internal_reference</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+
+              <dt><a href="#return_internal_reference-spec-synopsis">Class Template
+              <code>return_internal_reference</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#return_internal_reference-spec-statics">Class
+              <code>return_internal_reference</code> static functions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <code>return_internal_reference</code> instantiations are models of <a href=
+    "CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a> which allow pointers and
+    references to objects held internally by a free or member function
+    argument or from the target of a member function to be returned
+    safely without making a copy of the referent. The default for its
+    first template argument handles the common case where the
+    containing object is the target (<code>*this</code>) of a wrapped
+    member function.
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="return_internal_reference-spec"></a>Class template <code>return_internal_reference</code></h3>
+
+
+    <table border="1" summary="return_internal_reference template parameters">
+      <caption>
+        <b><code>return_internal_reference</code> template parameters</b>
+      </caption>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Parameter
+        
+        <th>Requirements
+
+        <th>Description
+
+        <th>Default
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>owner_arg</code> 
+
+        <td>A positive compile-time constant of type
+        <code>std::size_t</code>.
+
+        <td>The index of the parameter which contains the object to
+        which the reference or pointer is being returned. If used to
+        wrap a member function, parameter 1 is the target object
+        (<code>*this</code>). Note that if the target Python object
+        type doesn't support weak references, a Python
+        <code>TypeError</code> exception will be raised when the
+        function being wrapped is called.
+
+        <td>1
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>Base</code> 
+
+        <td>A model of <a href="CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a>
+
+        <td>Used for policy composition. Any
+        <code>result_converter</code> it supplies will be overridden by
+        <code>return_internal_reference</code>, but its
+        <code>precall</code> and <code>postcall</code> policies are
+        composed as described here <a
+        href="CallPolicies.html#composition">CallPolicies</a>.
+
+        <td><code><a href="default_call_policies.html#default_call_policies-spec">default_call_policies</a></code>
+
+    </table>
+
+    <h4><a name="return_internal_reference-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>return_internal_reference</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+   template &lt;std::size_t owner_arg = 1, class Base = default_call_policies&gt;
+   struct return_internal_reference : Base
+   {
+      static PyObject* postcall(PyObject*, PyObject* result);
+      typedef <a href="reference_existing_object.html#reference_existing_object-spec">reference_existing_object</a> result_converter;
+   };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="default_call_policies-spec-statics"></a>Class
+    <code>default_call_policies</code> static functions</h4>
+
+<pre>
+PyObject* postcall(PyObject* args, PyObject* result);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/api/tupleObjects.html#l2h-476">PyTuple_Check</a>(args) != 0</code>
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code><a href="with_custodian_and_ward.html#with_custodian_and_ward_postcall-spec-statics">with_custodian_and_ward_postcall::postcall(args, result)</a></code>
+    </dl>
+
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+<h3>C++ module definition</h3>
+
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/class.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/return_internal_reference.hpp&gt;
+
+class Bar
+{
+   Bar(int x) : x(x) {}
+   int get_x() const { return x; }
+   void set_x(int x) { this-&gt;x = x; }
+ private:
+   int x;
+}
+
+class Foo
+{
+ public:
+   Foo(int x) : b(x) {}
+
+   // Returns an internal reference
+   Bar const&amp; get_bar() const { return b; }
+
+ private:
+   Bar b;
+};
+
+using namespace boost::python;
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(internal_refs)
+{
+   module m(&quot;internal_refs&quot;)
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Bar&gt;()
+            .def(&quot;get_x&quot;, &amp;Bar::get_x)
+            .def(&quot;set_x&quot;, &amp;Bar::set_x)
+         )
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Foo&gt;()
+            .def_init(args&lt;int&gt;())
+            .def(&quot;get_bar&quot;, &amp;Foo::get_bar
+                , return_internal_reference&lt;&gt;())
+         )
+      ;
+}
+</pre>
+
+<h3>Python code</h3>
+
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; from internal_refs import *
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f = Foo(3)
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b1 = f.get_bar()
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b2 = f.get_bar()
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b1.get_x()
+3
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b2.get_x()
+3
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b1.set_x(42)
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b2.get_x()
+42
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+    15 February, 2002
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;boost/python/return_value_policy.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/return_value_policy.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#return_value_policy-spec">Class Template <code>return_value_policy</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+
+              <dt><a href="#return_value_policy-spec-synopsis">Class Template
+              <code>return_value_policy</code> synopsis</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <code>return_value_policy</code> instantiations are simply models
+    of <a href=
+    "CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a> which are composed of a <a href=
+    "ResultConverterGenerator.html">ResultConverterGenerator</a> and optional <code>Base</code> <a href=
+    "CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a>.
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="return_value_policy-spec"></a>Class template <code>return_value_policy</code></h3>
+
+
+    <table border="1" summary="return_value_policy template parameters">
+      <caption>
+        <b><code>return_value_policy</code> template parameters</b>
+      </caption>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Parameter
+        
+        <th>Requirements
+
+        <th>Default
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>ResultConverterGenerator</code> 
+
+        <td>A model of <a href=
+    "ResultConverterGenerator.html">ResultConverterGenerator</a>.
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>Base</code> 
+
+        <td>A model of <a href="CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a>
+
+        <td><code><a href="default_call_policies.html#default_call_policies-spec">default_call_policies</a></code>
+
+    </table>
+
+    <h4><a name="return_value_policy-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>return_value_policy</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+  template &lt;class ResultConverterGenerator, class Base = default_call_policies&gt;
+  struct return_value_policy : Base
+  {
+      typedef ResultConverterGenerator result_converter;
+  };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+<h3>C++ Module Definition</h3>
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/class.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/copy_const_reference.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/return_value_policy.hpp&gt;
+
+// classes to wrap
+struct Bar { int x; }
+
+struct Foo {
+   Foo(int x) : { b.x = x; }
+   Bar const&amp; get_bar() const { return b; }
+ private:
+   Bar b;
+};
+
+// Wrapper code
+using namespace boost::python;
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(my_module)
+{
+   module m("my_module")
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Bar&gt;()
+         )
+      .add(
+         class_&lt;Foo&gt;()
+            .def_init(args&lt;int&gt;())
+            .def("get_bar", &amp;Foo::get_bar
+                , return_value_policy&lt;copy_const_reference&gt;())
+         )
+       ;
+}
+</pre>
+<h3>Python Code</h3>
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; from my_module import *
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f = Foo(3)         # create a Foo object
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b = f.get_bar()    # make a copy of the internal Bar object
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+    15 February, 2002
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

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+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;boost/python/to_python_converter.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/to_python_converter.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#to_python_converter-spec">Class Template <code>to_python_converter</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+
+              <dt><a href="#to_python_converter-spec-synopsis">Class Template
+              <code>to_python_converter</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#to_python_converter-spec-ctors">Class Template
+              <code>to_python_converter</code> constructor</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <code>to_python_converter</code> registers a conversion from
+    objects of a given C++ type into a Python object.
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="to_python_converter-spec"></a>Class template <code>to_python_converter</code></h3>
+
+    <code>to_python_converter</code> adds a wrapper around a static
+    member function of its second template parameter, handling
+    low-level details such as insertion into the converter registry.
+
+    <table border="1" summary="to_python_converter template parameters">
+      <caption>
+        <b><code>to_python_converter</code> template parameters</b><br>
+In the table below, <b><code>x</code></b> denotes an object of type <code>T</code>
+      </caption>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Parameter
+        
+        <th>Requirements
+
+        <th>Description
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>T</code> 
+
+        <td>
+
+        <td>The C++ type of the source object in the conversion
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>Conversion</code> 
+
+        <td><code>PyObject*&nbsp;p&nbsp;=&nbsp;Conversion::convert(x)</code>,<br>
+        if <code>p&nbsp;==&nbsp;0</code>, <code><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/api/exceptionHandling.html#l2h-71">PyErr_Occurred</a>()&nbsp;!=&nbsp;0</code>.
+
+        <td>A class type whose static member function
+        <code>convert</code> does the real work of the conversion.
+
+      <tr>
+    </table>
+
+    <h4><a name="to_python_converter-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>to_python_converter</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+  template &lt;class T, class Conversion&gt;
+  struct to_python_converter
+  {
+      to_python_converter();
+  };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="to_python_converter-spec-ctors"></a>Class template <code>to_python_converter</code> constructor</h4>
+<pre>
+to_python_converter();
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Registers a to_python converter which uses
+      <code>Conversion::convert()</code> to do its work.
+
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+This example presumes that someone has implemented the standard <a
+href="http://www.python.org/doc/2.2/ext/dnt-basics.html">noddy example
+module</a> from the Python documentation, and placed the corresponding
+declarations in <code>&quot;noddy.h&quot;</code>.  Because
+<code>noddy_NoddyObject</code> is the ultimate trivial extension type,
+the example is a bit contrived: it wraps a function for which all
+information is contained in the <i>type</i> of its return value.
+
+<h3>C++ module definition</h3>
+
+<pre>
+#include &lt;boost/python/reference.hpp&gt;
+#include &lt;boost/python/module.hpp&gt;
+#include &quot;noddy.h&quot;
+
+struct tag {};
+tag make_tag() { return tag(); }
+
+using namespace boost::python;
+
+struct tag_to_noddy
+{
+    static PyObject* convert(tag const&amp; x)
+    {
+        return PyObject_New(noddy_NoddyObject, &amp;noddy_NoddyType);
+    }
+};
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(to_python_converter)
+{
+    module to_python(&quot;to_python_converter&quot;)
+        .def(&quot;make_tag&quot;, make_tag)
+        ;
+    to_python_converter&lt;tag, tag_to_noddy&gt;();
+}
+</pre>
+
+<h3>Python code</h3>
+
+<pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; import to_python_converter
+&gt;&gt;&gt; def always_none():
+...     return None
+...
+&gt;&gt;&gt; def choose_function(x):
+...     if (x % 2 != 0):
+...         return to_python_converter.make_tag
+...     else:
+...         return always_none
+...
+&gt;&gt;&gt; a = [ choose_function(x) for x in range(5) ]
+&gt;&gt;&gt; b = [ f() for f in a ]
+&gt;&gt;&gt; type(b[0])
+&lt;type 'NoneType'&gt;
+&gt;&gt;&gt; type(b[1])
+&lt;type 'Noddy'&gt;
+&gt;&gt;&gt; type(b[2])
+&lt;type 'NoneType'&gt;
+&gt;&gt;&gt; type(b[3])
+&lt;type 'Noddy'&gt;
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     05 November, 2001 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

doc/v2/to_python_indirect.html

@@ -0,0 +1,194 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
+    <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org">
+    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../boost.css">
+
+    <title>Boost.Python - &lt;boost/python/to_python_indirect.hpp&gt;</title>
+
+    <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary=
+    "header">
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top" width="300">
+          <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
+
+        <td valign="top">
+          <h1 align="center">Boost.Python</h1>
+
+          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/to_python_indirect.hpp&gt;</h2>
+    </table>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2>Contents</h2>
+
+    <dl class="page-index">
+      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a>
+
+
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#to_python_indirect-spec">Class Template <code>to_python_indirect</code></a>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+
+              <dt><a href="#to_python_indirect-spec-synopsis">Class Template
+              <code>to_python_indirect</code> synopsis</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#to_python_indirect-spec-observers">Class Template
+              <code>to_python_indirect</code> observer functions</a>
+
+              <dt><a href="#to_python_indirect-spec-statics">Class Template
+              <code>to_python_indirect</code> static functions</a>
+            </dl>
+        </dl>
+
+      <dt><a href="#examples">Example</a>
+    </dl>
+    <hr>
+
+    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
+
+    <code>&lt;boost/python/to_python_indirect.hpp&gt;</code> supplies
+    a way to construct new Python objects that hold wrapped C++ class
+    instances via a pointer or smart pointer.
+
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="to_python_indirect-spec"></a>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code></h3>
+    <p>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code> converts objects
+of its first argument type to python as extension class instances, using the ownership policy provided by its 2nd argument.
+
+    <p>
+
+
+    <table border="1" summary="to_python_indirect template parameters">
+      <caption>
+        <b><code>to_python_indirect</code> Requirements</b><br>
+
+        In the table below, <b><code>x</code></b> denotes an object of
+        type <code>T</code>, <b><code>h</code></b> denotes an
+        object of type
+        <code>boost::python::objects::instance_holder*</code>, and
+        <b><code>p</code></b> denotes an object of type
+        <code>U*</code>.
+
+      </caption>
+      <tr>
+        <th>Parameter
+        
+        <th>Requirements
+
+        <th>Description
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>T</code> 
+
+        <td>Either <code>U</code>&nbsp;<i>cv</i><code>&amp;</code>
+        (where <i>cv</i> is any optional cv-qualification) or a <a
+        href="Dereferenceable.html">Dereferenceable</a> type such that
+        <code>*x</code> is convertible to <code>U const&amp;</code>, where
+        <code>U</code> is a class type.
+
+        <td>A type deferencing a C++ class exposed to Python using
+        class template <code><a
+        href="class.html#class_-spec">class_</a></code>.
+
+      <tr>
+        <td><code>MakeHolder</code> 
+
+        <td>h = MakeHolder::execute(p);
+
+        <td>A class whose static <code>execute()</code> creates an
+        <code>instance_holder</code>.
+
+    </table>
+
+    Instantiations of <code>to_python_indirect</code> are models of <a
+    href="ResultConverter.html">ResultConverter</a>.
+
+
+    <h4><a name="to_python_indirect-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code> synopsis</h4>
+<pre>
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+  template &lt;class T, class MakeHolder&gt;
+  struct to_python_indirect
+  {
+     static bool convertible();
+     PyObject* operator()(T ptr_or_reference) const;
+   private:
+     static PyTypeObject* type();
+  };
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="to_python_indirect-spec-observers"></a>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code> observers</h4>
+<pre>
+PyObject* operator()(T x) const;
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>x</code> refers to an object (if it
+      is a pointer type, it is non-null). <code>convertible() ==
+      true</code>.
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Creates an appropriately-typed Boost.Python
+      extension class instance, uses <code>MakeHolder</code> to create
+      an <code>instance_holder</code> from <code>x</code>, installs
+      the <code>instance_holder</code> in the new extension class
+      instance, and returns a pointer to it.
+
+    </dl>
+
+
+    <h4><a name="to_python_indirect-spec-statics"></a>Class template <code>to_python_indirect</code> statics</h4>
+<pre>
+bool convertible();
+</pre>
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Returns <code>true</code> iff any module has
+      registered a Python type corresponding to <code>U</code>.
+
+    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
+
+This example replicates the functionality of <a
+href="reference_existing_object.html#reference_existing_object-spec">reference_existing_object</a>,
+but without some of the compile-time error checking.
+
+
+<pre>
+
+struct make_reference_holder
+{
+   typedef boost::python::objects::instance_holder* result_type;
+   template &lt;class T&gt;
+   static result_type execute(T* p)
+   {
+      return new boost::python::objects::pointer_holder&lt;T*, T&gt;(p);
+   }
+};
+
+struct reference_existing_object
+{
+   // metafunction returning the <a href="ResultConverter.html">ResultConverter</a>
+   template &lt;class T&gt;
+   struct apply
+   {
+      typedef boost::python::to_python_indirect&lt;T,make_reference_holder&gt; type;
+   };
+};
+</pre>
+
+    <p>Revised 
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+     16 February, 2002
+    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+
+
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i>
+

example/README

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ See also: libs/python/doc/pickle.html
 Other advanced concepts are introduced by:
   abstract.cpp
   simple_vector.cpp
-  do_it_yourself_converters.cpp
+  do_it_yourself_convts.cpp
 
 Examples for the cross-module support are provided by:
   noncopyable_export.cpp

example/do_it_yourself_convts.cpp

@@ -105,12 +105,10 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_BEGIN_CONVERSION_NAMESPACE
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_END_CONVERSION_NAMESPACE
 
-BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(do_it_yourself_converters)
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(do_it_yourself_convts)
 {
-  try
-  {
     // Create an object representing this extension module.
-    python::module_builder this_module("do_it_yourself_converters");
+    python::module_builder this_module("do_it_yourself_convts");
 
     // Create the Python type object for our extension class.
     python::class_builder<IndexingSet> ixset_class(this_module, "IndexingSet");
@@ -120,9 +118,4 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(do_it_yourself_converters)
     // Add the member functions.
     ixset_class.def(&IndexingSet::add, "add");
     ixset_class.def(&IndexingSet::get, "get");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }

example/dvect.cpp

@@ -20,10 +20,18 @@ namespace {
   }
 }
 
+# ifdef BOOST_MSVC // fixes for JIT debugging
+#  include <windows.h>
+extern "C" void structured_exception_translator(unsigned int, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)
+{
+    throw;
+}
+extern "C" void (*old_translator)(unsigned int, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)
+    = _set_se_translator(structured_exception_translator);
+# endif
+
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(dvect)
 {
-  try
-  {
     python::module_builder this_module("dvect");
 
     python::class_builder<vects::dvect> dvect_class(this_module, "dvect");
@@ -37,9 +45,4 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(dvect)
 
 # include "dvect_defs.cpp"
 # include "ivect_defs.cpp"
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }

example/dvect.h

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace vects {
   struct dvect : public std::vector<double>
   {
     dvect() : std::vector<double>() {}
-    dvect(size_t n) : std::vector<double>(n) {}
+    dvect(std::size_t n) : std::vector<double>(n) {}
     dvect(boost::python::tuple tuple) : std::vector<double>(tuple.size())
     {
       std::vector<double>::iterator v_it = begin();

example/example1.cpp

@@ -16,32 +16,21 @@ namespace hello {
 
 // Python requires an exported function called init<module-name> in every
 // extension module. This is where we build the module contents.
-extern "C"
-#ifdef _WIN32
-__declspec(dllexport)
-#endif
-void inithello()
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(hello)
 {
-    try
-    {
-       // create an object representing this extension module
-       boost::python::module_builder hello("hello");
+    // create an object representing this extension module
+    boost::python::module_builder hello("hello");
 
-       // Create the Python type object for our extension class
-       boost::python::class_builder<hello::world> world_class(hello, "world");
+    // Create the Python type object for our extension class
+    boost::python::class_builder<hello::world> world_class(hello, "world");
 
-       // Add the __init__ function
-       world_class.def(boost::python::constructor<int>());
-       // Add a regular member function
-       world_class.def(&hello::world::get, "get");
+    // Add the __init__ function
+    world_class.def(boost::python::constructor<int>());
+    // Add a regular member function
+    world_class.def(&hello::world::get, "get");
 
-       // Add a regular function to the module
-       hello.def(hello::length, "length");
-    }
-    catch(...)
-    {
-       boost::python::handle_exception();    // Deal with the exception for Python
-    }
+    // Add a regular function to the module
+    hello.def(hello::length, "length");
 }
 
 // Win32 DLL boilerplate

example/getting_started1.cpp

@@ -16,17 +16,15 @@ namespace python = boost::python;
 // extension module. This is where we build the module contents.
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(getting_started1)
 {
-  try
-  {
+    try {
     // Create an object representing this extension module.
     python::module_builder this_module("getting_started1");
 
     // Add regular functions to the module.
     this_module.def(greet, "greet");
     this_module.def(square, "square");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
+    }
+    catch(...) {
+        boost::python::handle_exception();
+    }
 }

example/getting_started2.cpp

@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ namespace python = boost::python;
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(getting_started2)
 {
-  try
-  {
     // Create an object representing this extension module.
     python::module_builder this_module("getting_started2");
 
@@ -44,9 +42,4 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(getting_started2)
 
     // Even better, invite() can also be made a member of hello_class!!!
     hello_class.def(invite, "invite");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }

example/ivect.cpp

@@ -20,10 +20,18 @@ namespace {
   }
 }
 
+# ifdef BOOST_MSVC // fixes for JIT debugging
+#  include <windows.h>
+extern "C" void structured_exception_translator(unsigned int, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)
+{
+    throw;
+}
+extern "C" void (*old_translator)(unsigned int, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)
+    = _set_se_translator(structured_exception_translator);
+# endif
+
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(ivect)
 {
-  try
-  {
     python::module_builder this_module("ivect");
 
     python::class_builder<vects::ivect> ivect_class(this_module, "ivect");
@@ -37,9 +45,5 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(ivect)
 
 # include "dvect_defs.cpp"
 # include "ivect_defs.cpp"
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }
+

example/ivect.h

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace vects {
   struct ivect : public std::vector<int>
   {
     ivect() : std::vector<int>() {}
-    ivect(size_t n) : std::vector<int>(n) {}
+    ivect(std::size_t n) : std::vector<int>(n) {}
     ivect(boost::python::tuple tuple) : std::vector<int>(tuple.size())
     {
       std::vector<int>::iterator v_it = begin();

example/nested.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+// Example by Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve
+
+/*
+    This example shows how convert a nested Python tuple.
+ */
+
+#include <boost/python/class_builder.hpp>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+namespace {
+
+  boost::python::list
+  show_nested_tuples(boost::python::tuple outer)
+  {
+    boost::python::list result;
+    for (int i = 0; i < outer.size(); i++) {
+      boost::python::tuple inner(
+        BOOST_PYTHON_CONVERSION::from_python(outer[i].get(),
+        boost::python::type<boost::python::tuple>()));
+      for (int j = 0; j < inner.size(); j++) {
+        double x = BOOST_PYTHON_CONVERSION::from_python(inner[j].get(),
+          boost::python::type<double>());
+        char buf[128];
+        sprintf(buf, "(%d,%d) %.6g", i, j, x);
+        result.append(BOOST_PYTHON_CONVERSION::to_python(std::string(buf)));
+      }
+    }
+    return result;
+  }
+
+}
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(nested)
+{
+    boost::python::module_builder this_module("nested");
+    this_module.def(show_nested_tuples, "show_nested_tuples");
+}

example/noncopyable_export.cpp

@@ -6,10 +6,18 @@ namespace python = boost::python;
 
 #include "noncopyable.h"
 
+# ifdef BOOST_MSVC // fixes for JIT debugging
+#  include <windows.h>
+extern "C" void structured_exception_translator(unsigned int, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)
+{
+    throw;
+}
+extern "C" void (*old_translator)(unsigned int, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)
+    = _set_se_translator(structured_exception_translator);
+# endif
+
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(noncopyable_export)
 {
-  try
-  {
     python::module_builder this_module("noncopyable_export");
 
     python::class_builder<store> store_class(this_module, "store");
@@ -17,9 +25,4 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(noncopyable_export)
 
     store_class.def(python::constructor<int>());
     store_class.def(&store::recall, "recall");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }

example/noncopyable_import.cpp

@@ -19,10 +19,18 @@ namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
   }
 }
 
+# ifdef BOOST_MSVC // fixes for JIT debugging
+#  include <windows.h>
+extern "C" void structured_exception_translator(unsigned int, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)
+{
+    throw;
+}
+extern "C" void (*old_translator)(unsigned int, EXCEPTION_POINTERS*)
+    = _set_se_translator(structured_exception_translator);
+# endif
+
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(noncopyable_import)
 {
-  try
-  {
     python::module_builder this_module("noncopyable_import");
 
     python::import_converters<store>
@@ -34,9 +42,4 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(noncopyable_import)
     // However, to keep this example simple, we only define a
     // module-level function.
     this_module.def(add_stores, "add_stores");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }

example/pickle1.cpp

@@ -41,8 +41,6 @@ namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(pickle1)
 {
-  try
-  {
     // Create an object representing this extension module.
     python::module_builder this_module("pickle1");
 
@@ -56,9 +54,4 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(pickle1)
 
     // Support for pickle.
     world_class.def(world_getinitargs, "__getinitargs__");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }

example/pickle2.cpp

@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(pickle2)
 {
-  try
-  {
     // Create an object representing this extension module.
     python::module_builder this_module("pickle2");
 
@@ -92,9 +90,4 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(pickle2)
     world_class.def(world_getinitargs, "__getinitargs__");
     world_class.def(world_getstate, "__getstate__");
     world_class.def(world_setstate, "__setstate__");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }

example/pickle3.cpp

@@ -65,8 +65,6 @@ namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(pickle3)
 {
-  try
-  {
     // Create an object representing this extension module.
     python::module_builder this_module("pickle3");
 
@@ -85,11 +83,6 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(pickle3)
     world_class.def_raw(world_getstate, "__getstate__");
     world_class.def_raw(world_setstate, "__setstate__");
     world_class.getstate_manages_dict();
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }
 
 namespace {
@@ -106,7 +99,7 @@ namespace {
   {
       if(args.size() != 1 || keywords.size() != 0) {
           PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "wrong number of arguments");
-          throw boost::python::argument_error();
+          throw boost::python::error_already_set();
       }
       const world& w = from_python(args[0].get(), type<const world&>());
       ref mydict = getattr(args[0], "__dict__");
@@ -122,7 +115,7 @@ namespace {
   {
       if(args.size() != 2 || keywords.size() != 0) {
           PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "wrong number of arguments");
-          throw boost::python::argument_error();
+          throw boost::python::error_already_set();
       }
       world& w = from_python(args[0].get(), type<world&>());
       ref mydict = getattr(args[0], "__dict__");

example/richcmp1.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+// Example by Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve & Nicholas K. Sauter
+// This example shows how to use rich comparisons for a vector type.
+// It also shows how to template the entire wrapping of a std::vector.
+// See vector_wrapper.h.
+
+#include <boost/python/class_builder.hpp>
+#include "vector_wrapper.h"
+
+namespace vects {
+
+  struct dvect : public std::vector<double>
+  {
+    dvect() : std::vector<double>() {}
+    dvect(size_t n) : std::vector<double>(n) {}
+    dvect(boost::python::tuple tuple) : std::vector<double>(tuple.size())
+    {
+      std::vector<double>::iterator v_it = begin();
+      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < tuple.size(); i++)
+        v_it[i] = BOOST_PYTHON_CONVERSION::from_python(tuple[i].get(),
+          boost::python::type<double>());
+    }
+
+    boost::python::tuple as_tuple() const
+    {
+      boost::python::tuple t(size());
+      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < size(); i++)
+        t.set_item(i,
+          boost::python::ref(BOOST_PYTHON_CONVERSION::to_python((*this)[i])));
+      return t;
+    }
+
+#   define DVECT_BINARY_OPERATORS(oper) \
+    friend std::vector<bool> \
+    operator##oper(const dvect& lhs, const dvect& rhs) \
+    { \
+      if (lhs.size() != rhs.size()) { \
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "vectors have different sizes"); \
+        throw boost::python::error_already_set(); \
+      } \
+      std::vector<bool> result(lhs.size()); \
+      for (std::size_t i=0; i<lhs.size(); i++) { \
+        result[i] = (lhs[i] ##oper rhs[i]); \
+      } \
+      return result; \
+    }
+    DVECT_BINARY_OPERATORS(<)
+    DVECT_BINARY_OPERATORS(<=)
+    DVECT_BINARY_OPERATORS(==)
+    DVECT_BINARY_OPERATORS(!=)
+    DVECT_BINARY_OPERATORS(>)
+    DVECT_BINARY_OPERATORS(>=)
+#   undef VECTOR_BINARY_OPERATORS
+  };
+
+} // namespace <anonymous>
+
+
+namespace {
+
+  void init_module(boost::python::module_builder& this_module)
+  {
+    (void) example::wrap_vector(this_module, "vector_of_bool", bool());
+
+    boost::python::class_builder<vects::dvect> py_dvect(this_module, "dvect");
+
+    py_dvect.def(boost::python::constructor<boost::python::tuple>());
+    py_dvect.def(&vects::dvect::as_tuple, "as_tuple");
+
+    const long
+    comp_operators = (  boost::python::op_lt | boost::python::op_le
+                      | boost::python::op_eq | boost::python::op_ne
+                      | boost::python::op_gt | boost::python::op_ge);
+    py_dvect.def(boost::python::operators<comp_operators>());
+  }
+
+} // namespace <anonymous>
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(richcmp1)
+{
+    boost::python::module_builder this_module("richcmp1");
+    // The actual work is done in a separate function in order
+    // to suppress a bogus VC60 warning.
+    init_module(this_module);
+}

example/richcmp2.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+// Example by Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve
+// This example shows how to use rich comparisons for a type that
+// does not support all six operators (<, <=, ==, !=, >, >=).
+// To keep the example simple, we are using a "code" type does
+// not really require rich comparisons. __cmp__ would be sufficient.
+// However, with a more complicated type the main point of this
+// example would be in danger of getting lost.
+
+#include <boost/python/class_builder.hpp>
+
+namespace {
+
+  // suppose operator< and operator> are not meaningful for code
+  class code {
+    public:
+      code(int c = 0) : m_code(c) {}
+      inline friend bool operator==(const code& lhs, const code& rhs) {
+        return lhs.m_code == rhs.m_code;
+      }
+      inline friend bool operator!=(const code& lhs, const code& rhs) {
+        return lhs.m_code != rhs.m_code;
+      }
+    private:
+      int m_code;
+  };
+
+#if PYTHON_API_VERSION >= 1010
+  boost::python::ref
+  NotImplemented(const code&, const code&) {
+    return
+    boost::python::ref(Py_NotImplemented, boost::python::ref::increment_count);
+  }
+#endif
+}
+
+namespace {
+
+  void init_module(boost::python::module_builder& this_module)
+  {
+    boost::python::class_builder<code> py_code(this_module, "code");
+
+    py_code.def(boost::python::constructor<>());
+    py_code.def(boost::python::constructor<int>());
+    py_code.def(boost::python::operators<(  boost::python::op_eq
+                                          | boost::python::op_ne)>());
+#if PYTHON_API_VERSION >= 1010
+    py_code.def(NotImplemented, "__lt__");
+    py_code.def(NotImplemented, "__le__");
+    py_code.def(NotImplemented, "__gt__");
+    py_code.def(NotImplemented, "__ge__");
+#endif
+  }
+
+} // namespace <anonymous>
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(richcmp2)
+{
+    boost::python::module_builder this_module("richcmp2");
+    // The actual work is done in a separate function in order
+    // to suppress a bogus VC60 warning.
+    init_module(this_module);
+}

example/richcmp3.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,175 @@
+// Example by Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve & Nicholas K. Sauter.
+// Comprehensive operator overloading for two vector types and scalars.
+
+#include <boost/python/class_builder.hpp>
+#include "vector_wrapper.h"
+#include "dvect.h"
+#include "ivect.h"
+
+#define VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type1, oper, vect_type2) \
+namespace vects { \
+  result_type \
+  operator##oper (const vect_type1& lhs, const vect_type2& rhs) { \
+    if (lhs.size() != rhs.size()) { \
+      PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "vectors have different sizes"); \
+      throw boost::python::error_already_set(); \
+    } \
+    result_type result(lhs.size()); \
+    for (std::size_t i=0; i<lhs.size(); i++) { \
+      result[i] = (lhs[i] ##oper rhs[i]); \
+    } \
+    return result; \
+  } \
+}
+
+#define VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type, oper, scalar_type) \
+namespace vects { \
+  result_type \
+  operator##oper (const vect_type& lhs, const scalar_type& rhs) { \
+    result_type result(lhs.size()); \
+    for (std::size_t i=0; i<lhs.size(); i++) { \
+      result[i] = (lhs[i] ##oper rhs ); \
+    } \
+    return result; \
+  } \
+}
+
+#define SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, scalar_type, oper, vect_type) \
+namespace vects { \
+  result_type \
+  operator##oper (const scalar_type& lhs, const vect_type& rhs) { \
+    result_type result(rhs.size()); \
+    for (std::size_t i=0; i<rhs.size(); i++) { \
+      result[i] = (lhs ##oper rhs[i]); \
+    } \
+    return result; \
+  } \
+}
+
+#define MATH_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type1, vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type1, +, vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type1, -, vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type1, *, vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type1, /, vect_type2)
+
+#define COMP_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(vect_type1, vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type1, <,  vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type1, <=, vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type1, ==, vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type1, !=, vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type1, >,  vect_type2) \
+  VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type1, >=, vect_type2)
+
+#define MATH_VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type, scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type, +, scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type, -, scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type, *, scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(result_type, vect_type, /, scalar_type)
+
+#define COMP_VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(vect_type, scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type, <,  scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type, <=, scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type, ==, scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type, !=, scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type, >,  scalar_type) \
+  VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(std::vector<bool>, vect_type, >=, scalar_type)
+
+#define MATH_SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, scalar_type, vect_type) \
+  SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, scalar_type, +, vect_type) \
+  SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, scalar_type, -, vect_type) \
+  SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, scalar_type, *, vect_type) \
+  SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS(result_type, scalar_type, /, vect_type)
+
+MATH_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(dvect, dvect, dvect)
+COMP_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(       dvect, dvect)
+MATH_VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(dvect, dvect, double)
+COMP_VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(       dvect, double)
+MATH_SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS(dvect, double, dvect)
+// comparison operators not needed since Python uses reflection
+
+MATH_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(ivect, ivect, ivect)
+COMP_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(       ivect, ivect)
+MATH_VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(ivect, ivect, int)
+COMP_VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS(       ivect, int)
+MATH_SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS(ivect, int, ivect)
+// comparison operators not needed since Python uses reflection
+
+MATH_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(dvect, dvect, ivect)
+COMP_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(       dvect, ivect)
+MATH_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(dvect, ivect, dvect)
+COMP_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS(       ivect, dvect)
+
+#undef VECT_VECT_OPERATORS
+#undef SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS
+#undef VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS
+#undef MATH_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS
+#undef COMP_VECT_VECT_OPERATORS
+#undef MATH_VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS
+#undef COMP_VECT_SCALAR_OPERATORS
+#undef MATH_SCALAR_VECT_OPERATORS
+
+namespace {
+
+  void init_module(boost::python::module_builder& this_module)
+  {
+    (void) example::wrap_vector(this_module, "vector_of_bool", bool());
+
+    const long
+    math_operators (  boost::python::op_mul | boost::python::op_add
+                    | boost::python::op_div | boost::python::op_sub);
+    const long
+    comp_operators = (  boost::python::op_lt | boost::python::op_le
+                      | boost::python::op_eq | boost::python::op_ne
+                      | boost::python::op_gt | boost::python::op_ge);
+
+    boost::python::class_builder<vects::dvect>
+      dvect_class(this_module, "dvect");
+    boost::python::class_builder<vects::ivect>
+      ivect_class(this_module, "ivect");
+
+    dvect_class.def(boost::python::constructor<boost::python::tuple>());
+    dvect_class.def(&vects::dvect::as_tuple,"as_tuple");
+
+    dvect_class.def(boost::python::operators<math_operators>());
+    dvect_class.def(boost::python::operators<math_operators>(),
+      boost::python::right_operand<double>() );
+    dvect_class.def(boost::python::operators<math_operators>(),
+      boost::python::left_operand<double>() );
+    dvect_class.def(boost::python::operators<math_operators>(),
+      boost::python::right_operand<vects::ivect>() );
+
+    dvect_class.def(boost::python::operators<comp_operators>());
+    dvect_class.def(boost::python::operators<comp_operators>(),
+      boost::python::right_operand<double>() );
+    // left_operand not needed since Python uses reflection
+    dvect_class.def(boost::python::operators<comp_operators>(),
+      boost::python::right_operand<vects::ivect>() );
+
+    ivect_class.def(boost::python::constructor<boost::python::tuple>());
+    ivect_class.def(&vects::ivect::as_tuple,"as_tuple");
+
+    ivect_class.def(boost::python::operators<math_operators>());
+    ivect_class.def(boost::python::operators<math_operators>(),
+      boost::python::right_operand<int>() );
+    ivect_class.def(boost::python::operators<math_operators>(),
+      boost::python::left_operand<int>() );
+    ivect_class.def(boost::python::operators<math_operators>(),
+      boost::python::right_operand<vects::dvect>() );
+
+    ivect_class.def(boost::python::operators<comp_operators>());
+    ivect_class.def(boost::python::operators<comp_operators>(),
+      boost::python::right_operand<int>() );
+    // left_operand not needed since Python uses reflection
+    ivect_class.def(boost::python::operators<comp_operators>(),
+      boost::python::right_operand<vects::dvect>() );
+  }
+
+} // namespace <anonymous>
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(richcmp3)
+{
+    boost::python::module_builder this_module("richcmp3");
+    // The actual work is done in a separate function in order
+    // to suppress a bogus VC60 warning.
+    init_module(this_module);
+}

example/rwgk1.cpp

@@ -13,29 +13,12 @@ namespace python = boost::python;
 
 // Python requires an exported function called init<module-name> in every
 // extension module. This is where we build the module contents.
-extern "C"
-#ifdef _WIN32
-__declspec(dllexport)
-#endif
-void initrwgk1()
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(rwgk1)
 {
-  try
-  {
     // Create an object representing this extension module.
     python::module_builder this_module("rwgk1");
 
     // Add regular functions to the module.
     this_module.def(greet, "greet");
     this_module.def(square, "square");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }
-
-// Win32 DLL boilerplate
-#if defined(_WIN32)
-#include <windows.h>
-extern "C" BOOL WINAPI DllMain(HINSTANCE, DWORD, LPVOID) { return 1; }
-#endif // _WIN32

example/simple_vector.cpp

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
   void delitem(std::vector<double>& vd, std::size_t key) {
     if (key >= vd.size()) raise_vector_IndexError();
     std::vector<double>::iterator vditer = vd.begin();
-    vd.erase(&vditer[key]);
+    vd.erase(vditer + key);
   }
 
   // Convert vector_double to a regular Python tuple.
@@ -85,15 +85,13 @@ namespace { // Avoid cluttering the global namespace.
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(simple_vector)
 {
-  try
-  {
     python::module_builder this_module("simple_vector");
 
     python::class_builder<std::vector<double>, vector_double_wrapper>
       vector_double(this_module, "vector_double");
 
     vector_double.def(python::constructor<>());
-    vector_double.def(python::constructor<const int>());
+    vector_double.def(python::constructor<int>());
     vector_double.def(python::constructor<python::tuple>());
     vector_double.def(&std::vector<double>::size, "__len__");
     vector_double.def(getitem, "__getitem__");
@@ -103,9 +101,4 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(simple_vector)
 
     this_module.def(foo, "foo");
     this_module.def(bar, "bar");
-  }
-  catch(...)
-  {
-    python::handle_exception(); // Deal with the exception for Python
-  }
 }

example/test_abstract.py

@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_abstract
-    doctest.testmod(test_abstract)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_abstract)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])

example/test_cross_module.py

@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_cross_module
-    doctest.testmod(test_cross_module)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_cross_module)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])

example/test_do_it_yourself_convts.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-r'''>>> import do_it_yourself_converters
-    >>> ixset = do_it_yourself_converters.IndexingSet()
+r'''>>> import do_it_yourself_convts
+    >>> ixset = do_it_yourself_convts.IndexingSet()
     >>> ixset.add((1,2,3))
     >>> ixset.add((4,5,6))
     >>> ixset.add((7,8,9))
@@ -15,8 +15,9 @@ def run(args = None):
     if args is not None:
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
-    import doctest, test_do_it_yourself_converters
-    doctest.testmod(test_do_it_yourself_converters)
+    import doctest, test_do_it_yourself_convts
+    return doctest.testmod(test_do_it_yourself_convts)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])

example/test_example1.py

@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_example1
-    doctest.testmod(test_example1)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_example1)
     
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])

example/test_getting_started1.py

@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_getting_started1
-    doctest.testmod(test_getting_started1)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_getting_started1)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])

example/test_getting_started2.py

@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_getting_started2
-    doctest.testmod(test_getting_started2)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_getting_started2)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])
+

example/test_nested.py

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+r'''>>> import nested
+    >>> s = nested.show_nested_tuples(((1,2,3), (4,5,6,7)))
+    >>> for l in s:
+    ...   print l
+    (0,0) 1
+    (0,1) 2
+    (0,2) 3
+    (1,0) 4
+    (1,1) 5
+    (1,2) 6
+    (1,3) 7
+'''
+
+def run(args = None):
+    if args is not None:
+        import sys
+        sys.argv = args
+    import doctest, test_nested
+    return doctest.testmod(test_nested)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])

example/test_pickle1.py

@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_pickle1
-    doctest.testmod(test_pickle1)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_pickle1)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])
+

example/test_pickle2.py

@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_pickle2
-    doctest.testmod(test_pickle2)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_pickle2)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])
+

example/test_pickle3.py

@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ r'''>>> import pickle3
     ...   wd.z = 3. * number
     ...   pstr = pickle.dumps(wd)
     ...   wl = pickle.loads(pstr)
-    ...   print wd.greet(), wd.get_secret_number(), wd.__dict__
-    ...   print wl.greet(), wl.get_secret_number(), wl.__dict__
-    Hello from California! 24 {'z': 72.0, 'x': 48, 'y': 'yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'}
-    Hello from California! 24 {'z': 72.0, 'x': 48, 'y': 'yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'}
-    Hello from California! 42 {'z': 126.0, 'x': 84, 'y': 'yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'}
-    Hello from California! 0 {'z': 126.0, 'x': 84, 'y': 'yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy'}
+    ...   print wd.greet(), wd.get_secret_number(), wd.x, wd.y, wd.z
+    ...   print wl.greet(), wl.get_secret_number(), wl.x, wl.y, wl.z
+    Hello from California! 24 48 yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 72.0
+    Hello from California! 24 48 yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 72.0
+    Hello from California! 42 84 yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 126.0
+    Hello from California! 0 84 yyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy 126.0
 '''
 
 def run(args = None):
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_pickle3
-    doctest.testmod(test_pickle3)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_pickle3)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])

example/test_richcmp1.py

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+r'''>>> import richcmp1
+    >>> d1 = richcmp1.dvect((0, 1, 3, 3, 6, 7))
+    >>> d2 = richcmp1.dvect((1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6))
+    >>> print d1.as_tuple()
+    (0.0, 1.0, 3.0, 3.0, 6.0, 7.0)
+    >>> print d2.as_tuple()
+    (1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0)
+    >>> print (d1 < d2).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 0)
+    >>> print (d1 <= d2).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 1, 1, 0, 0)
+    >>> print (d1 == d2).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0)
+    >>> print (d1 != d2).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 0, 1, 1, 1)
+    >>> print (d1 > d2).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 1)
+    >>> print (d1 >= d2).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1)
+    >>> try: d1 == richcmp1.dvect((1, 2, 3, 4, 5))
+    ... except ValueError, e: print str(e)
+    ...
+    vectors have different sizes
+'''
+
+def run(args = None):
+    if args is not None:
+        import sys
+        sys.argv = args
+    import doctest, test_richcmp1
+    return doctest.testmod(test_richcmp1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    if (    hasattr(sys, 'version_info')
+        and (   (sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] >= 1)
+             or sys.version_info[0] > 2)):
+      sys.exit(run()[0])
+    else:
+      print "Python version 2.1 or higher required. Test skipped."

example/test_richcmp2.py

@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+r'''>>> import richcmp2
+    >>> c1 = richcmp2.code(1)
+    >>> c2 = richcmp2.code(2)
+    >>> c3 = richcmp2.code(2)
+    >>> print c1 == c2
+    0
+    >>> print c1 != c2
+    1
+    >>> print c2 == c3
+    1
+    >>> print c2 != c3
+    0
+    >>> print c1 < c2
+    1
+    >>> print c1 <= c2
+    1
+    >>> print c1 == c2
+    0
+    >>> print c1 != c2
+    1
+    >>> print c1 > c2
+    0
+    >>> print c1 >= c2
+    0
+'''
+
+def run(args = None):
+    if args is not None:
+        import sys
+        sys.argv = args
+    import doctest, test_richcmp1
+    return doctest.testmod(test_richcmp1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    if (    hasattr(sys, 'version_info')
+        and (   (sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] >= 1)
+             or sys.version_info[0] > 2)):
+      sys.exit(run()[0])
+    else:
+      print "Python version 2.1 or higher required. Test skipped."

example/test_richcmp3.py

@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+r'''>>> import richcmp3
+    >>>
+    >>> iv = richcmp3.ivect((1,2,3,4,5))
+    >>> print iv.as_tuple()
+    (1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
+    >>> dv = richcmp3.dvect((2,-2,3,8,-5))
+    >>> print dv.as_tuple()
+    (2.0, -2.0, 3.0, 8.0, -5.0)
+    >>>
+    >>> print (iv+dv).as_tuple()
+    (3.0, 0.0, 6.0, 12.0, 0.0)
+    >>> print (iv+3).as_tuple()
+    (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
+    >>> print (3+iv).as_tuple()
+    (4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
+    >>>
+    >>> print "vect vs. vect Comparisons:"
+    vect vs. vect Comparisons:
+    >>> print (iv < dv).as_tuple()
+    (1, 0, 0, 1, 0)
+    >>> print (iv <= dv).as_tuple()
+    (1, 0, 1, 1, 0)
+    >>> print (iv == dv).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
+    >>> print (iv != dv).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 0, 1, 1)
+    >>> print (iv > dv).as_tuple()
+    (0, 1, 0, 0, 1)
+    >>> print (iv >= dv).as_tuple()
+    (0, 1, 1, 0, 1)
+    >>>
+    >>> print "vect vs. scalar Comparisons:"
+    vect vs. scalar Comparisons:
+    >>> print (iv < 3).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
+    >>> print (iv <= 3).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 1, 0, 0)
+    >>> print (iv == 3).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
+    >>> print (iv != 3).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 0, 1, 1)
+    >>> print (iv > 3).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 0, 1, 1)
+    >>> print (iv >= 3).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 1, 1, 1)
+    >>>
+    >>> print "scalar  vs. vect Comparisons:"
+    scalar  vs. vect Comparisons:
+    >>> print (3 < iv).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 0, 1, 1)
+    >>> print (3 <= iv).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 1, 1, 1)
+    >>> print (3 == iv).as_tuple()
+    (0, 0, 1, 0, 0)
+    >>> print (3 != iv).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 0, 1, 1)
+    >>> print (3 > iv).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 0, 0, 0)
+    >>> print (3 >= iv).as_tuple()
+    (1, 1, 1, 0, 0)
+'''
+
+def run(args = None):
+    if args is not None:
+        import sys
+        sys.argv = args
+    import doctest, test_richcmp3
+    return doctest.testmod(test_richcmp3)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    import sys
+    if (    hasattr(sys, 'version_info')
+        and (   (sys.version_info[0] == 2 and sys.version_info[1] >= 1)
+             or sys.version_info[0] > 2)):
+      sys.exit(run()[0])
+    else:
+      print "Python version 2.1 or higher required. Test skipped."

example/test_rwgk1.py

@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_rwgk1
-    doctest.testmod(test_rwgk1)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_rwgk1)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])
+

example/test_simple_vector.py

@@ -34,7 +34,9 @@ def run(args = None):
         import sys
         sys.argv = args
     import doctest, test_simple_vector
-    doctest.testmod(test_simple_vector)
+    return doctest.testmod(test_simple_vector)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    run()
+    import sys
+    sys.exit(run()[0])
+

example/tst_dvect2.py

@@ -87,12 +87,18 @@ if (__name__ == "__main__"):
   import sys, string
   broken_auto_ptr = 0
   n = 1
-  if (len(sys.argv) > 1):
-    if (sys.argv[1] == "--broken-auto-ptr"):
-      broken_auto_ptr = 1
-      if (len(sys.argv) > 2):
-        n = string.atoi(sys.argv[2])
-    else:
-      n = string.atoi(sys.argv[1])
+  
+  if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+      argv = []
+      
+      for x in sys.argv:
+        if x != '--broken-auto-ptr':
+          argv.append(x)
+      broken_auto_ptr = argv != sys.argv
+      sys.argv = argv
+
+      if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        n = string.atoi(sys.argv[1])
+        
   for i in xrange(n):
     f(broken_auto_ptr)

example/tst_ivect2.py

@@ -87,12 +87,18 @@ if (__name__ == "__main__"):
   import sys, string
   broken_auto_ptr = 0
   n = 1
-  if (len(sys.argv) > 1):
-    if (sys.argv[1] == "--broken-auto-ptr"):
-      broken_auto_ptr = 1
-      if (len(sys.argv) > 2):
-        n = string.atoi(sys.argv[2])
-    else:
-      n = string.atoi(sys.argv[1])
+
+  if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+      argv = []
+      
+      for x in sys.argv:
+        if x != '--broken-auto-ptr':
+          argv.append(x)
+      broken_auto_ptr = argv != sys.argv
+      sys.argv = argv
+
+      if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+        n = string.atoi(sys.argv[1])
+        
   for i in xrange(n):
     f(broken_auto_ptr)

example/vector_wrapper.h

@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// Based on wrapVector.hh by Mike Owen and Jeff Johnson.
+// http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/spheral/src/src/BPLWraps/CXXWraps/
+
+#ifndef BOOST_PYTHON_EXAMPLE_VECTOR_WRAPPER_H
+#define BOOST_PYTHON_EXAMPLE_VECTOR_WRAPPER_H
+
+#include <boost/python/class_builder.hpp>
+
+namespace example {
+
+  // A wrapper is used to define additional constructors. This wrapper
+  // is templated on the template parameter for its corresponding vector.
+  template <typename T>
+  struct vector_wrapper: std::vector<T>
+  {
+    // Tell the compiler how to convert a base class object to
+    // this wrapper object.
+    vector_wrapper(PyObject*,
+                  const std::vector<T>& vec):
+      std::vector<T>(vec) {}
+
+    vector_wrapper(PyObject* self):
+      std::vector<T>() {}
+
+    vector_wrapper(PyObject* self,
+                   std::size_t n):
+      std::vector<T>(n) {}
+
+    vector_wrapper(PyObject* self,
+                   boost::python::tuple tuple):
+      std::vector<T>(tuple.size())
+    {
+      std::vector<T>::iterator vec = begin();
+      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < tuple.size(); i++)
+        vec[i] = BOOST_PYTHON_CONVERSION::from_python(tuple[i].get(),
+                                            boost::python::type<T>());
+    }
+  };
+
+  void raise_vector_IndexError() {
+    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, "vector index out of range");
+    throw boost::python::error_already_set();
+  }
+
+  template <typename T>
+  struct vector_access
+  {
+    static
+    T
+    getitem(const std::vector<T>& vec,
+            std::size_t key)
+    {
+      if (key >= vec.size()) raise_vector_IndexError();
+      return vec[key];
+    }
+
+    static
+    void
+    setitem(std::vector<T>& vec,
+            std::size_t key,
+            const T &value)
+    {
+      if (key >= vec.size()) raise_vector_IndexError();
+      vec[key] = value;
+    }
+
+    static
+    void
+    delitem(std::vector<T>& vec,
+            std::size_t key)
+    {
+      if (key >= vec.size()) raise_vector_IndexError();
+      vec.erase(vec.begin() + key);
+    }
+
+    // Convert vector<T> to a regular Python tuple.
+    static
+    boost::python::tuple
+    as_tuple(const std::vector<T>& vec)
+    {
+      // Create a python type of size vec.size().
+      boost::python::tuple t(vec.size());
+      for (std::size_t i = 0; i < vec.size(); i++) {
+        t.set_item(i,
+          boost::python::ref(BOOST_PYTHON_CONVERSION::to_python(vec[i])));
+      }
+      return t;
+    }
+  };
+
+  // This function will build a vector<T> and add it to the given
+  // module with the given name.
+  template <typename T>
+  boost::python::class_builder<std::vector<T>, vector_wrapper<T> >
+  wrap_vector(boost::python::module_builder& module,
+              const std::string& vector_name,
+              const T&)
+  {
+    // Add the vector<T> to the module.
+    boost::python::class_builder<std::vector<T>, vector_wrapper<T> >
+    py_vector(module, vector_name.c_str());
+
+    // Define constructors and methods for the vector<T>.
+    py_vector.def(boost::python::constructor<>());
+    py_vector.def(boost::python::constructor<std::size_t>());
+    py_vector.def(boost::python::constructor<boost::python::tuple>());
+    py_vector.def(&std::vector<T>::size, "__len__");
+    py_vector.def(&vector_access<T>::getitem, "__getitem__");
+    py_vector.def(&vector_access<T>::setitem, "__setitem__");
+    py_vector.def(&vector_access<T>::delitem, "__delitem__");
+    py_vector.def(&vector_access<T>::as_tuple, "as_tuple");
+
+    return py_vector;
+  }
+}
+
+#endif // BOOST_PYTHON_EXAMPLE_VECTOR_WRAPPER_H

include/boost/python/class.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,208 @@
+// Copyright David Abrahams 2002. Permission to copy, use,
+// modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this
+// copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided
+// "as is" without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as
+// to its suitability for any purpose.
+#ifndef CLASS_DWA200216_HPP
+# define CLASS_DWA200216_HPP
+
+# include <boost/python/class_fwd.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/reference.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/object/class.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/object/value_holder_fwd.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/type_id.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/detail/wrap_function.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/detail/member_function_cast.hpp>
+# include <boost/mpl/type_list.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/object/class_converters.hpp>
+# include <boost/mpl/size.hpp>
+# include <boost/mpl/for_each.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/detail/type_list.hpp>
+
+namespace // put some convenience classes into the unnamed namespace for the user
+{
+  // A type list for specifying bases
+  template < BOOST_MPL_LIST_DEFAULT_PARAMETERS(typename B, ::boost::mpl::null_argument) >
+  struct bases : ::boost::mpl::type_list< BOOST_MPL_LIST_PARAMETERS(B) >::type
+  {};
+
+  // A type list for specifying arguments
+  template < BOOST_MPL_LIST_DEFAULT_PARAMETERS(typename A, ::boost::mpl::null_argument) >
+  struct args : ::boost::mpl::type_list< BOOST_MPL_LIST_PARAMETERS(A) >::type
+  {};
+}
+
+namespace boost { namespace python { 
+
+namespace detail
+{
+  // This is an mpl BinaryMetaFunction object with a runtime behavior,
+  // which is to write the id of the type which is passed as its 2nd
+  // compile-time argument into the iterator pointed to by its runtime
+  // argument
+  struct write_type_id
+  {
+      // The first argument is Ignored because mpl::for_each is still
+      // currently an accumulate (reduce) implementation.
+      template <class Ignored, class T> struct apply
+      {
+          // also an artifact of accumulate-based for_each
+          typedef void type;
+
+          // Here's the runtime behavior
+          static void execute(converter::undecorated_type_id_t** p)
+          {
+              *(*p)++ = converter::undecorated_type_id<T>();
+          }
+      };
+  };
+}
+
+//
+// class_<T,Bases,HolderGenerator>
+//
+//      This is the primary mechanism through which users will expose
+//      C++ classes to Python. The three template arguments are:
+//
+//        T - The class being exposed to Python
+//
+//        Bases - An MPL sequence of base classes
+//
+//        HolderGenerator -
+//           An optional type generator for the "holder" which
+//           maintains the C++ object inside the Python instance. The
+//           default just holds the object "by-value", but other
+//           holders can be substituted which will hold the C++ object
+//           by smart pointer, for example.
+//
+template <
+    class T // class being wrapped
+    , class Bases
+    , class HolderGenerator
+    >
+class class_ : private objects::class_base
+{
+    typedef class_<T,Bases,HolderGenerator> self;
+ public:
+
+    // Automatically derive the class name - only works on some
+    // compilers because type_info::name is sometimes mangled (gcc)
+    class_();
+    
+    // Construct with the class name.  [ Would have used a default
+    // argument but gcc-2.95.2 choked on typeid(T).name() as a default
+    // parameter value]
+    class_(char const* name);
+
+
+    // Wrap a member function or a non-member function which can take
+    // a T, T cv&, or T cv* as its first parameter, or a callable
+    // python object.
+    template <class F>
+    self& def(char const* name, F f)
+    {
+        // Use function::add_to_namespace to achieve overloading if
+        // appropriate.
+        objects::function::add_to_namespace(
+            this->object(), name,
+            ref(detail::wrap_function(
+                    // This bit of nastiness casts F to a member function of T if possible. 
+                    detail::member_function_cast<T,F>::stage1(f).stage2((T*)0).stage3(f)
+                    )));
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    template <class Fn, class CallPolicy>
+    self& def(char const* name, Fn fn, CallPolicy policy)
+    {
+        this->def(name
+                  , boost::python::make_function(
+                      // This bit of nastiness casts F to a member function of T if possible. 
+                      detail::member_function_cast<T,Fn>::stage1(fn).stage2((T*)0).stage3(fn)
+                      , policy)
+            );
+        
+        return *this;
+    }
+    
+    // Define the constructor with the given Args, which should be an
+    // MPL sequence of types.
+    template <class Args>
+    self& def_init(Args const&)
+    {
+        def("__init__", make_constructor<T,Args,HolderGenerator>());
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    // Define the default constructor.
+    self& def_init()
+    {
+        this->def_init(mpl::type_list<>::type());
+        return *this;
+    }
+
+    // return the underlying object
+    ref object() const;
+
+ private: // types
+    typedef objects::class_id class_id;
+    
+    // A helper class which will contain an array of id objects to be
+    // passed to the base class constructor
+    struct id_vector
+    {
+        typedef objects::class_id class_id;
+        id_vector()
+        {
+            // Stick the derived class id into the first element of the array
+            ids[0] = converter::undecorated_type_id<T>();
+    
+            // Write the rest of the elements into succeeding positions.
+            class_id* p = ids + 1;
+            mpl::for_each<Bases, void, detail::write_type_id>::execute(&p);
+        }
+        
+        BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
+            std::size_t, size = mpl::size<Bases>::value + 1);
+        class_id ids[size];
+    };
+
+ private: // helper functions
+    void initialize_converters();
+};
+
+
+//
+// implementations
+//
+template <class T, class Bases, class HolderGenerator>
+inline class_<T, Bases, HolderGenerator>::class_()
+    : class_base(typeid(T).name(), id_vector::size, id_vector().ids)
+{
+    // Bring the class converters into existence. This static object
+    // will survive until the shared library this module lives in is
+    // unloaded (that doesn't happen until Python terminates).
+    static objects::class_converters<T,Bases> converters(object());
+}
+
+template <class T, class Bases, class HolderGenerator>
+inline class_<T, Bases, HolderGenerator>::class_(char const* name)
+    : class_base(name, id_vector::size, id_vector().ids)
+{
+    // Bring the class converters into existence. This static object
+    // will survive until the shared library this module lives in is
+    // unloaded (that doesn't happen until Python terminates).
+    static objects::class_converters<T,Bases> converters(object());
+}
+
+template <class T, class Bases, class HolderGenerator>
+inline ref class_<T, Bases, HolderGenerator>::object() const
+{
+    typedef objects::class_base base;
+    
+    return this->base::object();
+}
+
+}} // namespace boost::python
+
+#endif // CLASS_DWA200216_HPP

include/boost/python/class_builder.hpp

@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ class class_builder
         module.add(ref(as_object(m_class.get()), ref::increment_count), name);
     }
     
+  template <class OtherT, class OtherU>
+    class_builder(class_builder<OtherT, OtherU>& cls, const char* name)
+        : m_class(new detail::extension_class<T, U>(name))
+    {
+        cls.add(ref(as_object(m_class.get()), ref::increment_count), name);
+    }
+    
+  template <class OtherT, class OtherU>
+    class_builder(detail::extension_class<OtherT, OtherU>* cls,
+                  const char* name)
+        : m_class(new detail::extension_class<T, U>(name))
+    {
+        cls->set_attribute(name,
+                           ref(as_object(m_class.get()), ref::increment_count));
+    }
+    
     ~class_builder()
     {}
 

include/boost/python/class_fwd.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// Copyright David Abrahams 2002. Permission to copy, use,
+// modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this
+// copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided
+// "as is" without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as
+// to its suitability for any purpose.
+#ifndef CLASS_FWD_DWA200222_HPP
+# define CLASS_FWD_DWA200222_HPP
+# include <boost/python/object/value_holder_fwd.hpp>
+
+namespace boost { namespace python { 
+
+namespace detail
+{
+  struct empty_list;
+}
+
+template <
+    class T // class being wrapped
+    , class Bases = detail::empty_list
+    , class HolderGenerator = objects::value_holder_generator<>
+    >
+class class_;
+
+}} // namespace boost::python
+
+#endif // CLASS_FWD_DWA200222_HPP

include/boost/python/classes.hpp

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 namespace boost { namespace python {
 
 // A simple type which acts something like a built-in Python class obj.
-class instance
+class BOOST_PYTHON_DECL instance
     : public boost::python::detail::python_object
 {
  public:
@@ -70,6 +70,27 @@ class instance
     PyObject* oct();
     PyObject* hex();
 
+    // Rich comparisons
+    PyObject* lt(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* le(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* eq(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* ne(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* gt(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* ge(PyObject* other);
+
+    // Inplace operations.
+    PyObject* inplace_add(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* inplace_subtract(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* inplace_multiply(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* inplace_divide(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* inplace_remainder(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* inplace_power(PyObject* exponent, PyObject* modulus);
+    PyObject* inplace_lshift(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* inplace_rshift(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* inplace_and(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* inplace_or(PyObject* other);
+    PyObject* inplace_xor(PyObject* other);
+
  private: // noncopyable, without the size bloat
     instance(const instance&);
     void operator=(const instance&);
@@ -84,7 +105,7 @@ class instance
 template <class T> class meta_class;
 
 namespace detail {
-  class class_base : public type_object_base
+  class BOOST_PYTHON_DECL class_base : public type_object_base
   {
    public:
       class_base(PyTypeObject* meta_class_obj, string name, tuple bases, const dictionary& name_space);
@@ -107,6 +128,10 @@ namespace detail {
 
    private: // boost::python::type_object_base required interface implementation
       void instance_dealloc(PyObject*) const; // subclasses should not override this
+    
+   private: // noncopyable, without the size bloat
+      class_base(const class_base&);
+      void operator=(const class_base&);
       
    private:
       string m_name;
@@ -120,11 +145,12 @@ namespace detail {
 // A type which acts a lot like a built-in Python class. T is the obj type,
 // so class_t<instance> is a very simple "class-alike".
 template <class T>
-class class_t
+class BOOST_PYTHON_DECL_TEMPLATE class_t
     : public boost::python::detail::class_base
 {
  public:
     class_t(meta_class<T>* meta_class_obj, string name, tuple bases, const dictionary& name_space);
+    ~class_t();
     
     // Standard Python functions.
     PyObject* call(PyObject* args, PyObject* keywords);
@@ -169,6 +195,26 @@ class class_t
     PyObject* instance_number_float(PyObject*) const;
     PyObject* instance_number_oct(PyObject*) const;
     PyObject* instance_number_hex(PyObject*) const;
+
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_add(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_subtract(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_multiply(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_divide(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_remainder(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_power(PyObject*, PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_lshift(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_rshift(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_and(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_or(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_number_inplace_xor(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+
+ private: // Implement rich comparisons
+    PyObject* instance_lt(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_le(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_eq(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_ne(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_gt(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
+    PyObject* instance_ge(PyObject*, PyObject*) const;
     
  private: // Miscellaneous "special" methods
     PyObject* instance_call(PyObject* obj, PyObject* args, PyObject* keywords) const;
@@ -177,21 +223,17 @@ class class_t
 
  private: // Implementation of boost::python::detail::class_base required interface
     void delete_instance(PyObject*) const;
-    
- private: // noncopyable, without the size bloat
-    class_t(const class_t<T>&);
-    void operator=(const class_t&);
 };
 
 // The type of a class_t<T> object.
 template <class T>
-class meta_class
+class BOOST_PYTHON_DECL_TEMPLATE meta_class
     : public boost::python::detail::reprable<
                 boost::python::detail::callable<
                    boost::python::detail::getattrable<
                       boost::python::detail::setattrable<
                          boost::python::detail::type_object<class_t<T> > > > > >,
-      boost::noncopyable
+      private boost::noncopyable
 {
  public:
     meta_class();
@@ -223,6 +265,11 @@ class_t<T>::class_t(meta_class<T>* meta_class_obj, string name, tuple bases, con
 {
 }
 
+template <class T>
+class_t<T>::~class_t()
+{
+}
+
 template <class T>
 void class_t<T>::delete_instance(PyObject* obj) const
 {
@@ -303,7 +350,7 @@ int class_t<T>::instance_mapping_ass_subscript(PyObject* obj, PyObject* key, PyO
     return 0;
 }
 
-void adjust_slice_indices(PyObject* obj, int& start, int& finish);
+void BOOST_PYTHON_DECL adjust_slice_indices(PyObject* obj, int& start, int& finish);
 
 template <class T>
 PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_sequence_slice(PyObject* obj, int start, int finish) const
@@ -477,6 +524,108 @@ PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_hex(PyObject* obj) const
     return downcast<T>(obj)->hex();
 }
 
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_add(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_add(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_subtract(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_subtract(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_multiply(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_multiply(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_divide(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_divide(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_remainder(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_remainder(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_power(PyObject* obj, PyObject* exponent, PyObject* modulus) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_power(exponent, modulus);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_lshift(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_lshift(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_rshift(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_rshift(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_and(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_and(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_or(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_or(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_number_inplace_xor(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->inplace_xor(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_lt(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->lt(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_le(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->le(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_eq(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->eq(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_ne(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->ne(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_gt(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->gt(other);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+PyObject* class_t<T>::instance_ge(PyObject* obj, PyObject* other) const
+{
+    return downcast<T>(obj)->ge(other);
+}
+
 namespace detail {
   inline dictionary& class_base::dict()
   {

include/boost/python/conversions.hpp

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 //  producing this work.
 //
 // Revision History:
+// 31 Jul 01  convert int/double to complex (Peter Bienstman)
 // 04 Mar 01  Fixed std::complex<> stuff to work with MSVC (David Abrahams)
 // 03 Mar 01  added: converters for [plain] char and std::complex
 //            (Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve)
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 # include <boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp>
 # include <boost/python/detail/none.hpp>
 # include <boost/python/detail/signatures.hpp>
-# include <boost/smart_ptr.hpp>
+# include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
 # include <boost/python/errors.hpp>
 # include <string>
 
@@ -73,17 +74,17 @@ inline void xdecref_impl(PyObject* p) { Py_XDECREF(p); }
 template <class T>
 inline void decref(T* p)
 {
-	char* const raw_p = reinterpret_cast<char*>(p);
-	char* const p_base = raw_p - offsetof(PyObject, ob_refcnt);
-	decref_impl(reinterpret_cast<PyObject*>(p_base));
+    char* const raw_p = reinterpret_cast<char*>(p);
+    char* const p_base = raw_p - offsetof(PyObject, ob_refcnt);
+    decref_impl(reinterpret_cast<PyObject*>(p_base));
 }
 
 template <class T>
 inline void xdecref(T* p)
 {
-	char* const raw_p = reinterpret_cast<char*>(p);
-	char* const p_base = raw_p - offsetof(PyObject, ob_refcnt);
-	xdecref_impl(reinterpret_cast<PyObject*>(p_base));
+    char* const raw_p = reinterpret_cast<char*>(p);
+    char* const p_base = raw_p - offsetof(PyObject, ob_refcnt);
+    xdecref_impl(reinterpret_cast<PyObject*>(p_base));
 }
 
 namespace detail {
@@ -93,6 +94,10 @@ namespace detail {
   template <class T>
   std::complex<T> complex_from_python(PyObject* p, boost::python::type<T>)
   {
+      if (PyInt_Check(p)) return std::complex<T>(PyInt_AS_LONG(p));
+      if (PyLong_Check(p)) return std::complex<T>(PyLong_AsDouble(p));
+      if (PyFloat_Check(p)) return std::complex<T>(PyFloat_AS_DOUBLE(p));
+
       expect_complex(p);
 
       return std::complex<T>(
@@ -117,61 +122,67 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_BEGIN_CONVERSION_NAMESPACE
 // Converters
 //
 PyObject* to_python(long);
-long from_python(PyObject* p, boost::python::type<long>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL long from_python(PyObject* p, boost::python::type<long>);
 long from_python(PyObject* p, boost::python::type<const long&>);
 
-PyObject* to_python(unsigned long);
-unsigned long from_python(PyObject* p, boost::python::type<unsigned long>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(unsigned long);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL unsigned long from_python(PyObject* p, boost::python::type<unsigned long>);
 unsigned long from_python(PyObject* p, boost::python::type<const unsigned long&>);
 
 PyObject* to_python(int);
-int from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<int>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL int from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<int>);
 int from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const int&>);
     
-PyObject* to_python(unsigned int);
-unsigned int from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<unsigned int>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(unsigned int);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL unsigned int from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<unsigned int>);
 unsigned int from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const unsigned int&>);
 
 PyObject* to_python(short);
-short from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<short>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL short from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<short>);
 short from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const short&>);
     
-PyObject* to_python(unsigned short);
-unsigned short from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<unsigned short>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(unsigned short);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL unsigned short from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<unsigned short>);
 unsigned short from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const unsigned short&>);
 
-PyObject* to_python(char);
-char from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<char>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(char);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL char from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<char>);
 char from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const char&>);
 
-PyObject* to_python(signed char);
-signed char from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<signed char>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(signed char);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL signed char from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<signed char>);
 signed char from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const signed char&>);
 
-PyObject* to_python(unsigned char);
-unsigned char from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<unsigned char>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(unsigned char);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL unsigned char from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<unsigned char>);
 unsigned char from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const unsigned char&>);
 
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL float from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<float>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL double from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<double>);
+
+# ifndef BOOST_MSVC6_OR_EARLIER
 PyObject* to_python(float);
-float from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<float>);
+PyObject* to_python(double);
+# else
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(float);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(double);
+# endif 
 float from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const float&>);
     
-PyObject* to_python(double);
-double from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<double>);
 double from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const double&>);
     
 PyObject* to_python(bool);
-bool from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<bool>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL bool from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<bool>);
 bool from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const bool&>);
 
-PyObject* to_python(void);
-void from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<void>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(void);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL void from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<void>);
 
 PyObject* to_python(const char* s);
-const char* from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const char*>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL const char* from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const char*>);
 
-PyObject* to_python(const std::string& s);
-std::string from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<std::string>);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* to_python(const std::string& s);
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL std::string from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<std::string>);
 std::string from_python(PyObject*, boost::python::type<const std::string&>);
 
 inline PyObject* to_python(const std::complex<float>& x)
@@ -289,22 +300,22 @@ inline PyObject* to_python(float f)
 
 inline PyObject* to_python(long l)
 {
-	return PyInt_FromLong(l);
+    return PyInt_FromLong(l);
 }
 
 inline PyObject* to_python(int x)
 {
-	return PyInt_FromLong(x);
+    return PyInt_FromLong(x);
 }
 
 inline PyObject* to_python(short x)
 {
-	return PyInt_FromLong(x);
+    return PyInt_FromLong(x);
 }
 
 inline PyObject* to_python(bool b)
 {
-	return PyInt_FromLong(b);
+    return PyInt_FromLong(b);
 }
 
 inline PyObject* to_python(void)
@@ -314,7 +325,7 @@ inline PyObject* to_python(void)
 
 inline PyObject* to_python(const char* s)
 {
-	return PyString_FromString(s);
+    return PyString_FromString(s);
 }
 
 inline std::string from_python(PyObject* p, boost::python::type<const std::string&>)

include/boost/python/converter/builtin_converters.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+// Copyright David Abrahams 2002. Permission to copy, use,
+// modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this
+// copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided
+// "as is" without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as
+// to its suitability for any purpose.
+#ifndef BUILTIN_CONVERTERS_DWA2002124_HPP
+# define BUILTIN_CONVERTERS_DWA2002124_HPP
+# include <boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/detail/none.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/reference.hpp>
+# include <string>
+# include <complex>
+
+namespace boost { namespace python {
+
+// Provide specializations of to_python_value
+template <class T> struct to_python_value;
+
+namespace detail
+{
+  struct builtin_to_python
+  {
+      static bool convertible() { return true; }
+  };
+}
+
+namespace converter
+{
+  template <class T> struct callback_to_python;
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* do_call_to_python(char);
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* do_call_to_python(char const*);
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* do_call_to_python(PyObject*);
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL PyObject* do_callback_to_python(PyObject*);
+}
+
+# define BOOST_PYTHON_CALL_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(T, expr)   \
+    template <> struct to_python_value<T&>          \
+        : detail::builtin_to_python                 \
+    {                                               \
+        PyObject* operator()(T const& x) const      \
+        {                                           \
+            return (expr);                          \
+        }                                           \
+    };                                              \
+    template <> struct to_python_value<T const&>    \
+        : detail::builtin_to_python                 \
+    {                                               \
+        PyObject* operator()(T const& x) const      \
+        {                                           \
+            return (expr);                          \
+        }                                           \
+    };
+
+# define BOOST_PYTHON_CALLBACK_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(T, expr)   \
+    namespace converter                             \
+    {                                               \
+      template <> struct callback_to_python< T >    \
+      {                                             \
+          callback_to_python(T const& x)            \
+            : m_held(expr) {}                       \
+          PyObject* get() const                     \
+            { return m_held.get(); }                \
+       private:                                     \
+          ref m_held;                               \
+      };                                            \
+    } 
+
+# define BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(T, expr)   \
+        BOOST_PYTHON_CALL_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(T,expr) \
+        BOOST_PYTHON_CALLBACK_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(T,expr)
+
+# define BOOST_PYTHON_TO_INT(T)                                         \
+    BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(signed T, PyInt_FromLong(x))        \
+    BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(unsigned T, PyInt_FromLong(x))
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(bool, PyInt_FromLong(x))
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_INT(char)
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_INT(short)
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_INT(int)
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_INT(long)
+# undef BOOST_TO_PYTHON_INT
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(char, converter::do_call_to_python(x))
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(char const*, converter::do_call_to_python(x))
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(std::string, PyString_FromString(x.c_str()))
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(float, PyFloat_FromDouble(x))
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(double, PyFloat_FromDouble(x))
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(long double, PyFloat_FromDouble(x))
+BOOST_PYTHON_CALL_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(PyObject*, converter::do_call_to_python(x))
+BOOST_PYTHON_CALLBACK_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(PyObject*, converter::do_callback_to_python(x))
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(std::complex<float>, PyComplex_FromDoubles(x.real(), x.imag()))
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(std::complex<double>, PyComplex_FromDoubles(x.real(), x.imag()))
+BOOST_PYTHON_TO_PYTHON_BY_VALUE(std::complex<long double>, PyComplex_FromDoubles(x.real(), x.imag()))
+
+namespace converter
+{ 
+
+  void initialize_builtin_converters();
+
+}
+
+}} // namespace boost::python::converter
+
+#endif // BUILTIN_CONVERTERS_DWA2002124_HPP

include/boost/python/converter/callback.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+// Copyright David Abrahams 2002. Permission to copy, use,
+// modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this
+// copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided
+// "as is" without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as
+// to its suitability for any purpose.
+#ifndef CALLBACK_DWA2002228_HPP
+# define CALLBACK_DWA2002228_HPP
+
+# include <boost/python/converter/type_id.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/to_python_function.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/pointee_to_python_function.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/from_python.hpp>
+# include <boost/mpl/select_type.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/callback_to_python_base.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/callback_from_python_base.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/builtin_converters.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/to_python_indirect.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/detail/none.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/ptr.hpp>
+
+namespace boost { namespace python { namespace converter { 
+
+namespace detail
+{
+  template <class T>
+  struct pointer_callback_from_python
+  {
+      pointer_callback_from_python();
+      T operator()(PyObject*) const;
+  };
+  
+  template <class T>
+  struct reference_callback_from_python
+  {
+      reference_callback_from_python();
+      T operator()(PyObject*) const;
+  };
+  
+  template <class T>
+  struct rvalue_callback_from_python
+  {
+      rvalue_callback_from_python();
+      T const& operator()(PyObject*);
+   private:
+      rvalue_data<T> m_data;
+  };
+  
+  template <class T>
+  struct select_callback_from_python
+  {
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
+          bool, ptr = is_pointer<T>::value);
+    
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
+          bool, ref = is_reference<T>::value);
+
+      typedef typename mpl::select_type<
+          ptr
+          , pointer_callback_from_python<T>
+          , typename mpl::select_type<
+              ref
+              , reference_callback_from_python<T>
+              , rvalue_callback_from_python<T>
+            >::type
+          >::type type;
+  };
+
+
+  template <class T>
+  struct reference_callback_to_python : callback_to_python_holder
+  {
+      reference_callback_to_python(T& x);
+   private:
+      static PyObject* get_object(T& x);
+  };
+
+  template <class T>
+  struct value_callback_to_python : callback_to_python_base
+  {
+      // Throw an exception if the conversion can't succeed
+      value_callback_to_python(T const&);
+  };
+
+  template <class Ptr>
+  struct pointer_deep_callback_to_python : callback_to_python_base
+  {
+      // Throw an exception if the conversion can't succeed
+      pointer_deep_callback_to_python(Ptr);
+  };
+
+  template <class Ptr>
+  struct pointer_shallow_callback_to_python : callback_to_python_holder
+  {
+      // Throw an exception if the conversion can't succeed
+      pointer_shallow_callback_to_python(Ptr);
+   private:
+      static PyObject* get_object(Ptr p);
+  };
+
+  template <class T>
+  struct select_callback_to_python
+  {
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
+          bool, ptr = is_pointer<T>::value);
+      
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
+          bool, ref_wrapper = is_reference_wrapper<T>::value);
+
+      BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
+          bool, ptr_wrapper = is_pointer_wrapper<T>::value);
+
+      typedef typename unwrap_reference<T>::type unwrapped_referent;
+      typedef typename unwrap_pointer<T>::type unwrapped_ptr;
+
+      typedef typename mpl::select_type<
+          ptr
+          , pointer_deep_callback_to_python<T>
+          , typename mpl::select_type<
+              ptr_wrapper
+              , pointer_shallow_callback_to_python<unwrapped_ptr>
+              , typename mpl::select_type<
+                  ref_wrapper
+                  , reference_callback_to_python<unwrapped_referent>
+                  , value_callback_to_python<T>
+                >::type
+            >::type
+        >::type type;
+  };
+}
+
+template <class T>
+struct callback_from_python
+    : detail::select_callback_from_python<T>::type
+{
+};
+
+template <class T>
+struct callback_to_python
+    : detail::select_callback_to_python<T>::type
+{
+    typedef typename detail::select_callback_to_python<T>::type base;
+ public: // member functions
+    // Throw an exception if the conversion can't succeed
+    callback_to_python(T const& x);
+};
+
+//
+// Implementations
+//
+namespace detail
+{
+  template <class T>
+  inline rvalue_callback_from_python<T>::rvalue_callback_from_python()
+      : m_data(rvalue_from_python_chain<T>::value)
+  {
+      throw_if_not_registered(m_data.stage1);
+  }
+  
+  template <class T>
+  inline T const& rvalue_callback_from_python<T>::operator()(PyObject* obj)
+  {
+      return *(T*)convert_rvalue(obj, m_data.stage1, m_data.storage.bytes);
+  }
+
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL void throw_no_class_registered();
+
+  template <class T>
+  inline reference_callback_from_python<T>::reference_callback_from_python()
+  {
+      detail::throw_if_not_registered(lvalue_from_python_chain<T,true>::value);
+  }
+  
+  template <class T>
+  inline T reference_callback_from_python<T>::operator()(PyObject* obj) const
+  {
+      return python::detail::void_ptr_to_reference(
+          callback_convert_reference(obj, lvalue_from_python_chain<T,true>::value)
+          , (T(*)())0);
+  }
+
+  template <class T>
+  inline pointer_callback_from_python<T>::pointer_callback_from_python()
+  {
+      detail::throw_if_not_registered(lvalue_from_python_chain<T,true>::value);
+  }
+  
+  template <class T>
+  inline T pointer_callback_from_python<T>::operator()(PyObject* obj) const
+  {
+      return T(callback_convert_pointer(obj, lvalue_from_python_chain<T,true>::value));
+  }
+
+  template <class T>
+  inline value_callback_to_python<T>::value_callback_to_python(T const& x)
+      : callback_to_python_base(&x, to_python_function<T>::value)
+  {
+  }
+
+  template <class Ptr>
+  inline pointer_deep_callback_to_python<Ptr>::pointer_deep_callback_to_python(Ptr x)
+      : callback_to_python_base(x, pointee_to_python_function<Ptr>::value)
+  {
+  }
+
+  template <class T>
+  inline PyObject* reference_callback_to_python<T>::get_object(T& x)
+  {
+      to_python_indirect<T&,python::detail::make_reference_holder> convert;
+      if (!convert.convertible())
+          throw_no_class_registered();
+      return convert(x);
+  }
+
+  template <class T>
+  inline reference_callback_to_python<T>::reference_callback_to_python(T& x)
+      : callback_to_python_holder(get_object(x))
+  {
+  }
+
+  template <class Ptr>
+  inline pointer_shallow_callback_to_python<Ptr>::pointer_shallow_callback_to_python(Ptr x)
+      : callback_to_python_holder(get_object(x))
+  {}
+
+  template <class Ptr>
+  inline PyObject* pointer_shallow_callback_to_python<Ptr>::get_object(Ptr x)
+  {
+      to_python_indirect<Ptr,python::detail::make_reference_holder> convert;
+      if (!convert.convertible())
+          throw_no_class_registered();
+      return x ? convert(x) : python::detail::none();
+  }
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline callback_to_python<T>::callback_to_python(T const& x)
+    : base(x)
+{}
+
+}}} // namespace boost::python::converter
+
+#endif // CALLBACK_DWA2002228_HPP

include/boost/python/converter/callback_from_python_base.hpp

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+// Copyright David Abrahams 2002. Permission to copy, use,
+// modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this
+// copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided
+// "as is" without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as
+// to its suitability for any purpose.
+#ifndef CALLBACK_FROM_PYTHON_BASE_DWA200237_HPP
+# define CALLBACK_FROM_PYTHON_BASE_DWA200237_HPP
+
+namespace boost { namespace python { namespace converter { 
+
+namespace detail
+{
+
+  // Throw an exception
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL void throw_if_not_registered(rvalue_stage1_data const&);
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL void* convert_rvalue(PyObject*, rvalue_stage1_data& data, void* storage);
+  
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL void throw_if_not_registered(lvalue_from_python_registration*const&);
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL void* callback_convert_reference(PyObject*, lvalue_from_python_registration*const&);
+  BOOST_PYTHON_DECL void* callback_convert_pointer(PyObject*, lvalue_from_python_registration*const&);
+}
+
+}}} // namespace boost::python::converter
+
+#endif // CALLBACK_FROM_PYTHON_BASE_DWA200237_HPP

include/boost/python/converter/callback_to_python_base.hpp

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+// Copyright David Abrahams 2002. Permission to copy, use,
+// modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this
+// copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided
+// "as is" without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as
+// to its suitability for any purpose.
+#ifndef CALLBACK_TO_PYTHON_BASE_DWA200237_HPP
+# define CALLBACK_TO_PYTHON_BASE_DWA200237_HPP
+# include <boost/python/converter/to_python_function_type.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/reference.hpp>
+
+namespace boost { namespace python { namespace converter {
+
+namespace detail
+{
+  struct callback_to_python_holder
+  {
+      callback_to_python_holder(PyObject* obj);
+      inline PyObject* get() const;
+   private:
+      ref m_held;
+  };
+  
+  struct BOOST_PYTHON_DECL callback_to_python_base : callback_to_python_holder
+  {
+      callback_to_python_base(void const volatile* source, to_python_function_t);
+  };
+
+  //
+  // implmentation
+  //
+  inline callback_to_python_holder::callback_to_python_holder(PyObject* obj)
+      : m_held(obj)
+  {
+  }
+  
+  inline PyObject* callback_to_python_holder::get() const
+  {
+      return m_held.get();
+  }
+}
+
+}}} // namespace boost::python::converter
+
+#endif // CALLBACK_TO_PYTHON_BASE_DWA200237_HPP

include/boost/python/converter/find_from_python.hpp

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+// Copyright David Abrahams 2002. Permission to copy, use,
+// modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this
+// copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided
+// "as is" without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as
+// to its suitability for any purpose.
+#ifndef FIND_FROM_PYTHON_DWA2002223_HPP
+# define FIND_FROM_PYTHON_DWA2002223_HPP
+
+# include <boost/python/detail/config.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/from_python_stage1_data.hpp>
+
+namespace boost { namespace python { namespace converter { 
+
+struct lvalue_from_python_registration;
+struct rvalue_from_python_registration;
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL void* find(
+    PyObject* source, lvalue_from_python_registration const*);
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_DECL rvalue_stage1_data find(
+    PyObject* source, rvalue_from_python_registration const*);
+
+}}} // namespace boost::python::converter
+
+#endif // FIND_FROM_PYTHON_DWA2002223_HPP

include/boost/python/converter/from_python.hpp

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+// Copyright David Abrahams 2002. Permission to copy, use,
+// modify, sell and distribute this software is granted provided this
+// copyright notice appears in all copies. This software is provided
+// "as is" without express or implied warranty, and with no claim as
+// to its suitability for any purpose.
+#ifndef FROM_PYTHON_DWA2002127_HPP
+# define FROM_PYTHON_DWA2002127_HPP
+
+# include <boost/python/converter/find_from_python.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp>
+# include <boost/type_traits/transform_traits.hpp>
+# include <boost/type_traits/cv_traits.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/from_python_data.hpp>
+# include <boost/mpl/select_type.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/registry.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/lvalue_from_python_chain.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/converter/rvalue_from_python_chain.hpp>
+# include <boost/python/detail/void_ptr.hpp>
+
+namespace boost { namespace python { namespace converter {
+
+struct from_python_base
+{
+ public: // member functions
+    from_python_base(void* result);
+    from_python_base(PyObject*, lvalue_from_python_registration const* chain);
+    bool convertible() const;
+    
+ protected: // member functions
+    void*const& result() const;
+    
+ private: // data members
+    void* m_result;
+};
+
+// Used when T == U*const&
+template <class T>
+struct pointer_const_reference_from_python
+{
+    pointer_const_reference_from_python(PyObject*);
+    T operator()(PyObject*) const;
+    bool convertible() const;
+    
+ private:
+    typename detail::referent_storage<T>::type m_result;
+};
+
+// Used when T == U* 
+template <class T>
+struct pointer_from_python : from_python_base
+{
+    pointer_from_python(PyObject*);
+    T operator()(PyObject*) const;
+};
+
+// Used when T == U& and (T != V const& or T == W volatile&)
+template <class T>
+struct reference_from_python : from_python_base
+{
+    reference_from_python(PyObject*);
+    T operator()(PyObject*) const;
+};
+
+// ------- rvalue converters ---------
+
+// Used for the case where T is a non-pointer, non-reference type OR
+// is a const non-volatile reference to a non-pointer type.
+template <class T>
+class rvalue_from_python
+{
+    typedef typename boost::add_reference<
+        typename boost::add_const<T>::type
+    >::type result_type;
+    
+ public:
+    rvalue_from_python(PyObject*);
+    bool convertible() const;
+    
+    result_type operator()(PyObject*);
+    
+ private:
+    rvalue_data<result_type> m_data;
+};
+
+template <class T>
+struct select_from_python
+{
+    BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
+        bool, ptr = is_pointer<T>::value);
+    
+    BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
+        bool, ptr_cref
+            = boost::python::detail::is_reference_to_pointer<T>::value
+            && boost::python::detail::is_reference_to_const<T>::value
+            && !boost::python::detail::is_reference_to_volatile<T>::value);
+    
+    
+    BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(
+        bool, ref =
+        boost::python::detail::is_reference_to_non_const<T>::value
+        || boost::python::detail::is_reference_to_volatile<T>::value);
+
+    typedef typename mpl::select_type<
+        ptr
+        , pointer_from_python<T>
+        , typename mpl::select_type<
+             ptr_cref
+             , pointer_const_reference_from_python<T>
+             , typename mpl::select_type<
+                   ref
+                   , reference_from_python<T>
+                   , rvalue_from_python<T>
+                >::type
+          >::type
+    >::type type;
+};
+
+//
+// implementations
+//
+inline from_python_base::from_python_base(void* result)
+    : m_result(result)
+{
+}
+
+inline from_python_base::from_python_base(
+    PyObject* source
+    , lvalue_from_python_registration const* chain)
+    : m_result(find(source, chain))
+{
+}
+
+inline bool from_python_base::convertible() const
+{
+    return m_result != 0;
+}
+
+inline void*const& from_python_base::result() const
+{
+    return m_result;
+}
+
+// --------
+
+namespace detail
+{
+  template <class T>
+  struct null_ptr_owner
+  {
+      static T value;
+  };
+  template <class T> T null_ptr_owner<T>::value = 0;
+  
+  template <class U>
+  inline U& null_ptr_reference(U&(*)())
+  {
+      return null_ptr_owner<U>::value;
+  }
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline pointer_const_reference_from_python<T>::pointer_const_reference_from_python(PyObject* p)
+{
+    python::detail::write_void_ptr_reference(
+        m_result.bytes
+        , p == Py_None ? p : find(p, lvalue_from_python_chain<T>::value)
+        , (T(*)())0);
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline bool pointer_const_reference_from_python<T>::convertible() const
+{
+    return python::detail::void_ptr_to_reference(m_result.bytes, (T(*)())0) != 0;
+}
+template <class T>
+inline T pointer_const_reference_from_python<T>::operator()(PyObject* p) const
+{
+    return (p == Py_None)
+        ? detail::null_ptr_reference((T(*)())0)
+        : python::detail::void_ptr_to_reference(m_result.bytes, (T(*)())0);
+}
+
+// --------
+
+template <class T>
+inline pointer_from_python<T>::pointer_from_python(PyObject* p)
+    : from_python_base(p == Py_None ? p : find(p, lvalue_from_python_chain<T>::value))
+{
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline T pointer_from_python<T>::operator()(PyObject* p) const
+{
+    return (p == Py_None) ? 0 : T(result());
+}
+
+// --------
+
+template <class T>
+inline reference_from_python<T>::reference_from_python(PyObject* p)
+    : from_python_base(find(p,lvalue_from_python_chain<T>::value))
+{
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline T reference_from_python<T>::operator()(PyObject*) const
+{
+    return python::detail::void_ptr_to_reference(result(), (T(*)())0);
+}
+
+// -------
+
+template <class T>
+inline rvalue_from_python<T>::rvalue_from_python(PyObject* obj)
+    : m_data(find(obj, rvalue_from_python_chain<T>::value))
+{
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline bool rvalue_from_python<T>::convertible() const
+{
+    return m_data.stage1.convertible != 0;
+}
+
+template <class T>
+inline typename rvalue_from_python<T>::result_type
+rvalue_from_python<T>::operator()(PyObject* p)
+{
+    if (m_data.stage1.construct != 0)
+        m_data.stage1.construct(p, &m_data.stage1);
+    
+    return python::detail::void_ptr_to_reference(m_data.stage1.convertible, (result_type(*)())0);
+}
+
+}}} // namespace boost::python::converter
+
+#endif // FROM_PYTHON_DWA2002127_HPP