Branch for developing Bitten client/server testing

[SVN r41004]

build/Jamfile

@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-#  (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 library Jamfile
-
-
-# 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 ;
-
-if [ check-python-config ]
-{
-    
-  local bpl-linkflags ;
-
-  if $(UNIX) && ( $(OS) = AIX )
-  {
-      bpl-linkflags = <linkflags>"-e initlibboost_python" ;
-  }
-
-  # Enabling intrinsics (/0i) or maximize speed (/02) seem to cause
-  # internal compiler errors with this toolset.
-  local msvc-stlport-workarounds
-    = <optimization>off "<cxxflags>-Ogty -O1 -Gs" ;
-    
-  local sources =
-    numeric.cpp
-    list.cpp
-    long.cpp
-    dict.cpp
-    tuple.cpp
-    str.cpp
-
-    aix_init_module.cpp
-    converter/from_python.cpp
-    converter/registry.cpp
-    converter/type_id.cpp
-    object/enum.cpp
-    object/class.cpp
-    object/function.cpp
-    object/inheritance.cpp
-    object/life_support.cpp
-    object/pickle_support.cpp
-    errors.cpp
-    module.cpp
-    converter/builtin_converters.cpp
-    converter/arg_to_python_base.cpp
-    object/iterator.cpp
-    object_protocol.cpp
-    object_operators.cpp
-    ;
-  
-  dll boost_python
-    : ../src/$(sources)
-    : $(BOOST_PYTHON_V2_PROPERTIES)
-      <define>BOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE
-      $(bpl-linkflags)
-        <msvc-stlport><release>$(msvc-stlport-workarounds)
-      ;
-
-  lib boost_python
-    : # sources
-      ../src/$(sources)
-        
-    : # requirements
-      $(BOOST_PYTHON_V2_PROPERTIES)
-      <define>BOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE
-      <define>BOOST_STATIC_LIB
-      $(bpl-linkflags)
-        <msvc-stlport><release>$(msvc-stlport-workarounds)
-      ;
-
-  stage bin-stage : <dll>boost_python <lib>boost_python
-    : <tag><debug>"_debug"
-      <tag><debug-python>"_pydebug"
-    :
-        debug release
-    ;
-}

build/Jamfile.v2

@@ -1,67 +1,44 @@
+# Copyright David Abrahams 2001-2006. Distributed under the Boost
+# Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+# file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
 import os ;
+import modules ;
 
-# Use a very crude way to sense there python is locatted
+import python ;
 
-local PYTHON_PATH ;
-
-if [ GLOB /usr/local/include/python2.2 : * ]
+if ! [ python.configured ] && ! ( --without-python in  [ modules.peek : ARGV ] )
 {
-    PYTHON_PATH = /usr/local ;
-}
-else if [ GLOB /usr/include/python2.2 : * ] 
-{
-    PYTHON_PATH = /usr ;
-}
-
-if [ os.name ] in CYGWIN NT
-{
-    lib_condition = <link>shared: ;
-    defines = USE_DL_IMPORT ;
-   
-    # Declare a target for the python interpreter library
-    lib python : : <name>python2.2.dll ;
-    PYTHON_LIB = python ;    
-} 
-else 
-{
-   lib python : : <name>python2.2 ;
-   PYTHON_LIB = python ;    
-}
-
-
-
-if $(PYTHON_PATH) {
+    # Attempt default configuration of python
+    import toolset : using ;
+    using python ;
     
+    if ! [ python.configured ]
+    {
+        ECHO "WARNING: No python installation configured and autoconfiguration" ; 
+        ECHO "         failed.  See http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/building.html" ;
+        ECHO "         for configuration instructions or pass --without-python to" ;
+        ECHO "         suppress this message and silently skip all Boost.Python targets" ;
+    }
+}
 
 project boost/python
-    : source-location ../src
-        : requirements <include>$(PYTHON_PATH)/include/python2.2  
-          $(lib_condition)<library-path>$(PYTHON_PATH)/lib/python2.2/config
-            <link>shared:<library>$(PYTHON_LIB)
-            <define>$(defines)
-        : usage-requirements # requirement that will be propageted to *users* of this library
-          <include>$(PYTHON_PATH)/include/python2.2       
+  : source-location ../src
+  ;
 
-# We have a bug which causes us to conclude that conditionalized
-# properties in this section are not free.
-#          $(lib_condition)<library-path>$(PYTHON_PATH)/lib/python2.2/config
-#            <shared>true:<find-library>$(PYTHON_LIB)
-            
-          <library-path>$(PYTHON_PATH)/lib/python2.2/config
-            <library>$(PYTHON_LIB)
-    ;
+rule cond ( test ? : yes * : no * ) { if $(test) { return $(yes) ; } else { return $(no) ; } }
+rule unless ( test ? : yes * : no * ) { if ! $(test) { return $(yes) ; } else { return $(no) ; } }
 
 lib boost_python
-    : 
+    : # sources
     numeric.cpp
-
     list.cpp
     long.cpp
     dict.cpp
     tuple.cpp
     str.cpp
+    slice.cpp
 
-    aix_init_module.cpp
     converter/from_python.cpp
     converter/registry.cpp
     converter/type_id.cpp
@@ -76,10 +53,42 @@ lib boost_python
     converter/builtin_converters.cpp
     converter/arg_to_python_base.cpp
     object/iterator.cpp
+    object/stl_iterator.cpp
     object_protocol.cpp
     object_operators.cpp
-    :   <link>static:<define>BOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB 
+    wrapper.cpp
+    import.cpp
+    exec.cpp
+    object/function_doc_signature.cpp
+    :   # requirements
+        <link>static:<define>BOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB 
         <define>BOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE
-    : <link>shared
-      ;
-}
+      
+        # On Windows, all code using Python has to link to the Python
+        # import library.
+        #
+        # On *nix we never link libboost_python to libpython.  When
+        # extending Python, all Python symbols are provided by the
+        # Python interpreter executable.  When embedding Python, the
+        # client executable is expected to explicitly link to
+        # /python//python (the target representing libpython) itself.
+        #
+        # python_for_extensions is a target defined by Boost.Build to
+        # provide the Python include paths, and on Windows, the Python
+        # import library, as usage requirements.
+        [ cond [ python.configured ] : <library>/python//python_for_extensions ]
+        
+        # we prevent building when there is no python available
+        # as it's not possible anyway, and to cause dependents to
+        # fail to build
+        [ unless [ python.configured ] : <build>no ]
+
+        <python-debugging>on:<define>BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON
+    :   # default build
+        <link>shared
+    :   # usage requirements
+        <link>static:<define>BOOST_PYTHON_STATIC_LIB
+        <python-debugging>on:<define>BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON
+    ;
+
+boost-install boost_python ;

doc/Jamfile

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost
+# Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+# file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+import docutils ;
+
+import path ;
+sources = building.rst ;
+bases = $(sources:S=) ;
+  
+# This is a path relative to the html/ subdirectory where the
+# generated output will eventually be moved.
+stylesheet = "--stylesheet=../../../rst.css" ;
+
+for local b in $(bases)
+{
+    html $(b) : $(b).rst : 
+      
+    <docutils-html>"-gdt --source-url="./$(b).rst" --link-stylesheet --traceback --trim-footnote-reference-space --footnote-references=superscript "$(stylesheet)
+  ;
+}
+
+alias htmls : $(bases) ;
+stage . : $(bases) ;

doc/PyConDC_2003/bpl.html

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+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN">
+
+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
+<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
+<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
+<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
+<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <meta name="generator" content=
+    "HTML Tidy for Windows (vers 1st August 2002), see www.w3.org">
+    <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.boost-consulting.com/writing/bpl.html">
+
+    <title>Loading: &ldquo;Building Hybrid Systems With Boost.Python&rdquo;</title>
+  </head>
+
+  <body>
+    Loading...; if nothing happens, please go to <a href= "http://www.boost-consulting.com/writing/bpl.html">http://www.boost-consulting.com/writing/bpl.html</a>.
+  </body>
+</html>
+

doc/PyConDC_2003/bpl.txt

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-+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
- Building Hybrid Systems with Boost.Python
-+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+.. Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost
+.. Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+.. file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 
-:Author: David Abrahams
-:Contact: dave@boost-consulting.com
-:organization: `Boost Consulting`_
-:date: $Date$
-
-:Author: Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve
-
-:status: Draft
-:copyright: Copyright David Abrahams and Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve 2003. All rights reserved
-
-.. contents:: Table of Contents
-
-
-.. _`Boost Consulting`: http://www.boost-consulting.com
-
-==========
- Abstract
-==========
-
-Boost.Python is an open source C++ library which provides a concise
-IDL-like interface for binding C++ classes and functions to
-Python. Leveraging the full power of C++ compile-time introspection
-and of recently developed metaprogramming techniques, this is achieved
-entirely in pure C++, without introducing a new syntax.
-Boost.Python's rich set of features and high-level interface make it
-possible to engineer packages from the ground up as hybrid systems,
-giving programmers easy and coherent access to both the efficient
-compile-time polymorphism of C++ and the extremely convenient run-time
-polymorphism of Python.
-
-==============
- Introduction
-==============
-
-Python and C++ are in many ways as different as two languages could
-be: while C++ is usually compiled to machine-code, Python is
-interpreted.  Python's dynamic type system is often cited as the
-foundation of its flexibility, while in C++ static typing is the
-cornerstone of its efficiency. C++ has an intricate and difficult
-compile-time meta-language, while in Python, practically everything
-happens at runtime.
-
-Yet for many programmers, these very differences mean that Python and
-C++ complement one another perfectly.  Performance bottlenecks in
-Python programs can be rewritten in C++ for maximal speed, and
-authors of powerful C++ libraries choose Python as a middleware
-language for its flexible system integration capabilities.
-Furthermore, the surface differences mask some strong similarities:
-
-* 'C'-family control structures (if, while, for...)
-
-* Support for object-orientation, functional programming, and generic
-  programming (these are both *multi-paradigm* programming languages.)
-
-* Comprehensive operator overloading facilities, recognizing the
-  importance of syntactic variability for readability and
-  expressivity.
-
-* High-level concepts such as collections and iterators.
-
-* High-level encapsulation facilities (C++: namespaces, Python: modules)
-  to support the design of re-usable libraries.
-
-* Exception-handling for effective management of error conditions.
-
-* C++ idioms in common use, such as handle/body classes and
-  reference-counted smart pointers mirror Python reference semantics.
-
-Given Python's rich 'C' interoperability API, it should in principle
-be possible to expose C++ type and function interfaces to Python with
-an analogous interface to their C++ counterparts.  However, the
-facilities provided by Python alone for integration with C++ are
-relatively meager.  Compared to C++ and Python, 'C' has only very
-rudimentary abstraction facilities, and support for exception-handling
-is completely missing.  'C' extension module writers are required to
-manually manage Python reference counts, which is both annoyingly
-tedious and extremely error-prone. Traditional extension modules also
-tend to contain a great deal of boilerplate code repetition which
-makes them difficult to maintain, especially when wrapping an evolving
-API.
-
-These limitations have lead to the development of a variety of wrapping
-systems.  SWIG_ is probably the most popular package for the
-integration of C/C++ and Python. A more recent development is SIP_,
-which was specifically designed for interfacing Python with the Qt_
-graphical user interface library.  Both SWIG and SIP introduce their
-own specialized languages for customizing inter-language bindings.
-This has certain advantages, but having to deal with three different
-languages (Python, C/C++ and the interface language) also introduces
-practical and mental difficulties.  The CXX_ package demonstrates an
-interesting alternative.  It shows that at least some parts of
-Python's 'C' API can be wrapped and presented through a much more
-user-friendly C++ interface. However, unlike SWIG and SIP, CXX does
-not include support for wrapping C++ classes as new Python types.
-
-The features and goals of Boost.Python_ overlap significantly with
-many of these other systems.  That said, Boost.Python attempts to
-maximize convenience and flexibility without introducing a separate
-wrapping language.  Instead, it presents the user with a high-level
-C++ interface for wrapping C++ classes and functions, managing much of
-the complexity behind-the-scenes with static metaprogramming.
-Boost.Python also goes beyond the scope of earlier systems by
-providing:
-
-* Support for C++ virtual functions that can be overridden in Python.
-
-* Comprehensive lifetime management facilities for low-level C++
-  pointers and references.
-
-* Support for organizing extensions as Python packages,
-  with a central registry for inter-language type conversions.
-
-* A safe and convenient mechanism for tying into Python's powerful
-  serialization engine (pickle).
-
-* Coherence with the rules for handling C++ lvalues and rvalues that
-  can only come from a deep understanding of both the Python and C++
-  type systems.
-
-The key insight that sparked the development of Boost.Python is that
-much of the boilerplate code in traditional extension modules could be
-eliminated using C++ compile-time introspection.  Each argument of a
-wrapped C++ function must be extracted from a Python object using a
-procedure that depends on the argument type.  Similarly the function's
-return type determines how the return value will be converted from C++
-to Python.  Of course argument and return types are part of each
-function's type, and this is exactly the source from which
-Boost.Python deduces most of the information required.
-
-This approach leads to *user guided wrapping*: as much information is
-extracted directly from the source code to be wrapped as is possible
-within the framework of pure C++, and some additional information is
-supplied explicitly by the user.  Mostly the guidance is mechanical
-and little real intervention is required.  Because the interface
-specification is written in the same full-featured language as the
-code being exposed, the user has unprecedented power available when
-she does need to take control.
-
-.. _Python: http://www.python.org/
-.. _SWIG: http://www.swig.org/
-.. _SIP: http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/sip/index.php
-.. _Qt: http://www.trolltech.com/
-.. _CXX: http://cxx.sourceforge.net/
-.. _Boost.Python: http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc
-
-===========================
- Boost.Python Design Goals 
-===========================
-
-The primary goal of Boost.Python is to allow users to expose C++
-classes and functions to Python using nothing more than a C++
-compiler.  In broad strokes, the user experience should be one of
-directly manipulating C++ objects from Python.
-
-However, it's also important not to translate all interfaces *too*
-literally: the idioms of each language must be respected.  For
-example, though C++ and Python both have an iterator concept, they are
-expressed very differently.  Boost.Python has to be able to bridge the
-interface gap.
-
-It must be possible to insulate Python users from crashes resulting
-from trivial misuses of C++ interfaces, such as accessing
-already-deleted objects.  By the same token the library should
-insulate C++ users from low-level Python 'C' API, replacing
-error-prone 'C' interfaces like manual reference-count management and
-raw ``PyObject`` pointers with more-robust alternatives.
-
-Support for component-based development is crucial, so that C++ types
-exposed in one extension module can be passed to functions exposed in
-another without loss of crucial information like C++ inheritance
-relationships.
-
-Finally, all wrapping must be *non-intrusive*, without modifying or
-even seeing the original C++ source code.  Existing C++ libraries have
-to be wrappable by third parties who only have access to header files
-and binaries.
-
-==========================
- Hello Boost.Python World
-==========================
-
-And now for a preview of Boost.Python, and how it improves on the raw
-facilities offered by Python. Here's a function we might want to
-expose::
-
-    char const* greet(unsigned x)
-    {
-       static char const* const msgs[] = { "hello", "Boost.Python", "world!" };
-
-       if (x > 2) 
-           throw std::range_error("greet: index out of range");
-
-       return msgs[x];
-    }
-
-To wrap this function in standard C++ using the Python 'C' API, we'd
-need something like this::
-
-    extern "C" // all Python interactions use 'C' linkage and calling convention
-    {
-        // Wrapper to handle argument/result conversion and checking
-        PyObject* greet_wrap(PyObject* args, PyObject * keywords)
-        {
-             int x;
-             if (PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &x))    // extract/check arguments
-             {
-                 char const* result = greet(x);      // invoke wrapped function
-                 return PyString_FromString(result); // convert result to Python
-             }
-             return 0;                               // error occurred
-        }
-
-        // Table of wrapped functions to be exposed by the module
-        static PyMethodDef methods[] = {
-            { "greet", greet_wrap, METH_VARARGS, "return one of 3 parts of a greeting" }
-            , { NULL, NULL, 0, NULL } // sentinel
-        };
-
-        // module initialization function
-        DL_EXPORT init_hello()
-        {
-            (void) Py_InitModule("hello", methods); // add the methods to the module
-        }
-    }
-
-Now here's the wrapping code we'd use to expose it with Boost.Python::
-
-    #include <boost/python.hpp>
-    using namespace boost::python;
-    BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(hello)
-    {
-        def("greet", greet, "return one of 3 parts of a greeting");
-    }
-
-and here it is in action::
-
-    >>> import hello
-    >>> for x in range(3):
-    ...     print hello.greet(x)
-    ...
-    hello
-    Boost.Python
-    world!
-
-Aside from the fact that the 'C' API version is much more verbose,
-it's worth noting a few things that it doesn't handle correctly:
-
-* The original function accepts an unsigned integer, and the Python
-  'C' API only gives us a way of extracting signed integers. The
-  Boost.Python version will raise a Python exception if we try to pass
-  a negative number to ``hello.greet``, but the other one will proceed
-  to do whatever the C++ implementation does when converting an
-  negative integer to unsigned (usually wrapping to some very large
-  number), and pass the incorrect translation on to the wrapped
-  function.
-
-* That brings us to the second problem: if the C++ ``greet()``
-  function is called with a number greater than 2, it will throw an
-  exception.  Typically, if a C++ exception propagates across the
-  boundary with code generated by a 'C' compiler, it will cause a
-  crash.  As you can see in the first version, there's no C++
-  scaffolding there to prevent this from happening.  Functions wrapped
-  by Boost.Python automatically include an exception-handling layer
-  which protects Python users by translating unhandled C++ exceptions
-  into a corresponding Python exception.
-
-* A slightly more-subtle limitation is that the argument conversion
-  used in the Python 'C' API case can only get that integer ``x`` in
-  *one way*.  PyArg_ParseTuple can't convert Python ``long`` objects
-  (arbitrary-precision integers) which happen to fit in an ``unsigned
-  int`` but not in a ``signed long``, nor will it ever handle a
-  wrapped C++ class with a user-defined implicit ``operator unsigned
-  int()`` conversion. Boost.Python's dynamic type conversion
-  registry allows users to add arbitrary conversion methods.
-
-==================
- Library Overview
-==================
-
-This section outlines some of the library's major features.  Except as
-neccessary to avoid confusion, details of library implementation are
-omitted.
-
-------------------
- Exposing Classes
-------------------
-
-C++ classes and structs are exposed with a similarly-terse interface.
-Given::
-
-    struct World
-    {
-        void set(std::string msg) { this->msg = msg; }
-        std::string greet() { return msg; }
-        std::string msg;
-    };
-
-The following code will expose it in our extension module::
-    
-    #include <boost/python.hpp>
-    BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(hello)
-    {
-        class_<World>("World")
-            .def("greet", &World::greet)
-            .def("set", &World::set)
-        ;
-    }
-
-Although this code has a certain pythonic familiarity, people
-sometimes find the syntax bit confusing because it doesn't look like
-most of the C++ code they're used to. All the same, this is just
-standard C++.  Because of their flexible syntax and operator
-overloading, C++ and Python are great for defining domain-specific
-(sub)languages
-(DSLs), and that's what we've done in Boost.Python. To break it down::
-
-    class_<World>("World")
-
-constructs an unnamed object of type ``class_<World>`` and passes
-``"World"`` to its constructor.  This creates a new-style Python class
-called ``World`` in the extension module, and associates it with the
-C++ type ``World`` in the Boost.Python type conversion registry.  We
-might have also written::
-
-    class_<World> w("World");
-
-but that would've been more verbose, since we'd have to name ``w``
-again to invoke its ``def()`` member function::
-
-        w.def("greet", &World::greet)
-
-There's nothing special about the location of the dot for member
-access in the original example: C++ allows any amount of whitespace on
-either side of a token, and placing the dot at the beginning of each
-line allows us to chain as many successive calls to member functions
-as we like with a uniform syntax.  The other key fact that allows
-chaining is that ``class_<>`` member functions all return a reference
-to ``*this``.
-
-So the example is equivalent to::
-
-    class_<World> w("World");
-    w.def("greet", &World::greet);
-    w.def("set", &World::set);
-
-It's occasionally useful to be able to break down the components of a
-Boost.Python class wrapper in this way, but the rest of this article
-will stick to the terse syntax.
-
-For completeness, here's the wrapped class in use: ::
-
-    >>> import hello
-    >>> planet = hello.World()
-    >>> planet.set('howdy')
-    >>> planet.greet()
-    'howdy'
-
-Constructors
-============
-
-Since our ``World`` class is just a plain ``struct``, it has an
-implicit no-argument (nullary) constructor.  Boost.Python exposes the
-nullary constructor by default, which is why we were able to write: ::
-
-  >>> planet = hello.World()
-
-However, well-designed classes in any language may require constructor
-arguments in order to establish their invariants.  Unlike Python,
-where ``__init__`` is just a specially-named method, In C++
-constructors cannot be handled like ordinary member functions.  In
-particular, we can't take their address: ``&World::World`` is an
-error.  The library provides a different interface for specifying
-constructors.  Given::
-
-    struct World
-    {
-        World(std::string msg); // added constructor
-        ...
-
-we can modify our wrapping code as follows::
-
-    class_<World>("World", init<std::string>())
-        ...
-
-of course, a C++ class may have additional constructors, and we can
-expose those as well by passing more instances of ``init<...>`` to
-``def()``::
-
-    class_<World>("World", init<std::string>())
-        .def(init<double, double>())
-        ...
-
-Boost.Python allows wrapped functions, member functions, and
-constructors to be overloaded to mirror C++ overloading.
-
-Data Members and Properties
-===========================
-
-Any publicly-accessible data members in a C++ class can be easily
-exposed as either ``readonly`` or ``readwrite`` attributes::
-
-    class_<World>("World", init<std::string>())
-        .def_readonly("msg", &World::msg)
-        ...
-
-and can be used directly in Python: ::
-
-    >>> planet = hello.World('howdy')
-    >>> planet.msg
-    'howdy'
-
-This does *not* result in adding attributes to the ``World`` instance
-``__dict__``, which can result in substantial memory savings when
-wrapping large data structures.  In fact, no instance ``__dict__``
-will be created at all unless attributes are explicitly added from
-Python. Boost.Python owes this capability to the new Python 2.2 type
-system, in particular the descriptor interface and ``property`` type.
-
-In C++, publicly-accessible data members are considered a sign of poor
-design because they break encapsulation, and style guides usually
-dictate the use of "getter" and "setter" functions instead.  In
-Python, however, ``__getattr__``, ``__setattr__``, and since 2.2,
-``property`` mean that attribute access is just one more
-well-encapsulated syntactic tool at the programmer's disposal.
-Boost.Python bridges this idiomatic gap by making Python ``property``
-creation directly available to users.  If ``msg`` were private, we
-could still expose it as attribute in Python as follows::
-
-    class_<World>("World", init<std::string>())
-        .add_property("msg", &World::greet, &World::set)
-        ...
-
-The example above mirrors the familiar usage of properties in Python
-2.2+: ::
-
-    >>> class World(object):
-    ...     __init__(self, msg):
-    ...         self.__msg = msg
-    ...     def greet(self):
-    ...         return self.__msg
-    ...     def set(self, msg):
-    ...         self.__msg = msg
-    ...     msg = property(greet, set)
-
-Operator Overloading
-====================
-
-The ability to write arithmetic operators for user-defined types has
-been a major factor in the success of both languages for numerical
-computation, and the success of packages like NumPy_ attests to the
-power of exposing operators in extension modules.  Boost.Python
-provides a concise mechanism for wrapping operator overloads. The
-example below shows a fragment from a wrapper for the Boost rational
-number library::
-
-    class_<rational<int> >("rational_int")
-      .def(init<int, int>()) // constructor, e.g. rational_int(3,4)
-      .def("numerator", &rational<int>::numerator)
-      .def("denominator", &rational<int>::denominator)
-      .def(-self)        // __neg__ (unary minus)
-      .def(self + self)  // __add__ (homogeneous)
-      .def(self * self)  // __mul__
-      .def(self + int()) // __add__ (heterogenous)
-      .def(int() + self) // __radd__
-      ...
-
-The magic is performed using a simplified application of "expression
-templates" [VELD1995]_, a technique originally developed for
-optimization of high-performance matrix algebra expressions.  The
-essence is that instead of performing the computation immediately,
-operators are overloaded to construct a type *representing* the
-computation.  In matrix algebra, dramatic optimizations are often
-available when the structure of an entire expression can be taken into
-account, rather than evaluating each operation "greedily".
-Boost.Python uses the same technique to build an appropriate Python
-method object based on expressions involving ``self``.
-
-.. _NumPy: http://www.pfdubois.com/numpy/
-
-Inheritance
-===========
-
-C++ inheritance relationships can be represented to Boost.Python by adding
-an optional ``bases<...>`` argument to the ``class_<...>`` template
-parameter list as follows::
-
-     class_<Derived, bases<Base1,Base2> >("Derived")
-          ...
-
-This has two effects:  
-
-1. When the ``class_<...>`` is created, Python type objects
-   corresponding to ``Base1`` and ``Base2`` are looked up in
-   Boost.Python's registry, and are used as bases for the new Python
-   ``Derived`` type object, so methods exposed for the Python ``Base1``
-   and ``Base2`` types are automatically members of the ``Derived``
-   type.  Because the registry is global, this works correctly even if
-   ``Derived`` is exposed in a different module from either of its
-   bases.
-
-2. C++ conversions from ``Derived`` to its bases are added to the
-   Boost.Python registry.  Thus wrapped C++ methods expecting (a
-   pointer or reference to) an object of either base type can be
-   called with an object wrapping a ``Derived`` instance.  Wrapped
-   member functions of class ``T`` are treated as though they have an
-   implicit first argument of ``T&``, so these conversions are
-   neccessary to allow the base class methods to be called for derived
-   objects.
-
-Of course it's possible to derive new Python classes from wrapped C++
-class instances.  Because Boost.Python uses the new-style class
-system, that works very much as for the Python built-in types.  There
-is one significant detail in which it differs: the built-in types
-generally establish their invariants in their ``__new__`` function, so
-that derived classes do not need to call ``__init__`` on the base
-class before invoking its methods : ::
-
-    >>> class L(list):
-    ...      def __init__(self):
-    ...          pass
-    ...
-    >>> L().reverse()
-    >>> 
-
-Because C++ object construction is a one-step operation, C++ instance
-data cannot be constructed until the arguments are available, in the
-``__init__`` function: ::
-
-    >>> class D(SomeBoostPythonClass):
-    ...      def __init__(self):
-    ...          pass
-    ...
-    >>> D().some_boost_python_method()
-    Traceback (most recent call last):
-      File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
-    TypeError: bad argument type for built-in operation
-
-This happened because Boost.Python couldn't find instance data of type
-``SomeBoostPythonClass`` within the ``D`` instance; ``D``'s ``__init__``
-function masked construction of the base class.  It could be corrected
-by either removing ``D``'s ``__init__`` function or having it call
-``SomeBoostPythonClass.__init__(...)`` explicitly.
-
-Virtual Functions
-=================
-
-Deriving new types in Python from extension classes is not very
-interesting unless they can be used polymorphically from C++.  In
-other words, Python method implementations should appear to override
-the implementation of C++ virtual functions when called *through base
-class pointers/references from C++*.  Since the only way to alter the
-behavior of a virtual function is to override it in a derived class,
-the user must build a special derived class to dispatch a polymorphic
-class' virtual functions::
-
-    //
-    // interface to wrap:
-    //
-    class Base
-    {
-     public:
-        virtual int f(std::string x) { return 42; }
-        virtual ~Base();
-    };
-
-    int calls_f(Base const& b, std::string x) { return b.f(x); }
-
-    //
-    // Wrapping Code
-    //
-
-    // Dispatcher class
-    struct BaseWrap : Base
-    {
-        // Store a pointer to the Python object
-        BaseWrap(PyObject* self_) : self(self_) {}
-        PyObject* self;
-
-        // Default implementation, for when f is not overridden
-        int f_default(std::string x) { return this->Base::f(x); }
-        // Dispatch implementation
-        int f(std::string x) { return call_method<int>(self, "f", x); }
-    };
-
-    ...
-        def("calls_f", calls_f);
-        class_<Base, BaseWrap>("Base")
-            .def("f", &Base::f, &BaseWrap::f_default)
-            ;
-
-Now here's some Python code which demonstrates: ::
-
-    >>> class Derived(Base):
-    ...     def f(self, s):
-    ...          return len(s)
-    ...
-    >>> calls_f(Base(), 'foo')
-    42
-    >>> calls_f(Derived(), 'forty-two')
-    9
-
-Things to notice about the dispatcher class:
-
-* The key element which allows overriding in Python is the
-  ``call_method`` invocation, which uses the same global type
-  conversion registry as the C++ function wrapping does to convert its
-  arguments from C++ to Python and its return type from Python to C++.
-
-* Any constructor signatures you wish to wrap must be replicated with
-  an initial ``PyObject*`` argument
-
-* The dispatcher must store this argument so that it can be used to
-  invoke ``call_method``
-
-* The ``f_default`` member function is needed when the function being
-  exposed is not pure virtual; there's no other way ``Base::f`` can be
-  called on an object of type ``BaseWrap``, since it overrides ``f``.
-
-Deeper Reflection on the Horizon?
-=================================
-
-Admittedly, this formula is tedious to repeat, especially on a project
-with many polymorphic classes.  That it is neccessary reflects some
-limitations in C++'s compile-time introspection capabilities: there's
-no way to enumerate the members of a class and find out which are
-virtual functions.  At least one very promising project has been
-started to write a front-end which can generate these dispatchers (and
-other wrapping code) automatically from C++ headers.  
-
-Pyste builds on GCC_XML_, which generates an XML version of GCC's
-internal program representation.  Since GCC is a highly-conformant C++
-compiler, this ensures correct handling of the most-sophisticated
-template code and full access to the underlying type system.  In
-keeping with the Boost.Python philosophy, a Pyste interface
-description is neither intrusive on the code being wrapped, nor
-expressed in some unfamiliar language: instead it is a 100% pure
-Python script.  If Pyste is successful it will mark a move away from
-wrapping everything directly in C++ for many of our users.  We expect
-that soon, not only our users but the Boost.Python developers
-themselves will be "thinking hybrid" about their own code.
-
-.. _`GCC_XML`: http://www.gccxml.org/HTML/Index.html
-
----------------
- Serialization
----------------
-
-*Serialization* is the process of converting objects in memory to a
-form that can be stored on disk or sent over a network connection. The
-serialized object (most often a plain string) can be retrieved and
-converted back to the original object. A good serialization system will
-automatically convert entire object hierarchies. Python's standard
-``pickle`` module is just such a system.  It leverages the language's strong
-runtime introspection facilities for serializing practically arbitrary
-user-defined objects. With a few simple and unintrusive provisions this
-powerful machinery can be extended to also work for wrapped C++ objects.
-Here is an example::
-
-    #include <string>
-
-    struct World
-    {
-        World(std::string a_msg) : msg(a_msg) {}
-        std::string greet() const { return msg; }
-        std::string msg;
-    };
-
-    #include <boost/python.hpp>
-    using namespace boost::python;
-
-    struct World_picklers : pickle_suite
-    {
-      static tuple
-      getinitargs(World const& w) { return make_tuple(w.greet()); }
-    };
-
-    BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(hello)
-    {
-        class_<World>("World", init<std::string>())
-            .def("greet", &World::greet)
-            .def_pickle(World_picklers())
-        ;
-    }
-
-Now let's create a ``World`` object and put it to rest on disk::
-
-    >>> import hello
-    >>> import pickle
-    >>> a_world = hello.World("howdy")
-    >>> pickle.dump(a_world, open("my_world", "w"))
-
-In a potentially *different script* on a potentially *different
-computer* with a potentially *different operating system*::
-
-    >>> import pickle
-    >>> resurrected_world = pickle.load(open("my_world", "r"))
-    >>> resurrected_world.greet()
-    'howdy'
-
-Of course the ``cPickle`` module can also be used for faster
-processing.
-
-Boost.Python's ``pickle_suite`` fully supports the ``pickle`` protocol
-defined in the standard Python documentation. Like a __getinitargs__
-function in Python, the pickle_suite's getinitargs() is responsible for
-creating the argument tuple that will be use to reconstruct the pickled
-object.  The other elements of the Python pickling protocol,
-__getstate__ and __setstate__ can be optionally provided via C++
-getstate and setstate functions.  C++'s static type system allows the
-library to ensure at compile-time that nonsensical combinations of
-functions (e.g. getstate without setstate) are not used.
-
-Enabling serialization of more complex C++ objects requires a little
-more work than is shown in the example above. Fortunately the
-``object`` interface (see next section) greatly helps in keeping the
-code manageable.
-
-------------------
- Object interface
-------------------
-
-Experienced 'C' language extension module authors will be familiar
-with the ubiquitous ``PyObject*``, manual reference-counting, and the
-need to remember which API calls return "new" (owned) references or
-"borrowed" (raw) references.  These constraints are not just
-cumbersome but also a major source of errors, especially in the
-presence of exceptions.
-
-Boost.Python provides a class ``object`` which automates reference
-counting and provides conversion to Python from C++ objects of
-arbitrary type.  This significantly reduces the learning effort for
-prospective extension module writers.
-
-Creating an ``object`` from any other type is extremely simple::
-
-    object s("hello, world");  // s manages a Python string
-
-``object`` has templated interactions with all other types, with
-automatic to-python conversions. It happens so naturally that it's
-easily overlooked::
-
-   object ten_Os = 10 * s[4]; // -> "oooooooooo"
-
-In the example above, ``4`` and ``10`` are converted to Python objects
-before the indexing and multiplication operations are invoked.
-
-The ``extract<T>`` class template can be used to convert Python objects
-to C++ types::
-
-    double x = extract<double>(o);
-
-If a conversion in either direction cannot be performed, an
-appropriate exception is thrown at runtime.
-
-The ``object`` type is accompanied by a set of derived types
-that mirror the Python built-in types such as ``list``, ``dict``,
-``tuple``, etc. as much as possible. This enables convenient
-manipulation of these high-level types from C++::
-
-    dict d;
-    d["some"] = "thing";
-    d["lucky_number"] = 13;
-    list l = d.keys();
-
-This almost looks and works like regular Python code, but it is pure
-C++.  Of course we can wrap C++ functions which accept or return
-``object`` instances.
-
-.. =====================
-    Development history
-   =====================
-
-   XXX Outline of development history to illustrate that the
-   library is mature. XXX
-
-   This can be postponed for the PyConDC paper
-
-=================
- Thinking hybrid
-=================
-
-Because of the practical and mental difficulties of combining
-programming languages, it is common to settle a single language at the
-outset of any development effort.  For many applications, performance
-considerations dictate the use of a compiled language for the core
-algorithms.  Unfortunately, due to the complexity of the static type
-system, the price we pay for runtime performance is often a
-significant increase in development time.  Experience shows that
-writing maintainable C++ code usually takes longer and requires *far*
-more hard-earned working experience than developing comparable Python
-code.  Even when developers are comfortable working exclusively in
-compiled languages, they often augment their systems by some type of
-ad hoc scripting layer for the benefit of their users without ever
-availing themselves of the same advantages.
-
-Boost.Python enables us to *think hybrid*.  Python can be used for
-rapidly prototyping a new application; its ease of use and the large
-pool of standard libraries give us a head start on the way to a
-working system.  If necessary, the working code can be used to
-discover rate-limiting hotspots.  To maximize performance these can
-be reimplemented in C++, together with the Boost.Python bindings
-needed to tie them back into the existing higher-level procedure.
-
-Of course, this *top-down* approach is less attractive if it is clear
-from the start that many algorithms will eventually have to be
-implemented in C++.  Fortunately Boost.Python also enables us to
-pursue a *bottom-up* approach.  We have used this approach very
-successfully in the development of a toolbox for scientific
-applications.  The toolbox started out mainly as a library of C++
-classes with Boost.Python bindings, and for a while the growth was
-mainly concentrated on the C++ parts.  However, as the toolbox is
-becoming more complete, more and more newly added functionality can be
-implemented in Python.
-
-.. image:: python_cpp_mix.png
-
-This figure shows the estimated ratio of newly added C++ and Python
-code over time as new algorithms are implemented.  We expect this
-ratio to level out near 70% Python.  Being able to solve new problems
-mostly in Python rather than a more difficult statically typed
-language is the return on our investment in Boost.Python.  The ability
-to access all of our code from Python allows a broader group of
-developers to use it in the rapid development of new applications.
-
-=============
- Conclusions
-=============
-
-Boost.Python achieves seamless interoperability between two rich and
-complimentary language environments.  Because it leverages template
-metaprogramming to introspect about types and functions, the user
-never has to learn a third syntax: the interface definitions are
-written in concise and maintainable C++.  Also, the wrapping system
-doesn't have to parse C++ headers or represent the type system: the
-compiler does that work for us.
-
-Computationally intensive tasks play to the strengths of C++ and are
-often impossible to implement efficiently in pure Python, while jobs
-like serialization that are trivial in Python can be very difficult in
-pure C++.  Given the luxury of building a hybrid software system from
-the ground up, we can approach design with new confidence and power.
-
-===========
- Citations
-===========
-
-.. [VELD1995] T. Veldhuizen, "Expression Templates," C++ Report,
-   Vol. 7 No. 5 June 1995, pp. 26-31.
-   http://osl.iu.edu/~tveldhui/papers/Expression-Templates/exprtmpl.html
+This file has been moved to http://www.boost-consulting.com/writing/bpl.txt.

doc/PyConDC_2003/bpl_mods.txt

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost
+Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
 .. This is a comment. Note how any initial comments are moved by
    transforms to after the document title, subtitle, and docinfo.
 
@@ -273,7 +277,7 @@ correctly:
 ==================
 
 This section outlines some of the library's major features.  Except as
-neccessary to avoid confusion, details of library implementation are
+necessary to avoid confusion, details of library implementation are
 omitted.
 
 -------------------------------------------
@@ -537,7 +541,7 @@ This has two effects:
    called with an object wrapping a ``Derived`` instance.  Wrapped
    member functions of class ``T`` are treated as though they have an
    implicit first argument of ``T&``, so these conversions are
-   neccessary to allow the base class methods to be called for derived
+   necessary to allow the base class methods to be called for derived
    objects.
 
 Of course it's possible to derive new Python classes from wrapped C++
@@ -650,7 +654,7 @@ Things to notice about the dispatcher class:
   called on an object of type ``BaseWrap``, since it overrides ``f``.
 
 Admittedly, this formula is tedious to repeat, especially on a project
-with many polymorphic classes; that it is neccessary reflects
+with many polymorphic classes; that it is necessary reflects
 limitations in C++'s compile-time reflection capabilities.  Several
 efforts are underway to write front-ends for Boost.Python which can
 generate these dispatchers (and other wrapping code) automatically.

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@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
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+boostinspect:nolicense
+
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@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+/* Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost
+   Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying 
+   file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+*/
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@@ -0,0 +1,680 @@
+.. Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost
+.. Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+.. file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+.. http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+==============================================
+ |(logo)|__ Boost.Python Build and Test HOWTO
+==============================================
+
+.. |(logo)| image:: ../../../boost.png
+   :alt: Boost C++ Libraries:
+   :class: boost-logo
+
+__ ../index.htm
+
+
+.. section-numbering::
+   :depth: 2
+
+.. contents:: Contents
+   :depth: 2
+   :class: sidebar small
+
+.. |newer| replace:: *newer*
+
+Requirements
+============
+
+Boost.Python requires `Python 2.2`_ [#2.2]_ *or* |newer|__.  
+
+.. _Python 2.2: http://www.python.org/2.2
+__ http://www.python.org
+
+Background
+==========
+
+There are two basic models for combining C++ and Python:
+
+- extending_, in which the end-user launches the Python interpreter
+  executable and imports Python “extension modules” written in C++.
+  Think of taking a library written in C++ and giving it a Python
+  interface so Python programmers can use it.  From Python, these
+  modules look just like regular Python modules.
+
+- embedding_, in which the end-user launches a program written
+  in C++ that in turn invokes the Python interpreter as a library
+  subroutine.  Think of adding scriptability to an existing
+  application.
+
+.. _extending: http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/intro.html
+.. _embedding: http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/embedding.html
+
+The key distinction between extending and embedding is the location
+of the C++ ``main()`` function: in the Python interpreter executable,
+or in some other program, respectively.  Note that even when
+embedding Python in another program, `extension modules are often
+the best way to make C/C++ functionality accessible to Python
+code`__, so the use of extension modules is really at the heart of
+both models.
+
+__ http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/extending-with-embedding.html
+
+Except in rare cases, extension modules are built as
+dynamically-loaded libraries with a single entry point, which means
+you can change them without rebuilding either the other extension
+modules or the executable containing ``main()``.
+
+.. _quickstart:
+
+No-Install Quickstart
+=====================
+
+There is no need to “install Boost” in order to get started using
+Boost.Python.  These instructions use Boost.Build_ projects,
+which will build those binaries as soon as they're needed.  Your
+first tests may take a little longer while you wait for
+Boost.Python to build, but doing things this way will save you from
+worrying about build intricacies like which library binaries to use
+for a specific compiler configuration and figuring out the right
+compiler options to use yourself.
+
+.. .. raw:: html
+
+   <div style="width:50%">
+
+.. Note:: Of course it's possible to use other build systems to
+   build Boost.Python and its extensions, but they are not
+   officially supported by Boost.  Moreover **99% of all “I can't
+   build Boost.Python” problems come from trying to use another
+   build system** without first following these instructions.
+
+   If you want to use another system anyway, we suggest that you
+   follow these instructions, and then invoke ``bjam`` with the
+
+   .. parsed-literal::
+
+     ``-a -o``\ *filename* 
+
+   options to dump the build commands it executes to a file, so
+   you can see what your alternate build system needs to do.
+
+.. .. raw:: html
+ 
+   </div>
+
+.. _Boost.Build: ../../../tools/build/index.html
+
+Basic Procedure
+---------------
+
+1. Get Boost; see sections 1 and 2 [`Unix/Linux`__, `Windows`__\ ] of the
+   Boost `Getting Started Guide`_.
+
+   __ ../../../more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#get-boost
+   __ ../../../more/getting_started/windows.html#get-boost
+
+2. Get the ``bjam`` build driver.  See section 5 [`Unix/Linux`__,
+   `Windows`__\ ] of the Boost `Getting Started Guide`_.
+
+   __ ../../../more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#prepare-to-use-a-boost-library-binary
+   __ ../../../more/getting_started/windows.html#prepare-to-use-a-boost-library-binary
+
+
+3. cd into the ``libs/python/example/quickstart/`` directory of your
+   Boost installation, which contains a small example project.
+
+4. Invoke ``bjam``.  Replace the “\ ``stage``\ “ argument from the
+   example invocation from section 5 of the `Getting Started
+   Guide`_ with “\ ``test``\ ,“ to build all the test targets.  Also add
+   the argument “\ ``--verbose-test``\ ” to see the output generated by
+   the tests when they are run.
+
+   On Windows, your ``bjam`` invocation might look something like:
+
+   .. parsed-literal::
+
+     C:\\boost_1_34_0\\…\\quickstart> **bjam toolset=msvc --verbose-test test**
+
+   and on Unix variants, perhaps,
+
+   .. parsed-literal::
+
+     ~/boost_1_34_0/…/quickstart$ **bjam toolset=gcc --verbose-test test**
+
+.. Admonition:: Note to Windows Users
+
+   For the sake of concision, the rest of this guide will use
+   unix-style forward slashes in pathnames instead of the
+   backslashes with which you may be more familiar.  The forward
+   slashes should work everywhere except in `Command Prompt`_
+   windows, where you should use backslashes.
+
+   .. _Command Prompt: ../../../more/getting_started/windows.html#command-prompt
+
+If you followed this procedure successfully, you will have built an
+extension module called ``extending`` and tested it by running a
+Python script called ``test_extending.py``.  You will also have
+built and run a simple application called ``embedding`` that embeds
+python.
+
+.. _Getting Started Guide: ../../../more/getting_started/index.html
+
+In Case of Trouble
+------------------
+
+If you're seeing lots of compiler and/or linker error messages,
+it's probably because Boost.Build is having trouble finding your
+Python installation.  You might want to pass the
+``--debug-configuration`` option to ``bjam`` the first few times
+you invoke it, to make sure that Boost.Build is correctly locating
+all the parts of your Python installation.  If it isn't, consider
+`Configuring Boost.Build`_ as detailed below.
+
+If you're still having trouble, Someone on one of the following
+mailing lists may be able to help:
+
+* The `Boost.Build mailing list`__ for issues related to Boost.Build
+* The Python `C++ Sig`__ for issues specifically related to Boost.Python
+
+__ ../../../more/mailing_lists.htm#jamboost
+__ ../../../more/mailing_lists.htm#cplussig
+
+In Case Everything Seemed to Work
+---------------------------------
+
+Rejoice!  If you're new to Boost.Python, at this point it might be
+a good idea to ignore build issues for a while and concentrate on
+learning the library by going through the tutorial_ and perhaps
+some of the `reference documentation`_, trying out what you've
+learned about the API by modifying the quickstart project.
+
+.. _reference documentation: v2/reference.html
+.. _tutorial: tutorial/index.html
+
+Modifying the Example Project
+-----------------------------
+
+If you're content to keep your extension module forever in one
+source file called |extending.cpp|_, inside your Boost
+distribution, and import it forever as ``extending``, then you can
+stop here.  However, it's likely that you will want to make a few
+changes.  There are a few things you can do without having to learn
+Boost.Build_ in depth.
+
+The project you just built is specified in two files in the current
+directory: |boost-build.jam|_, which tells ``bjam`` where it can
+find the interpreted code of the Boost build system, and
+|Jamroot|_, which describes the targets you just built.  These
+files are heavily commented, so they should be easy to modify.
+Take care, however, to preserve whitespace.  Punctuation such as
+``;`` will not be recognized as intended by ``bjam`` if it is not
+surrounded by whitespace.
+
+.. |boost-build.jam| replace:: ``boost-build.jam``
+.. _boost-build.jam: ../example/quickstart/boost-build.jam
+
+.. |Jamroot| replace:: ``Jamroot``
+.. _Jamroot: ../example/quickstart/Jamroot
+
+.. |extending.cpp| replace:: ``extending.cpp``
+.. _extending.cpp: ../example/quickstart/extending.cpp
+
+Relocate the Project
+....................
+
+You'll probably want to copy this project elsewhere so you can
+change it without modifying your Boost distribution.  To do that,
+simply
+
+a. copy the entire ``libs/python/example/quickstart/`` directory
+   into a new directory.
+
+b. In the new copies of |boost-build.jam|_ and |Jamroot|_, locate
+   the relative path near the top of the file that is clearly
+   marked by a comment, and edit that path so that it refers to the
+   same directory your Boost distribution as it referred to when
+   the file was in its original location in the
+   ``libs/python/example/quickstart/`` directory.
+
+For example, if you moved the project from
+``/home/dave/boost_1_34_0/libs/python/example/quickstart`` to
+``/home/dave/my-project``, you could change the first path in
+|boost-build.jam|_ from
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  **../../../..**\ /tools/build/v2
+
+to
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  **/home/dave/boost_1_34_0**\ /tools/build/v2
+
+and change the first path in |Jamroot|_ from
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  **../../../..**
+
+to
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  **/home/dave/boost_1_34_0**
+
+Add New or Change Names of Existing Source Files
+................................................
+
+The names of additional source files involved in building your
+extension module or embedding application can be listed in
+|Jamroot|_ right alongside ``extending.cpp`` or ``embedding.cpp``
+respectively.  Just be sure to leave whitespace around each
+filename::
+
+  … file1.cpp file2.cpp file3.cpp …
+
+Naturally, if you want to change the name of a source file you can
+tell Boost.Build about it by editing the name in |Jamroot|_.
+
+Change the Name of your Extension Module
+........................................
+
+The name of the extension module is determined by two things:
+
+1. the name in |Jamroot|_ immediately following ``python-extension``, and 
+2. the name passed to ``BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE`` in |extending.cpp|_.
+
+To change the name of the extension module from ``extending`` to
+``hello``, you'd edit |Jamroot|_, changing
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  python-extension **extending** : extending.cpp ;
+
+to
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  python-extension **hello** : extending.cpp ;
+
+and you'd edit extending.cpp, changing
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(\ **extending**\ )
+
+to
+
+.. parsed-literal::
+
+  BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(\ **hello**\ )
+
+Installing Boost.Python on your System
+======================================
+
+Since Boost.Python is a separately-compiled (as opposed to
+`header-only`_) library, its user relies on the services of a
+Boost.Python library binary.  
+
+.. _header-only: ../../../more/getting_started/windows.html#header-only-libraries
+
+If you need a regular installation of the Boost.Python library
+binaries on your system, the Boost `Getting Started Guide`_ will
+walk you through the steps of creating one.  If building binaries
+from source, you might want to supply the ``--with-python``
+argument to ``bjam`` (or the ``--with-libraries=python`` argument
+to ``configure``), so only the Boost.Python binary will be built,
+rather than all the Boost binaries.
+
+
+Configuring Boost.Build
+=======================
+
+As described in the `Boost.Build reference manual`__, a file called
+``user-config.jam`` in your home directory [#home-dir]_ is used to
+specify the tools and libraries available to the build system. You
+may need to create or edit ``user-config.jam`` to tell Boost.Build
+how to invoke Python, ``#include`` its headers, and link with its
+libraries.
+
+__ http://www.boost.orgdoc/html/bbv2/advanced.html#bbv2.advanced.configuration
+
+.. Admonition:: Users of Unix-Variant OSes
+
+   If you are using a unix-variant OS and you ran Boost's
+   ``configure`` script, it may have generated a
+   ``user-config.jam`` for you. [#overwrite]_ If your ``configure``\
+   /\ ``make`` sequence was successful and Boost.Python binaries
+   were built, your ``user-config.jam`` file is probably already
+   correct.
+
+If you have one fairly “standard” python installation for your
+platform, you might not need to do anything special to describe it.  If
+you haven't configured python in ``user-config.jam`` (and you don't
+specify ``--without-python`` on the Boost.Build command line),
+Boost.Build will automatically execute the equivalent of ::
+
+  import toolset : using ; 
+  using python ;
+
+which automatically looks for Python in the most likely places.
+However, that only happens when using the Boost.Python project file
+(e.g. when referred to by another project as in the quickstart_
+method).  If instead you are linking against separately-compiled
+Boost.Python binaries, you should set up a ``user-config.jam`` file
+with at least the minimal incantation above.
+
+Python Configuration Parameters
+-------------------------------
+
+If you have several versions of Python installed, or Python is
+installed in an unusual way, you may want to supply any or all of
+the following optional parameters to ``using python``.
+
+version
+  the version of Python to use.  Should be in Major.Minor
+  format, for example, ``2.3``.  Do not include the subminor
+  version (i.e. *not* ``2.5.1``).  If you have multiple Python
+  versions installed, the version will usually be the only
+  configuration argument required.
+
+cmd-or-prefix
+  preferably, a command that invokes a Python interpreter.
+  Alternatively, the installation prefix for Python libraries and
+  header files.  Only use the alternative formulation if there is
+  no appropriate Python executable available.
+
+includes
+  the ``#include`` paths for Python headers.  Normally the correct
+  path(s) will be automatically deduced from ``version`` and/or
+  ``cmd-or-prefix``.  
+
+libraries
+  the path to Python library binaries.  On MacOS/Darwin,
+  you can also pass the path of the Python framework.  Normally the
+  correct path(s) will be automatically deduced from ``version``
+  and/or ``cmd-or-prefix``. 
+
+condition
+  if specified, should be a set of Boost.Build
+  properties that are matched against the build configuration when
+  Boost.Build selects a Python configuration to use.  See examples
+  below for details.
+
+extension-suffix
+  A string to append to the name of extension
+  modules before the true filename extension.  You almost certainly
+  don't need to use this.  Usually this suffix is only used when
+  targeting a Windows debug build of Python, and will be set
+  automatically for you based on the value of the
+  |python-debugging|_ feature.  However, at least one Linux
+  distribution (Ubuntu Feisty Fawn) has a specially configured
+  `python-dbg`__ package that claims to use such a suffix.
+
+.. |python-debugging| replace:: ``<python-debugging>``
+
+__ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PyDbgBuilds
+
+
+Examples
+--------
+
+Note that in the examples below, case and *especially whitespace* are
+significant.
+
+- If you have both python 2.5 and python 2.4 installed,
+  ``user-config.jam`` might contain::
+  
+    using python : 2.5 ;  # Make both versions of Python available 
+
+    using python : 2.4 ;  # To build with python 2.4, add python=2.4 
+                          # to your command line.
+
+  The first version configured (2.5) becomes the default.  To build
+  against python 2.4, add ``python=2.4`` to the ``bjam`` command line.
+
+- If you have python installed in an unusual location, you might
+  supply the path to the interpreter in the ``cmd-or-prefix``
+  parameter::
+
+    using python : : /usr/local/python-2.6-beta/bin/python ;
+
+- If you have a separate build of Python for use with a particular
+  toolset, you might supply that toolset in the ``condition``
+  parameter::
+
+    using python ;  # use for most toolsets
+    
+    # Use with Intel C++ toolset
+    using python 
+         : # version
+         : c:\\Devel\\Python-2.5-IntelBuild\\PCBuild\\python # cmd-or-prefix
+         : # includes
+         : # libraries
+         : <toolset>intel # condition
+         ;
+
+
+- If you have downloaded the Python sources and built both the
+  normal and the “\ `python debugging`_\ ” builds from source on
+  Windows, you might see::
+
+    using python : 2.5 : C:\\src\\Python-2.5\\PCBuild\\python ;
+    using python : 2.5 : C:\\src\\Python-2.5\\PCBuild\\python_d
+      : # includes
+      : # libs
+      : <python-debugging>on ;
+
+- You can set up your user-config.jam so a bjam built under Windows 
+  can build/test both Windows and Cygwin_ python extensions.  Just pass
+  ``<target-os>cygwin`` in the ``condition`` parameter
+  for the cygwin python installation::
+
+    # windows installation
+    using python ;
+
+    # cygwin installation
+    using python : : c:\\cygwin\\bin\\python2.5 : : : <target-os>cygwin ;
+
+  when you put target-os=cygwin in your build request, it should build
+  with the cygwin version of python: [#flavor]_
+
+    bjam target-os=cygwin toolset=gcc 
+
+  This is supposed to work the other way, too (targeting windows
+  python with a Cygwin_ bjam) but it seems as though the support in
+  Boost.Build's toolsets for building that way is broken at the
+  time of this writing.
+
+- Note that because of `the way Boost.Build currently selects target
+  alternatives`__, you might have be very explicit in your build
+  requests.  For example, given::
+
+    using python : 2.5 ; # a regular windows build
+    using python : 2.4 : : : : <target-os>cygwin ;
+
+  building with ::
+
+    bjam target-os=cygwin
+
+  will yield an error.  Instead, you'll need to write::
+
+    bjam target-os=cygwin/python=2.4
+
+.. _Cygwin: http://cygwin.com
+
+__ http://zigzag.cs.msu.su/boost.build/wiki/AlternativeSelection
+
+Choosing a Boost.Python Library Binary
+======================================
+
+If—instead of letting Boost.Build construct and link with the right
+libraries automatically—you choose to use a pre-built Boost.Python
+library, you'll need to think about which one to link with.  The
+Boost.Python binary comes in both static and dynamic flavors.  Take
+care to choose the right flavor for your application. [#naming]_
+
+The Dynamic Binary
+------------------
+
+The dynamic library is the safest and most-versatile choice:
+
+- A single copy of the library code is used by all extension
+  modules built with a given toolset. [#toolset-specific]_
+
+- The library contains a type conversion registry.  Because one
+  registry is shared among all extension modules, instances of a
+  class exposed to Python in one dynamically-loaded extension
+  module can be passed to functions exposed in another such module.
+
+The Static Binary
+-----------------
+
+It might be appropriate to use the static Boost.Python library in
+any of the following cases:
+
+- You are extending_ python and the types exposed in your
+  dynamically-loaded extension module don't need to be used by any
+  other Boost.Python extension modules, and you don't care if the
+  core library code is duplicated among them.
+
+- You are embedding_ python in your application and either:
+
+  - You are targeting a Unix variant OS other than MacOS or AIX,
+    where the dynamically-loaded extension modules can “see” the
+    Boost.Python library symbols that are part of the executable.
+
+  - Or, you have statically linked some Boost.Python extension
+    modules into your application and you don't care if any
+    dynamically-loaded Boost.Python extension modules are able to
+    use the types exposed by your statically-linked extension
+    modules (and vice-versa).
+
+``#include`` Issues
+===================
+
+1. If you should ever have occasion to ``#include "python.h"``
+   directly in a translation unit of a program using Boost.Python,
+   use ``#include "boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp"`` instead.
+   It handles several issues necessary for use with Boost.Python,
+   one of which is mentioned in the next section.
+
+2. Be sure not to ``#include`` any system headers before
+   ``wrap_python.hpp``.  This restriction is actually imposed by
+   Python, or more properly, by Python's interaction with your
+   operating system.  See
+   http://docs.python.org/ext/simpleExample.html for details.
+
+.. _python-debugging:
+.. _python debugging:
+
+Python Debugging Builds
+=======================
+
+Python can be built in a special “python debugging” configuration
+that adds extra checks and instrumentation that can be very useful
+for developers of extension modules.  The data structures used by
+the debugging configuration contain additional members, so **a
+Python executable built with python debugging enabled cannot be
+used with an extension module or library compiled without it, and
+vice-versa.**
+
+Since pre-built “python debugging” versions of the Python
+executable and libraries are not supplied with most distributions
+of Python, [#get-debug-build]_ and we didn't want to force our users
+to build them, Boost.Build does not automatically enable python
+debugging in its ``debug`` build variant (which is the default).
+Instead there is a special build property called
+``python-debugging`` that, when used as a build property, will
+define the right preprocessor symbols and select the right
+libraries to link with.
+
+On unix-variant platforms, the debugging versions of Python's data
+structures will only be used if the symbol ``Py_DEBUG`` is defined.
+On many windows compilers, when extension modules are built with
+the preprocessor symbol ``_DEBUG``, Python defaults to force
+linking with a special debugging version of the Python DLL.  Since
+that symbol is very commonly used even when Python is not present,
+Boost.Python temporarily undefines _DEBUG when Python.h
+is #included from ``boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp`` - unless
+``BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON`` is defined.  The upshot is that if you want
+“python debugging”and you aren't using Boost.Build, you should make
+sure ``BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON`` is defined, or python debugging will be
+suppressed.
+
+Testing Boost.Python
+====================
+
+To run the full test suite for Boost.Python, invoke ``bjam`` in the
+``libs/python/test`` subdirectory of your Boost distribution.
+
+Notes for MinGW (and Cygwin with -mno-cygwin) GCC Users
+=======================================================
+
+If you are using a version of Python prior to 2.4.1 with a MinGW
+prior to 3.0.0 (with binutils-2.13.90-20030111-1), you will need to
+create a MinGW-compatible version of the Python library; the one
+shipped with Python will only work with a Microsoft-compatible
+linker. Follow the instructions in the “Non-Microsoft” section of
+the “Building Extensions: Tips And Tricks” chapter in `Installing
+Python Modules`__ to create ``libpythonXX.a``, where ``XX``
+corresponds to the major and minor version numbers of your Python
+installation.
+
+__ http://www.python.org/doc/current/inst/index.html
+
+-----------------------------
+
+.. [#2.2] Note that although we tested earlier versions of
+   Boost.Python with Python 2.2, and we don't *think* we've done
+   anything to break compatibility, this release of Boost.Python
+   may not have been tested with versions of Python earlier than
+   2.4, so we're not 100% sure that python 2.2 and 2.3 are
+   supported.
+
+.. [#naming] Information about how to identify the
+   static and dynamic builds of Boost.Python:
+
+   * `on Windows`__
+   * `on Unix variants`__
+
+   __ ../../../more/getting_started/windows.html#library-naming
+   __ ../../../more/getting_started/unix-variants.html#library-naming
+
+.. [#toolset-specific] Because of the way most \*nix platforms
+   share symbols among dynamically-loaded objects, I'm not certain
+   that extension modules built with different compiler toolsets
+   will always use different copies of the Boost.Python library
+   when loaded into the same Python instance.  Not using different
+   libraries could be a good thing if the compilers have compatible
+   ABIs, because extension modules built with the two libraries
+   would be interoperable.  Otherwise, it could spell disaster,
+   since an extension module and the Boost.Python library would
+   have different ideas of such things as class layout. I would
+   appreciate someone doing the experiment to find out what
+   happens.
+
+.. [#overwrite] ``configure`` overwrites the existing
+   ``user-config.jam`` in your home directory
+   (if any) after making a backup of the old version.
+
+.. [#flavor] Note that the ``<target-os>cygwin`` feature is
+   different from the ``<flavor>cygwin`` subfeature of the ``gcc``
+   toolset, and you might need handle both explicitly if you also
+   have a MinGW GCC installed.
+
+.. [#home-dir] Windows users, your home directory can be
+   found by typing::
+
+     ECHO %HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%
+
+   into a `command prompt`_ window.
+
+.. [#get-debug-build] On Unix and similar platforms, a debugging
+   python and associated libraries are built by adding
+   ``--with-pydebug`` when configuring the Python build. On
+   Windows, the debugging version of Python is generated by
+   the "Win32 Debug" target of the Visual Studio project in the
+   PCBuild subdirectory of a full Python source code distribution.

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+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
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         <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>
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
         </td>
 
         <td valign="top">
@@ -24,10 +27,60 @@
 
           <h2 align="center">Index</h2>
         </td>
+
+
+        <td align="right">
+
+          <form method="get" action="http://www.google.com/custom">
+            <p>
+              <span id= "search-choice">
+                Search
+                <select name="hq" id="hq">
+                  <option label="All Documentation" value=
+                          "site:www.boost.org inurl:www.boost.org/libs/python/doc">
+                    All Documentation
+                  </option>
+                  <option label="Tutorial" value=
+                          "site:www.boost.org inurl:www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/tutorial">
+                    Tutorial
+                  </option>
+                  <option label="Reference" value=
+                          "site:www.boost.org inurl:www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/v2">
+                    Reference
+                  </option>
+              </select>
+                <br>
+             </span> 
+
+              <span id="search-text">
+                <input type="text" name="q" id="q" size="31" maxlength="255" alt="Search Text" />
+              </span> 
+
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+                <a href= "http://www.google.com/search"> 
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+
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+              </span> 
+
+              <br>
+              <input type="hidden" name="cof" value= "LW:277;L:http://www.boost.org/boost.png;LH:86;AH:center;GL:0;S:http://www.boost.org;AWFID:9b83d16ce652ed5a;" />
+              <input type="hidden" name="sa" value= "Google Search" /> 
+              <input type="hidden" name= "domains" value= "www.boost.org;mail.python.org" /></p>
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+
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+      </tr>
+<tr>
+
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+
     <h2>Synopsis</h2>
     Welcome to version 2 of <b>Boost.Python</b>, a C++ library which enables
     seamless interoperability between C++ and the <a href=
@@ -61,6 +114,7 @@
     href="http://www.llnl.gov/">Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories</a>
     and by the <a href="http://cci.lbl.gov/">Computational Crystallography
     Initiative</a> at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories. 
+
     <hr>
 
     <h2>Contents</h2>
@@ -72,6 +126,14 @@
 
       <dt><a href="v2/reference.html">Reference Manual</a></dt>
 
+      <dt>Suites:</dt>
+        <dd>
+          <ul>
+            <li><a href="v2/pickle.html">Pickle</a></li>
+            <li><a href="v2/indexing.html">Indexing</a></li>
+          </ul>
+        </dd>
+
       <dt><a href="v2/configuration.html">Configuration Information</a></dt>
 
       <dt><a href="v2/platforms.html">Known Working Platforms and
@@ -85,24 +147,38 @@
 
       <dt><a href="v2/faq.html">Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)</a></dt>
       
-      <dt><a href="../pyste/index.html">Pyste (Boost.Python code generator)</a></dt>
+      <dt><a href="http://www.language-binding.net/pyplusplus/pyplusplus.html">Py++ Boost.Python code generator</a></dt>
+
+      <dt><a href="../pyste/index.html">Pyste Boost.Python code generator (no longer maintained)</a></dt>
+
+      <dt><a href="internals.html">Internals Documentation</a></dt>
 
       <dt><a href="news.html">News/Change Log</a></dt>
+ 
+      <dt><a href="../todo.html">TODO list</a></dt>
 
-      <dt><a href="v2/progress_reports.html">LLNL Progress Reports</a></dt>
+     <dt><a href="v2/progress_reports.html">LLNL Progress Reports</a></dt>
 
       <dt><a href="v2/acknowledgments.html">Acknowledgments</a></dt>
     </dl>
     <hr>
 
+    <h2>Articles</h2>
+
+      &quot;<a href="PyConDC_2003/bpl.html">Building Hybrid
+      Systems With Boost Python</a>&quot;, by Dave Abrahams and Ralf
+      W. Grosse-Kunstleve (<a href="PyConDC_2003/bpl.pdf">PDF</a>)
+
+    <hr>
+
     <p>Revised 
     <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
-     17 November, 2002 
+     26 August, 2003
     <!--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>
+    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+    Abrahams</a> 2002-2003.</i></p>
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+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />
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+<link rel="stylesheet" href="../../../rst.css" type="text/css" />
+</head>
+<body>
+<div class="document" id="boost-python-internals-logo">
+<h1 class="title"><a class="reference" href="index.html">Boost.Python</a> Internals <a class="reference" href="../../../index.htm"><img alt="Boost" src="../../../boost.png" /></a></h1>
+<div class="section" id="a-conversation-between-brett-calcott-and-david-abrahams">
+<h1><a name="a-conversation-between-brett-calcott-and-david-abrahams">A conversation between Brett Calcott and David Abrahams</a></h1>
+<table class="field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
+<col class="field-name" />
+<col class="field-body" />
+<tbody valign="top">
+<tr class="field"><th class="field-name">copyright:</th><td class="field-body">Copyright David Abrahams and Brett Calcott 2003. See
+accompanying <a class="reference" href="../../../LICENSE_1_0.txt">license</a> for terms of use.</td>
+</tr>
+</tbody>
+</table>
+<p>In both of these cases, I'm quite capable of reading code - but the
+thing I don't get from scanning the source is a sense of the
+architecture, both structurally, and temporally (er, I mean in what
+order things go on).</p>
+<ol class="arabic">
+<li><p class="first">What happens when you do the following:</p>
+<pre class="literal-block">
+struct boring {};
+...etc...
+class_&lt;boring&gt;(&quot;boring&quot;)
+    ;
+</pre>
+</li>
+</ol>
+<p>There seems to be a fair bit going on.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<ul class="simple">
+<li>Python needs a new ClassType to be registered.</li>
+<li>We need to construct a new type that can hold our boring struct.</li>
+<li>Inward and outward converters need to be registered for the type.</li>
+</ul>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Can you gesture in the general direction where these things are done?</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>I only have time for a &quot;off-the-top-of-my-head&quot; answer at the moment;
+I suggest you step through the code with a debugger after reading this
+to see how it works, fill in details, and make sure I didn't forget
+anything.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>A new (Python) subclass of Boost.Python.Instance (see
+libs/python/src/object/class.cpp) is created by invoking
+Boost.Python.class, the metatype:</p>
+<pre class="literal-block">
+&gt;&gt;&gt; boring = Boost.Python.class(
+...     'boring'
+...   , bases_tuple       # in this case, just ()
+...   , { 
+...         '__module__' : module_name
+...       , '__doc__' : doc_string # optional
+...     }
+... )
+</pre>
+<p>A handle to this object is stuck in the m_class_object field
+of the registration associated with <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">typeid(boring)</span></tt>.  The
+registry will keep that object alive forever, even if you
+wipe out the 'boring' attribute of the extension module
+(probably not a good thing).</p>
+<p>Because you didn't specify <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">class&lt;boring,</span> <span class="pre">non_copyable,</span>
+<span class="pre">...&gt;</span></tt>, a to-python converter for boring is registered which
+copies its argument into a value_holder held by the the
+Python boring object.</p>
+<p>Because you didn't specify <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">class&lt;boring</span> <span class="pre">...&gt;(no_init)</span></tt>,
+an <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">__init__</span></tt> function object is added to the class
+dictionary which default-constructs a boring in a
+value_holder (because you didn't specify some smart pointer
+or derived wrapper class as a holder) held by the Python
+boring object.</p>
+<p><tt class="literal"><span class="pre">register_class_from_python</span></tt> is used to register a
+from-python converter for <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">shared_ptr&lt;boring&gt;</span></tt>.
+<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">boost::shared_ptr</span></tt>s are special among smart pointers
+because their Deleter argument can be made to manage the
+whole Python object, not just the C++ object it contains, no
+matter how the C++ object is held.</p>
+<p>If there were any <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">bases&lt;&gt;</span></tt>, we'd also be registering the
+relationship between these base classes and boring in the
+up/down cast graph (<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">inheritance.[hpp/cpp]</span></tt>).</p>
+<p>In earlier versions of the code, we'd be registering lvalue
+from-python converters for the class here, but now
+from-python conversion for wrapped classes is handled as a
+special case, before consulting the registry, if the source
+Python object's metaclass is the Boost.Python metaclass.</p>
+<p>Hmm, that from-python converter probably ought to be handled
+the way class converters are, with no explicit conversions
+registered.</p>
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
+<ol class="arabic" start="2">
+<li><p class="first">Can you give a brief overview of the data structures that are
+present in the registry</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>The registry is simple: it's just a map from typeid -&gt;
+registration (see boost/python/converter/registrations.hpp).
+<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">lvalue_chain</span></tt> and <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">rvalue_chain</span></tt> are simple endogenous
+linked lists.</p>
+<p>If you want to know more, just ask.</p>
+<p>If you want to know about the cast graph, ask me something specific in
+a separate message.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>and an overview of the process that happens as a type makes its
+way from c++ to python and back again.</p>
+</li>
+</ol>
+<blockquote>
+<p>Big subject.  I suggest some background reading: look for relevant
+info in the LLNL progress reports and the messages they link to.
+Also,</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p><a class="reference" href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-May/001023.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-May/001023.html</a></p>
+<p><a class="reference" href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-December/003115.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-December/003115.html</a></p>
+<p><a class="reference" href="http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1280898">http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1280898</a></p>
+<p><a class="reference" href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-July/001755.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-July/001755.html</a></p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>from c++ to python:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>It depends on the type and the call policies in use or, for
+<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">call&lt;&gt;(...)</span></tt>, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">call_method&lt;&gt;(...)</span></tt>, or <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">object(...)</span></tt>, if
+<tt class="literal"><span class="pre">ref</span></tt> or <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">ptr</span></tt> is used.  There are also two basic
+categories to to-python conversion, &quot;return value&quot; conversion
+(for Python-&gt;C++ calls) and &quot;argument&quot; conversion (for
+C++-&gt;Python calls and explicit <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">object()</span></tt> conversions).  The
+behavior of these two categories differs subtly in various ways
+whose details I forget at the moment.  You can probably find
+the answers in the above references, and certainly in the code.</p>
+<p>The &quot;default&quot; case is by-value (copying) conversion, which uses
+to_python_value as a to-python converter.</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>Since there can sensibly be only one way to convert any type
+to python (disregarding the idea of scoped registries for the
+moment), it makes sense that to-python conversions can be
+handled by specializing a template.  If the type is one of
+the types handled by a built-in conversion
+(builtin_converters.hpp), the corresponding template
+specialization of to_python_value gets used.</p>
+<p>Otherwise, to_python_value uses the <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">m_to_python</span></tt>
+function in the registration for the C++ type.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>Other conversions, like by-reference conversions, are only
+available for wrapped classes, and are requested explicitly by
+using <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">ref(...)</span></tt>, <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">ptr(...)</span></tt>, or by specifying different
+CallPolicies for a call, which can cause a different to-python
+converter to be used.  These conversions are never registered
+anywhere, though they do need to use the registration to find
+the Python class corresponding to the C++ type being referred
+to.  They just build a new Python instance and stick the
+appropriate Holder instance in it.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>from python to C++:</p>
+<blockquote>
+<p>Once again I think there is a distinction between &quot;return value&quot;
+and &quot;argument&quot; conversions, and I forget exactly what that is.</p>
+<p>What happens depends on whether an lvalue conversion is needed
+(see <a class="reference" href="http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-May/001023.html">http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-May/001023.html</a>)
+All lvalue conversions are also registered in a type's rvalue
+conversion chain, since when an rvalue will do, an lvalue is
+certainly good enough.</p>
+<p>An lvalue conversion can be done in one step (just get me the
+pointer to the object - it can be <tt class="literal"><span class="pre">NULL</span></tt> if no conversion is
+possible) while an rvalue conversion requires two steps to
+support wrapped function overloading and multiple converters for
+a given C++ target type: first tell me if a conversion is
+possible, then construct the converted object as a second step.</p>
+</blockquote>
+</blockquote>
+</div>
+</div>
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+===================================
+ Boost.Python_ Internals |(logo)|__
+===================================
+
+.. |(logo)| image:: ../../../boost.png
+   :alt: Boost
+   :class: boost-logo
+
+__ ../../../index.htm
+
+.. _`Boost.Python`: index.html
+
+.. _license: ../../../LICENSE_1_0.txt
+
+
+-------------------------------------------------------
+A conversation between Brett Calcott and David Abrahams
+-------------------------------------------------------
+
+:copyright: Copyright David Abrahams and Brett Calcott 2003. See
+            accompanying license_ for terms of use.
+
+In both of these cases, I'm quite capable of reading code - but the
+thing I don't get from scanning the source is a sense of the
+architecture, both structurally, and temporally (er, I mean in what
+order things go on).
+
+1) What happens when you do the following::
+
+     struct boring {};
+     ...etc...
+     class_<boring>("boring")
+         ;
+
+There seems to be a fair bit going on.
+
+ - Python needs a new ClassType to be registered.
+ - We need to construct a new type that can hold our boring struct.
+ - Inward and outward converters need to be registered for the type.
+
+Can you gesture in the general direction where these things are done?
+
+  I only have time for a "off-the-top-of-my-head" answer at the moment;
+  I suggest you step through the code with a debugger after reading this
+  to see how it works, fill in details, and make sure I didn't forget
+  anything.
+
+          A new (Python) subclass of Boost.Python.Instance (see
+          libs/python/src/object/class.cpp) is created by invoking
+          Boost.Python.class, the metatype::
+
+                >>> boring = Boost.Python.class(
+                ...     'boring'
+                ...   , bases_tuple       # in this case, just ()
+                ...   , { 
+                ...         '__module__' : module_name
+                ...       , '__doc__' : doc_string # optional
+                ...     }
+                ... )
+
+          A handle to this object is stuck in the m_class_object field
+          of the registration associated with ``typeid(boring)``.  The
+          registry will keep that object alive forever, even if you
+          wipe out the 'boring' attribute of the extension module
+          (probably not a good thing).
+
+          Because you didn't specify ``class<boring, non_copyable,
+          ...>``, a to-python converter for boring is registered which
+          copies its argument into a value_holder held by the the
+          Python boring object.
+
+          Because you didn't specify ``class<boring ...>(no_init)``,
+          an ``__init__`` function object is added to the class
+          dictionary which default-constructs a boring in a
+          value_holder (because you didn't specify some smart pointer
+          or derived wrapper class as a holder) held by the Python
+          boring object.
+
+          ``register_class_from_python`` is used to register a
+          from-python converter for ``shared_ptr<boring>``.
+          ``boost::shared_ptr``\ s are special among smart pointers
+          because their Deleter argument can be made to manage the
+          whole Python object, not just the C++ object it contains, no
+          matter how the C++ object is held.
+
+          If there were any ``bases<>``, we'd also be registering the
+          relationship between these base classes and boring in the
+          up/down cast graph (``inheritance.[hpp/cpp]``).
+
+          In earlier versions of the code, we'd be registering lvalue
+          from-python converters for the class here, but now
+          from-python conversion for wrapped classes is handled as a
+          special case, before consulting the registry, if the source
+          Python object's metaclass is the Boost.Python metaclass.
+
+          Hmm, that from-python converter probably ought to be handled
+          the way class converters are, with no explicit conversions
+          registered.
+
+2) Can you give a brief overview of the data structures that are
+   present in the registry
+
+        The registry is simple: it's just a map from typeid ->
+        registration (see boost/python/converter/registrations.hpp).
+        ``lvalue_chain`` and ``rvalue_chain`` are simple endogenous
+        linked lists.
+
+        If you want to know more, just ask.
+
+        If you want to know about the cast graph, ask me something specific in
+        a separate message.
+
+   and an overview of the process that happens as a type makes its
+   way from c++ to python and back again.
+
+  Big subject.  I suggest some background reading: look for relevant
+  info in the LLNL progress reports and the messages they link to.
+  Also, 
+
+        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-May/001023.html
+
+        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-December/003115.html
+
+        http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/1280898
+
+        http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-July/001755.html
+
+  from c++ to python:
+
+       It depends on the type and the call policies in use or, for
+       ``call<>(...)``, ``call_method<>(...)``, or ``object(...)``, if
+       ``ref`` or ``ptr`` is used.  There are also two basic
+       categories to to-python conversion, "return value" conversion
+       (for Python->C++ calls) and "argument" conversion (for
+       C++->Python calls and explicit ``object()`` conversions).  The
+       behavior of these two categories differs subtly in various ways
+       whose details I forget at the moment.  You can probably find
+       the answers in the above references, and certainly in the code.
+
+       The "default" case is by-value (copying) conversion, which uses
+       to_python_value as a to-python converter.
+
+           Since there can sensibly be only one way to convert any type
+           to python (disregarding the idea of scoped registries for the
+           moment), it makes sense that to-python conversions can be
+           handled by specializing a template.  If the type is one of
+           the types handled by a built-in conversion
+           (builtin_converters.hpp), the corresponding template
+           specialization of to_python_value gets used.
+
+           Otherwise, to_python_value uses the ``m_to_python``
+           function in the registration for the C++ type.
+
+       Other conversions, like by-reference conversions, are only
+       available for wrapped classes, and are requested explicitly by
+       using ``ref(...)``, ``ptr(...)``, or by specifying different
+       CallPolicies for a call, which can cause a different to-python
+       converter to be used.  These conversions are never registered
+       anywhere, though they do need to use the registration to find
+       the Python class corresponding to the C++ type being referred
+       to.  They just build a new Python instance and stick the
+       appropriate Holder instance in it.
+
+
+  from python to C++:
+
+       Once again I think there is a distinction between "return value"
+       and "argument" conversions, and I forget exactly what that is.
+
+       What happens depends on whether an lvalue conversion is needed
+       (see http://mail.python.org/pipermail/c++-sig/2002-May/001023.html)
+       All lvalue conversions are also registered in a type's rvalue
+       conversion chain, since when an rvalue will do, an lvalue is
+       certainly good enough.
+
+       An lvalue conversion can be done in one step (just get me the
+       pointer to the object - it can be ``NULL`` if no conversion is
+       possible) while an rvalue conversion requires two steps to
+       support wrapped function overloading and multiple converters for
+       a given C++ target type: first tell me if a conversion is
+       possible, then construct the converted object as a second step.
+

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-<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 -->
-  13 November, 2002
-  <!--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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-          <h2 align="center">News/Change Log</h2>
-        </td>
-      </tr>
-    </table>
-    <hr>
+        <h2 align="center">News/Change Log</h2>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+  </table>
+  <hr>
 
-    <dl class="page-index">
-      <dt>24 February 2003</dt>
+  <dl class="page-index">
+    <dt>Current SVN</dt>
 
-      <dd>Finished improved support
-      for <code>boost::shared_ptr</code>.  Now any wrapped object of
-      C++ class <code>X</code> can be converted automatically
-      to <code>shared_ptr&lt;X&gt;</code>, regardless of how it was
-      wrapped.  The <code>shared_ptr</code> will manage the lifetime
-      of the Python object which supplied the <code>X</code>, rather
-      than just the <code>X</code> object itself, and when such
-      a <code>shared_ptr</code> is converted back to Python, the
-      original Python object will be returned.</dd>
-      
-      <dt>19 January 2003</dt>
+    <dd>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Pythonic signatures are now automatically appended to the
+        docstrings.
 
-      <dd>Integrated <code>staticmethod</code> support from <a href=
-      "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a>. Thanks,
-      Nikolay!</dd>
+        <li>Use <a href="v2/docstring_options.html"
+        ><code>docstring_options.hpp</code></a> header 
+        control the content of docstrings.
+	
+	<li>This new feature increases the size of the modules by about 14%.
+        If this is not acceptable it can be turned off by defining the macro
+        BOOST_PYTHON_NO_PY_SIGNATURES. Modules compiled with and without the macro
+        defined are compatible.
+        </li>
+	<li> If BOOST_PYTHON_NO_PY_SIGNATURES is undefined, this version defines the 
+        macro BOOST_PYTHON_SUPPORTS_PY_SIGNATURES. This allows writing code that will compile
+        with older version of Boost.Python (see <a href="v2/pytype_function.html#examples">here</a>).
+        </li>
+	<li>By defining BOOST_PYTHON_PY_SIGNATURES_PROPER_INIT_SELF_TYPE, and at a cost
+        of another 14% size increase, proper pythonic type is generated for the "self"
+        parameter of the __init__ methods.
+        </li>
+        
+        <li> To support this new feature changes were made to the 
+        <a href="v2/to_python_converter.html"><code>to_python_converter.hpp</code></a>, 
+        <a href="v2/default_call_policies.html"><code>default_call_policies</code></a>,
+        <a href="v2/ResultConverter.html"><code>ResultConverter</code></a>,
+        <a href="v2/CallPolicies.html"><code>CallPolicies</code></a> and some others.
+        Efforts were made not to have interface breaking changes. 
+        </li>
 
-      <dt>29 December 2002</dt>
+      </ul>
+    </dd>
 
-      <dd>Added Visual Studio project file and instructions from Brett
-      Calcott. Thanks, Brett!</dd>
+    <dt>12 May 2007 - 1.34.0 release</dt>
 
-      <dt>20 December 2002</dt>
+    <dd>
+      <ul>
+        <li>C++ signatures are now automatically appended to the
+        docstrings.
 
-      <dd>Added automatic downcasting for pointers, references, and smart
-      pointers to polymorphic class types upon conversion to python</dd>
+        <li>New <a href="v2/docstring_options.html"
+        ><code>docstring_options.hpp</code></a> header to
+        control the content of docstrings.
 
-      <dt>18 December 2002</dt>
+        <li>Support for converting <code>void*</code> to/from python,
+        with <code><a
+        href="v2/opaque.html">opaque_pointer_converter</a></code>
+        as the return value policy.  Thanks to Niall Douglas for the
+        initial patch.
+      </ul>
+    </dd>
 
-      <dd>Optimized from_python conversions for wrapped classes by putting
-      the conversion logic in the shared library instead of registering
-      separate converters for each class in each extension module</dd>
+    <dt>19 October 2005 - 1.33.1 release</dt>
 
-      <dt>19 November 2002</dt>
+    <dd>
+      <ul>
+        <li><code>wrapper&lt;T&gt;</code> can now be used as expected with a
+        held type of <i>some-smart-pointer</i><code>&lt;T&gt;</code></li>
 
-      <dd>Removed the need for users to cast base class member function
-      pointers when used as arguments to <a href=
-      "v2/class.html#class_-spec-modifiers">add_property</a></dd>
+        <li>The build now assumes Python 2.4 by default, rather than 2.2</li>
 
-      <dt>13 December 2002</dt>
+        <li>Support Python that's built without Unicode support</li>
 
-      <dd>Allow exporting of <a href=
-      "v2/enum.html#enum_-spec"><code>enum_</code></a> values into enclosing
-      <a href="v2/scope.html#scope-spec"><code>scope</code></a>.<br>
-       Fixed unsigned integer conversions to deal correctly with numbers that
-      are out-of-range of <code>signed long</code>.</dd>
+        <li>Support for wrapping classes with overloaded address-of
+        (<code>&amp;</code>) operators</li>
+      </ul>
+    </dd>
 
-      <dt>14 November 2002</dt>
+    <dt>14 August 2005 - 1.33 release</dt>
 
-      <dd>Auto-detection of class data members wrapped with <a href=
-      "v2/data_members.html#make_getter-spec"><code>make_getter</code></a></dd>
+    <dd>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Support for docstrings on nonstatic properties.</li>
 
-      <dt>13 November 2002</dt>
+        <li>We now export the client-provided docstrings for
+        <code>init&lt;optional&lt;&gt; &gt;</code> and
+        <i>XXX</i><code>_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS()</code> for only the last
+        overload.</li>
 
-      <dd>Full Support for <code>std::auto_ptr&lt;&gt;</code> added.</dd>
+        <li>Fixed some support for Embedded VC++ 4</li>
 
-      <dt>October 2002</dt>
+        <li>Better support for rvalue from-python conversions of shared_ptr:
+        always return a pointer that holds the owning python object *unless*
+        the python object contains a NULL shared_ptr holder of the right
+        type.</li>
 
-      <dd>Ongoing updates and improvements to tutorial documentation</dd>
+        <li>Support for exposing <code>vector&lt;T*&gt;</code> with the
+        indexing suite.</li>
 
-      <dt>10 October 2002</dt>
+        <li>Support for GCC-3.3 on MacOS.</li>
 
-      <dd>Boost.Python V2 is released!</dd>
-    </dl>
-    <hr>
+        <li>updated visual studio project build file to include two new files
+        (slice.cpp and wrapper.cpp)</li>
 
-    <p>Revised 
-    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
-     20 December, 2002 
-    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
-    </p>
+        <li>Added search feature to the index page.</li>
 
-    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
-    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i></p>
-  </body>
+        <li>Numerous fixes to the tutorial</li>
+
+        <li>Numerous workarounds for MSVC 6 and 7, GCC 2.96, and EDG
+        2.45</li>
+      </ul>
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt>11 March 2005</dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Added a hack that will fool PyDoc into working with Boost.Python,
+        thanks to Nick Rasmussen</li>
+      </ul>
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt>19 November 2004 - 1.32 release</dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Updated to use the Boost Software License.</li>
+
+        <li>A new, <a href=
+        "tutorial/doc/html/python/exposing.html#python.class_virtual_functions">
+        better method of wrapping classes with virtual functions</a> has been
+        implemented.</li>
+
+        <li>Support for upcoming GCC symbol export control features have been
+        folded in, thanks to Niall Douglas.</li>
+
+        <li>Improved support for <code>std::auto_ptr</code>-like types.</li>
+
+        <li>The Visual C++ bug that makes top-level <i>cv-qualification</i>
+        of function parameter types part of the function type has been worked
+        around.</li>
+
+        <li>Components used by other libraries have been moved out of
+        <code>python/detail</code> and into <code>boost/detail</code> to
+        improve dependency relationships.</li>
+
+        <li>Miscellaneous bug fixes and compiler workarounds.</li>
+      </ul>
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt>8 Sept 2004</dt>
+
+    <dd>Support for Python's Bool type, thanks to <a href=
+    "mailto:dholth-at-fastmail.fm">Daniel Holth</a>.</dd>
+
+    <dt>11 Sept 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Changed the response to multiple to-python converters being
+        registered for the same type from a hard error into warning;
+        Boost.Python now reports the offending type in the message.</li>
+
+        <li>Added builtin <code>std::wstring</code> conversions</li>
+
+        <li>Added <code>std::out_of_range</code> =&gt; Python
+        <code>IndexError</code> exception conversion, thanks to <a href=
+        "mailto:RaoulGough-at-yahoo.co.uk">Raoul Gough</a></li>
+      </ul>
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt>9 Sept 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd>Added new <code><a href="v2/str.html#str-spec">str</a></code></dd>
+
+    <dt>constructors which take a range of characters, allowing strings
+    containing nul (<code>'\0'</code>) characters.</dt>
+
+    <dt>8 Sept 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd>Added the ability to create methods from function objects (with an
+    <code>operator()</code>); see the <a href=
+    "v2/make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function</a> docs for
+    more info.</dd>
+
+    <dt>10 August 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd>Added the new <code>properties</code> unit tests contributed by
+    <a href="mailto:romany-at-actimize.com">Roman Yakovenko</a> and
+    documented <code>add_static_property</code> at his urging.</dd>
+
+    <dt>1 August 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      Added the new <code>arg</code> class contributed by <a href=
+      "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a> which supplies the
+      ability to wrap functions that can be called with ommitted arguments in
+      the middle:
+      <pre>
+void f(int x = 0, double y = 3.14, std::string z = std::string("foo"));
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(test)
+{
+   def("f", f
+       , (arg("x", 0), arg("y", 3.14), arg("z", "foo")));
+}
+ 
+</pre>And in Python:
+      <pre>
+&gt;&gt;&gt; import test
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f(0, z = "bar")
+&gt;&gt;&gt; f(z = "bar", y = 0.0)
+</pre>Thanks, Nikolay!
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt>22 July 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd>Killed the dreaded "bad argument type for builtin operation" error.
+    Argument errors now show the actual and expected argument types!</dd>
+
+    <dt>19 July 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd>Added the new <code><a href=
+    "v2/return_arg.html">return_arg</a></code> policy from <a href=
+    "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a>. Thanks, Nikolay!</dd>
+
+    <dt>18 March, 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd><a href="mailto:Gottfried.Ganssauge-at-haufe.de">Gottfried
+    Gan&szlig;auge</a> has contributed <a href=
+    "v2/opaque.html">opaque pointer support</a>.<br>
+    <a href="mailto:nicodemus-at-globalite.com.br">Bruno da Silva de
+    Oliveira</a> has contributed the exciting <a href=
+    "../pyste/index.html">Pyste</a> ("Pie-steh") package.</dd>
+
+    <dt>24 February 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd>Finished improved support for <code>boost::shared_ptr</code>. Now any
+    wrapped object of C++ class <code>X</code> can be converted automatically
+    to <code>shared_ptr&lt;X&gt;</code>, regardless of how it was wrapped.
+    The <code>shared_ptr</code> will manage the lifetime of the Python object
+    which supplied the <code>X</code>, rather than just the <code>X</code>
+    object itself, and when such a <code>shared_ptr</code> is converted back
+    to Python, the original Python object will be returned.</dd>
+
+    <dt>19 January 2003</dt>
+
+    <dd>Integrated <code>staticmethod</code> support from <a href=
+    "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a>. Thanks, Nikolay!</dd>
+
+    <dt>29 December 2002</dt>
+
+    <dd>Added Visual Studio project file and instructions from Brett Calcott.
+    Thanks, Brett!</dd>
+
+    <dt>20 December 2002</dt>
+
+    <dd>Added automatic downcasting for pointers, references, and smart
+    pointers to polymorphic class types upon conversion to python</dd>
+
+    <dt>18 December 2002</dt>
+
+    <dd>Optimized from_python conversions for wrapped classes by putting the
+    conversion logic in the shared library instead of registering separate
+    converters for each class in each extension module</dd>
+
+    <dt>19 November 2002</dt>
+
+    <dd>Removed the need for users to cast base class member function
+    pointers when used as arguments to <a href=
+    "v2/class.html#class_-spec-modifiers">add_property</a></dd>
+
+    <dt>13 December 2002</dt>
+
+    <dd>Allow exporting of <a href=
+    "v2/enum.html#enum_-spec"><code>enum_</code></a> values into enclosing
+    <a href="v2/scope.html#scope-spec"><code>scope</code></a>.<br>
+    Fixed unsigned integer conversions to deal correctly with numbers that
+    are out-of-range of <code>signed long</code>.</dd>
+
+    <dt>14 November 2002</dt>
+
+    <dd>Auto-detection of class data members wrapped with <a href=
+    "v2/data_members.html#make_getter-spec"><code>make_getter</code></a></dd>
+
+    <dt>13 November 2002</dt>
+
+    <dd>Full Support for <code>std::auto_ptr&lt;&gt;</code> added.</dd>
+
+    <dt>October 2002</dt>
+
+    <dd>Ongoing updates and improvements to tutorial documentation</dd>
+
+    <dt>10 October 2002</dt>
+
+    <dd>Boost.Python V2 is released!</dd>
+  </dl>
+  <hr>
+
+  <p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+   19 November 2004 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" --></p>
+
+  <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+  Abrahams</a> 2002-2003.</i></p>
+</body>
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+.. Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+.. file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
+.. http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
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+        <h1 align="center"><a href="index.html">Boost.Python</a></h1>
 
-          <h2 align="center">Projects using Boost.Python</h2>
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-    <hr>
+        <h2 align="center">Projects using Boost.Python</h2>
+      </td>
+    </tr>
+  </table>
+  <hr>
 
-    <h2>Introduction</h2>
+  <h2>Introduction</h2>
 
-    <p>This is a partial list of projects using Boost.Python. If you are
-    using Boost.Python as your Python/C++ binding solution, we'd be proud to
-    list your project on this page. Just <a href=
-    "mailto:c++-sig@python.org">post</a> a short description of your project
-    and how Boost.Python helps you get the job done, and we'll add it to this
-    page .</p>
-    <hr>
+  <p>This is a partial list of projects using Boost.Python. If you are using
+  Boost.Python as your Python/C++ binding solution, we'd be proud to list
+  your project on this page. Just <a href=
+  "mailto:c++-sig@python.org">post</a> a short description of your project
+  and how Boost.Python helps you get the job done, and we'll add it to this
+  page .</p>
+  <hr>
 
-    <h3>Enterprise Software</h3>
+  <h3>Data Analysis</h3>
 
-    <dl class="page-index">
-      <dt><b><a href="http://openwbem.sourceforge.net">OpenWBEM</a></b></dt>
+  <dl class="page-index">
+    <dt><b><a href="http://www.neuralynx.com">NeuraLab</a></b></dt>
 
-      <dd>
-        The OpenWBEM project is an effort to develop an open-source
-        implementation of Web Based Enterprise Management suitable for
-        commercial and non-commercial application 
+    <dd>Neuralab is a data analysis environment specifically tailored for
+    neural data from <a href="http://www.neuralynx.com">Neuralynx</a>
+    acquisition systems. Neuralab combines presentation quality graphics, a
+    numerical analysis library, and the <a href=
+    "http://www.python.org">Python</a> scripting engine in a single
+    application. With Neuralab, Neuralynx users can perform common analysis
+    tasks with just a few mouse clicks. More advanced users can create custom
+    Python scripts, which can optionally be assigned to menus and mouse
+    clicks.</dd>
+  </dl>
 
-        <p><a href="mailto:dnuffer@sco.com">Dan Nuffer</a> writes:</p>
+  <dl class="page-index">
+    <dt><b>TSLib</b> - <a href="http://www.fortressinv.com">Fortress
+    Investment Group LLC</a></dt>
 
-        <blockquote>
-          I'm using Boost.Python to wrap the client API of OpenWBEM.This will
-          make it easier to do rapid prototyping, testing, and scripting when
-          developing management solutions that use WBEM.
-        </blockquote>
-      </dd>
-    </dl>
+    <dd>
+      Fortress Investment Group has contracted <a href=
+      "http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a> to develop core
+      internal financial analysis tools in C++ and to prepare Python bindings
+      for them using Boost.Python.
 
-    <h3>Financial Analysis</h3>
+      <p>Tom Barket of Fortress writes:</p>
 
-    <dl class="page-index">
-      <dt><b>TSLib</b> - <a href="http://www.fortressinv.com">Fortress
-      Investment Group LLC</a></dt>
+      <blockquote>
+        We have a large C++ analytical library specialized for research in
+        finance and economics, built for speed and mission critical
+        stability. Yet Python offers us the flexibility to test out new ideas
+        quickly and increase the productivity of our time versus working in
+        C++. There are several key features which make Python stand out. Its
+        elegance, stability, and breadth of resources on the web are all
+        valuable, but the most important is its extensibility, due to its
+        open source transparency. Boost.Python makes Python extensibility
+        extremely simple and straightforward, yet preserves a great deal of
+        power and control.
+      </blockquote>
+    </dd>
+  </dl>
 
-      <dd>
-        Fortress Investment Group has contracted <a href=
-        "http://www.boost-consulting.com">Boost Consulting</a> to develop
-        core internal financial analysis tools in C++ and to prepare Python
-        bindings for them using Boost.Python. 
+  <h3>Educational</h3>
 
-        <p>Tom Barket of Fortress writes:</p>
+  <dl class="page-index">
+    <dt><a href="http://edu.kde.org/kig"><b>Kig</b></a></dt>
 
-        <blockquote>
-          We have a large C++ analytical library specialized for research in
-          finance and economics, built for speed and mission critical
-          stability. Yet Python offers us the flexibility to test out new
-          ideas quickly and increase the productivity of our time versus
-          working in C++. There are several key features which make Python
-          stand out. Its elegance, stability, and breadth of resources on the
-          web are all valuable, but the most important is its extensibility,
-          due to its open source transparency. Boost.Python makes Python
-          extensibility extremely simple and straightforward, yet preserves a
-          great deal of power and control.
-        </blockquote>
-      </dd>
-    </dl>
+    <dd>
+      <p>KDE Interactive Geometry is a high-school level educational tool,
+      built for the KDE desktop. It is a nice tool to let students work with
+      geometrical constructions. It is meant to be the most intuitive, yet
+      featureful application of its kind.</p>
 
-    <h3>Graphics</h3>
+      <p>Versions after 0.6.x (will) support objects built by the user
+      himself in the Python language. The exporting of the relevant internal
+      API's were done using Boost.Python, which made the process very
+      easy.</p>
+    </dd>
+  </dl>
 
-    <dl class="page-index">
-      <dt><b><a href=
-      "http://www.openscenegraph.org">OpenSceneGraph</a></b></dt>
+  <h3>Enterprise Software</h3>
 
-      <dd><a href="mailto:gideon@computer.org">Gideon May</a> has created a
-      set of bindings for OpenSceneGraph, a cross-platform C++/OpenGL library
-      for the real-time visualization. You can read the release announcement
-      at <a href="http://www.hypereyes.com">www.hypereyes.com</a>. <a href=
-      "mailto:gideon@computer.org">Contact Gideon</a> for more
-      information.<br>
-       &nbsp;</dd>
+  <dl class="page-index">
+    <dt><b><a href="http://openwbem.sourceforge.net">OpenWBEM</a></b></dt>
 
-      <dt><a href=
-      "http://pythonmagick.procoders.net/"><b>PythonMagick</b></a></dt>
+    <dd>
+      The OpenWBEM project is an effort to develop an open-source
+      implementation of Web Based Enterprise Management suitable for
+      commercial and non-commercial application
 
-      <dd>PythonMagick binds the <a href=
-      "http://www.imagemagick.org">ImageMagick</a> image manipulation library
-      to Python.<br>
-       &nbsp;</dd>
+      <p><a href="mailto:dnuffer@sco.com">Dan Nuffer</a> writes:</p>
 
-      <dt><b>HippoDraw</b> - <a href="http://www.slac.stanford.edu">Stanford
-      Linear Accelerator Center</a></dt>
+      <blockquote>
+        I'm using Boost.Python to wrap the client API of OpenWBEM.This will
+        make it easier to do rapid prototyping, testing, and scripting when
+        developing management solutions that use WBEM.
+      </blockquote>
+    </dd>
 
-      <dd>
-        HippoDraw is a data analysis environment consisting of a canvas upon
-        which graphs such as histograms, scattter plots, etc, are prsented.
-        It has a highly interactive GUI interface, but some things you need
-        to do with scripts. HippoDraw can be run as Python extension module
-        so that all the manipulation can be done from either Python or the
-        GUI. 
+    <dt><b><a href="http://www.transversal.com">Metafaq</a></b></dt>
 
-        <p><a href="mailto:Paul_Kunz@SLAC.Stanford.EDU">Paul F. Kunz</a>
-        writes:</p>
+    <dd>
+      Metafaq, from <a href="http://www.transversal.com">Transversal,
+      Inc.</a>, is an enterprise level online knowledge base management
+      system.
 
-        <blockquote>
-          Don't have a web page for the project, but the organization's is <a
-          href=
-          "http://www.slac.stanford.edu">http://www.slac.stanford.edu</a>
-          (the first web server site in America, I installed it).
-        </blockquote>
-        Which was just too cool a piece of trivia to omit.<br>
-         &nbsp;
-      </dd>
-    </dl>
+      <p><a href="mailto:ben.young-at-transversal.com">Ben Young</a>
+      writes:</p>
 
-    <h3>Scientific Computing</h3>
+      <blockquote>
+        Boost.Python is used in an automated process to generate python
+        bindings to our api which is exposed though multiple backends and
+        frontends. This allows us to write quick tests and bespoke scripts to
+        perform one off tasks without having to go through the full
+        compilation cycle.
+      </blockquote>
+    </dd>
+  </dl>
 
-    <dl class="page index">
-      <dt><a href="http://camfr.sourceforge.net"><b>CAMFR</b></a></dt>
+  <h3>Games</h3>
 
-      <dd>
-        CAMFR is a photonics and electromagnetics modelling tool. Python is
-        used for computational steering. 
+  <dl>
+    <dt><b><a href="http://www.firaxis.com">Civilization IV</a></b></dt>
+  </dl>
 
-        <p><a href="mailto:Peter.Bienstman@rug.ac.be">Peter Bienstman</a>
-        writes:</p>
+  <blockquote>
+    &ldquo;The fourth game in the PC strategy series that has sold over five
+    million copies, Sid Meier's Civilization IV is a bold step forward for
+    the franchise, with spectacular new 3D graphics and all-new single and
+    multiplayer content. Civilization IV will also set a new standard for
+    user-modification, allowing gamers to create their own add-ons using
+    Python and XML.
 
-        <blockquote>
-          Thanks for providing such a great tool!
-        </blockquote>
-      </dd>
+    <p>Sid Meier's Civilization IV will be released for PC in late 2005. For
+    more information please visit <a href=
+    "http://www.firaxis.com">http://www.firaxis.com</a> or write <a href=
+    "mailto:kgilmore@firaxis.com">kgilmore@firaxis.com</a>&rdquo;</p>
+  </blockquote>
 
-      <dt><a href="http://cctbx.sourceforge.net"><b>cctbx - Computational
-      Crystallography Toolbox</b></a></dt>
+  <p>Boost.Python is used as the interface layer between the C++ game code
+  and Python. Python is used for many purposes in the game, including map
+  generation, interface screens, game events, tools, tutorials, etc. Most
+  high-level game operations have been exposed to Python in order to give
+  modders the power they need to customize the game.</p>
 
-      <dd>
-        Computational Crystallography is concerned with the derivation of
-        atomic models of crystal structures, given experimental X-ray
-        diffraction data. The cctbx is an open-source library of fundamental
-        algorithms for crystallographic computations. The core algorithms are
-        implemented in C++ and accessed through higher-level Python
-        interfaces. 
+  <blockquote>
+    -Mustafa Thamer, Civ4 Lead Programmer
+  </blockquote>
 
-        <p>The cctbx grew together with Boost.Python and is designed from the
-        ground up as a hybrid Python/C++ system. With one minor exception,
-        run-time polymorphism is completely handled by Python. C++
-        compile-time polymorphism is used to implement performance critical
-        algorithms. The Python and C++ layers are seamlessly integrated using
-        Boost.Python.</p>
+  <dl class="page-index">
+    <dt><b><a href="http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net">Vega
+    Strike</a></b></dt>
 
-        <p>The SourceForge cctbx project is organized in modules to
-        facilitate use in non-crystallographic applications. The scitbx
-        module implements a general purpose array family for scientific
-        applications and pure C++ ports of FFTPACK and the LBFGS conjugate
-        gradient minimizer.</p>
-      </dd>
+    <dd>
+      <a href="http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net">Vega Strike</a> is the 3D
+      Space Simulator that allows you to trade and bounty hunt in a vast
+      universe. Players face dangers, decisions, piracy, and aliens.
 
-      <dt><a href="http://www.llnl.gov/CASC/emsolve"><b>EMSolve</b></a></dt>
+      <p><a href="http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net">Vega Strike</a> has
+      decided to base its scripting on python, using boost as the layer
+      between the class hierarchy in python and the class hierarchy in C++.
+      The result is a very flexible scripting system that treats units as
+      native python classes when designing missions or writing AI's.</p>
 
-      <dd>EMSolve is a provably stable, charge conserving, and energy
-      conserving solver for Maxwell's equations.<br>
-       &nbsp;</dd>
+      <p>A large economic and planetary simulation is currently being run in
+      the background in python and the results are returned back into C++ in
+      the form of various factions' spaceships appearing near worlds that
+      they are simulated to be near in python if the player is in the general
+      neighborhood.</p>
+    </dd>
+  </dl>
 
-      <dt><b><a href="http://cern.ch/gaudi">Gaudi</a></b> and <b><a href=
-      "http://cern.ch/Gaudi/RootPython/">RootPython</a></b></dt>
+  <h3>Graphics</h3>
 
-      <dd>
-        Gaudi is a framework for particle physics collision data processing
-        applications developed in the context of the LHCb and ATLAS
-        experiments at CERN. 
+  <dl class="page-index">
+    <dt><b><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/pyosg">OpenSceneGraph
+    Bindings</a></b></dt>
 
-        <p><a href="mailto:Pere.Mato@cern.ch">Pere Mato Vila</a> writes:</p>
+    <dd><a href="mailto:gideon@computer.org">Gideon May</a> has created a set
+    of bindings for <a href=
+    "http://www.openscenegraph.org">OpenSceneGraph</a>, a cross-platform
+    C++/OpenGL library for the real-time visualization.<br>
+    &nbsp;</dd>
 
-        <blockquote>
-          We are using Boost.Python to provide scripting/interactive
-          capability to our framework. We have a module called "GaudiPython"
-          implemented using Boost.Python that allows the interaction with any
-          framework service or algorithm from python. RootPython also uses
-          Boost.Python to provide a generic "gateway" between the <a href=
-          "http://root.cern.ch">ROOT</a> framework and python 
+    <dt><b><a href=
+    "http://www.slac.stanford.edu/grp/ek/hippodraw/index.html">HippoDraw</a></b></dt>
 
-          <p>Boost.Python is great. We managed very quickly to interface our
-          framework to python, which is great language. We are trying to
-          facilitate to our physicists (end-users) a rapid analysis
-          application development environment based on python. For that,
-          Boost.Python plays and essential role.</p>
-        </blockquote>
-      </dd>
-    </dl>
-    <hr>
+    <dd>
+      HippoDraw is a data analysis environment consisting of a canvas upon
+      which graphs such as histograms, scattter plots, etc, are prsented. It
+      has a highly interactive GUI interface, but some things you need to do
+      with scripts. HippoDraw can be run as Python extension module so that
+      all the manipulation can be done from either Python or the GUI.
 
-    <p>Revised 
-    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
-     16 November, 2002 
-    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
-    </p>
+      <p>Before the web page came online, <a href=
+      "mailto:Paul_Kunz@SLAC.Stanford.EDU">Paul F. Kunz</a> wrote:</p>
 
-    <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
-    Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights Reserved.</i></p>
-  </body>
+      <blockquote>
+        Don't have a web page for the project, but the organization's is
+        <a href=
+        "http://www.slac.stanford.edu">http://www.slac.stanford.edu</a> (the
+        first web server site in America, I installed it).
+      </blockquote>Which was just too cool a piece of trivia to omit.<br>
+      &nbsp;
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt><a href="http://www.iplt.org"><b>IPLT</b></a></dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      <a href="mailto:ansgar.philippsen-at-unibas.ch">Ansgar Philippsen</a>
+      writes:
+
+      <blockquote>
+        IPLT is an image processing library and toolbox for the structural
+        biology electron microscopy community. I would call it a
+        budding/evolving project, since it is currently not in production
+        stage, but rather under heavy development. Python is used as the main
+        scripting/interaction level, but also for rapid prototyping, since
+        the underlying C++ class library is pretty much fully exposed via
+        boost.python (at least the high-level interface). The combined power
+        of C++ and Python for this project turned out to be just awesome.
+      </blockquote><br>
+      &nbsp;
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt><a href=
+    "http://www.procoders.net/pythonmagick"><b>PythonMagick</b></a></dt>
+
+    <dd>PythonMagick binds the <a href=
+    "http://www.graphicsmagick.org">GraphicsMagick</a> image manipulation
+    library to Python.<br>
+    &nbsp;</dd>
+
+    <dt><a href="http://www.vpython.org"><b>VPython</b></a></dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      <a href="mailto:Bruce_Sherwood-at-ncsu.edu">Bruce Sherwood</a> writes:
+
+      <blockquote>
+        VPython is an extension for Python that makes it easy to create
+        navigable 3D animations, which are generated as a side effect of
+        computational code. VPython is used in education for various
+        purposes, including teaching physics and programming, but it has also
+        been used by research scientists to visualize systems or data in 3D.
+      </blockquote><br>
+      &nbsp;
+    </dd>
+  </dl>
+
+  <h3>Scientific Computing</h3>
+
+  <dl class="page index">
+    <dt><a href="http://camfr.sourceforge.net"><b>CAMFR</b></a></dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      CAMFR is a photonics and electromagnetics modelling tool. Python is
+      used for computational steering.
+
+      <p><a href="mailto:Peter.Bienstman@rug.ac.be">Peter Bienstman</a>
+      writes:</p>
+
+      <blockquote>
+        Thanks for providing such a great tool!
+      </blockquote>
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt><a href="http://cctbx.sourceforge.net"><b>cctbx - Computational
+    Crystallography Toolbox</b></a></dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      Computational Crystallography is concerned with the derivation of
+      atomic models of crystal structures, given experimental X-ray
+      diffraction data. The cctbx is an open-source library of fundamental
+      algorithms for crystallographic computations. The core algorithms are
+      implemented in C++ and accessed through higher-level Python interfaces.
+
+      <p>The cctbx grew together with Boost.Python and is designed from the
+      ground up as a hybrid Python/C++ system. With one minor exception,
+      run-time polymorphism is completely handled by Python. C++ compile-time
+      polymorphism is used to implement performance critical algorithms. The
+      Python and C++ layers are seamlessly integrated using Boost.Python.</p>
+
+      <p>The SourceForge cctbx project is organized in modules to facilitate
+      use in non-crystallographic applications. The scitbx module implements
+      a general purpose array family for scientific applications and pure C++
+      ports of FFTPACK and the L-BFGS quasi-Newton minimizer.</p>
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt><a href="http://www.llnl.gov/CASC/emsolve"><b>EMSolve</b></a></dt>
+
+    <dd>EMSolve is a provably stable, charge conserving, and energy
+    conserving solver for Maxwell's equations.<br>
+    &nbsp;</dd>
+
+    <dt><b><a href="http://cern.ch/gaudi">Gaudi</a></b> and <b><a href=
+    "http://cern.ch/Gaudi/RootPython/">RootPython</a></b></dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      Gaudi is a framework for particle physics collision data processing
+      applications developed in the context of the LHCb and ATLAS experiments
+      at CERN.
+
+      <p><a href="mailto:Pere.Mato@cern.ch">Pere Mato Vila</a> writes:</p>
+
+      <blockquote>
+        We are using Boost.Python to provide scripting/interactive capability
+        to our framework. We have a module called "GaudiPython" implemented
+        using Boost.Python that allows the interaction with any framework
+        service or algorithm from python. RootPython also uses Boost.Python
+        to provide a generic "gateway" between the <a href=
+        "http://root.cern.ch">ROOT</a> framework and python
+
+        <p>Boost.Python is great. We managed very quickly to interface our
+        framework to python, which is great language. We are trying to
+        facilitate to our physicists (end-users) a rapid analysis application
+        development environment based on python. For that, Boost.Python plays
+        and essential role.</p>
+      </blockquote>
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt><b><a href="http://www.esss.com.br">ESSS</a></b></dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      ESSS (Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software) is a company that
+      provides engineering solutions and acts in the brazilian and
+      south-american market providing products and services related to
+      Computational Fluid Dynamics and Image Analysis.
+
+      <p><a href="mailto:bruno@esss.com.br">Bruno da Silva de Oliveira</a>
+      writes:</p>
+
+      <blockquote>
+        Recently we moved our work from working exclusively with C++ to an
+        hybrid-language approach, using Python and C++, with Boost.Python
+        providing the layer between the two. The results are great so far!
+      </blockquote>
+
+      <p>Two projects have been developed so far with this technology:</p>
+
+      <p><b><a href=
+      "http://www.esss.com.br/index.php?pg=dev_projetos">Simba</a></b>
+      provides 3D visualization of geological formations gattered from the
+      simulation of the evolution of oil systems, allowing the user to
+      analyse various aspects of the simulation, like deformation, pressure
+      and fluids, along the time of the simulation.</p>
+
+      <p><b><a href=
+      "http://www.esss.com.br/index.php?pg=dev_projetos">Aero</a></b> aims to
+      construct a CFD with brazilian technology, which involves various
+      companies and universities. ESSS is responsible for various of the
+      application modules, including GUI and post-processing of results.</p>
+    </dd>
+
+    <dt><b><a href="http://www.rationaldiscovery.com">Rational Discovery
+    LLC</a></b></dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      Rational Discovery provides computational modeling, combinatorial
+      library design and custom software development services to the
+      pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical industries. We do a substantial
+      amount of internal research to develop new approaches for applying
+      machine-learning techniques to solve chemical problems. Because we're a
+      small organization and chemistry is a large and complex field, it is
+      essential that we be able to quickly and easily prototype and test new
+      algorithms.
+
+      <p>For our internal software, we implement core data structures in C
+      and expose them to Python using Boost.Python. Algorithm development is
+      done in Python and then translated to C if required (often it's not).
+      This hybrid development approach not only greatly increases our
+      productivity, but it also allows "non-developers" (people without C
+      experience) to take part in method development. Learning C is a
+      daunting task, but "Python fits your brain." (Thanks to Bruce Eckel for
+      the quote.)</p>
+    </dd>
+  </dl>
+
+  <h3>Systems Libraries</h3>
+
+  <dl>
+    <dt><a href="http://itamarst.org/software"><b>Fusion</b></a></dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      <p>Fusion is a library that supports implementing protocols in C++ for
+      use with Twisted, allowing control over memory allocation strategies,
+      fast method calls internally, etc.. Fusion supports TCP, UDP and
+      multicast, and is implemented using the Boost.Python python
+      bindings.</p>
+
+      <p>Fusion is licensed under the MIT license, and available for download
+      from <a href=
+      "http://itamarst.org/software">http://itamarst.org/software</a>.</p>
+    </dd>
+  </dl>
+
+  <h3>Tools</h3>
+
+  <dl>
+    <dt><a href="http://www.jayacard.org"><b>Jayacard</b></a></dt>
+
+    <dd>
+      Jayacard aims at developing a secure portable open source operating
+      system for contactless smart cards and a complete suite of high quality
+      development tools to ease smart card OS and application development.
+
+      <p>The core of the smart card reader management is written in C++ but
+      all the development tools are written in the friendly Python language.
+      Boost plays the fundamental role of binding the tools to our core smart
+      card reader library.</p>
+    </dd>
+  </dl>
+  <hr>
+
+  <p>Revised 
+  <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
+   15 July, 2003</p>
+
+  <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+  Abrahams</a> 2002-2003.</i></p>
+</body>
 </html>
-

doc/support.html

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 
+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
+<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
+<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
 <html>
   <head>
     <meta name="generator" content=
-    "HTML Tidy for Windows (vers 1st August 2002), see www.w3.org">
+    "HTML Tidy for Cygwin (vers 1st April 2002), 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">
 
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
       <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>
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
         </td>
 
         <td valign="top">
@@ -31,7 +34,9 @@
     <h2>Synopsis</h2>
 
     <p>This is a list of available resources for support with Boost.Python
-    problems and feature requests.</p>
+    problems and feature requests. <b>Please try to resist emailing the
+    Boost.Python developers directly for support.</b> Use the following
+    resources instead; the developers are listening!</p>
     <hr>
 
     <dl class="page-index">
@@ -41,9 +46,11 @@
       you Boost.Python.<br>
        &nbsp;</dt>
 
-      <dt><b><a href="http://www.python.org/sigs/c++-sig/">The Python
+      <dt><b><a href=
+      "http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm#cplussig">The Python
       C++-sig</a></b> mailing list is a forum for discussing Python/C++
-      interoperability, and Boost.Python in particular.<br>
+      interoperability, and Boost.Python in particular. Post your
+      Boost.Python questions here.<br>
        &nbsp;</dt>
 
       <dt>The <b>Boost.Python <a href=
@@ -51,18 +58,17 @@
       Pages</a></b> established by Mike Rovner as part of the <a href=
       "http://www.python.org/cgi-bin/moinmoin">PythonInfo Wiki</a> serves as
       a forum to gather peoples' experience and as a cookbook.<br>
-      &nbsp;</dt>
+       &nbsp;</dt>
     </dl>
     <hr>
 
     <p>Revised 
     <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan -->
-     17 November, 2002 
-    <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" -->
+     12 Sept, 2003 <!--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>
+    Abrahams</a> 2003.</i></p>
   </body>
 </html>
 

doc/tutorial/doc/Jamfile.v2

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright Joel de Guzman 2006. Distributed under the Boost
+# Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+# file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+project boost/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc ;
+
+import boostbook : boostbook ;
+using quickbook ;
+
+boostbook tutorial
+    :
+        tutorial.qbk
+    :
+        <xsl:param>boost.root=../../../../../..
+        <xsl:param>boost.libraries=../../../../../../libs/libraries.htm
+    ;

doc/tutorial/doc/auto_overloading.html

@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-<head>
-<!-- Generated by the Spirit (http://spirit.sf.net) QuickDoc -->
-<title>Auto-Overloading</title>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="theme/style.css" type="text/css">
-<link rel="prev" href="default_arguments.html">
-<link rel="next" href="object_interface.html">
-</head>
-<body>
-<table width="100%" height="48" border="0" cellspacing="2">
-  <tr>
-    <td><img src="theme/c%2B%2Bboost.gif">
-    </td>
-    <td width="85%">
-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Auto-Overloading</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="default_arguments.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="object_interface.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-It was mentioned in passing in the previous section that
-<tt>BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</tt> and <tt>BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</tt>
-can also be used for overloaded functions and member functions with a
-common sequence of initial arguments. Here is an example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-     <span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>()
-     {
-        /*...*/
-     }
-
-     </span><span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>bool </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>)
-     {
-        /*...*/
-     }
-
-     </span><span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>bool </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>b</span><span class=special>)
-     {
-        /*...*/
-     }
-
-     </span><span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>bool </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>b</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>char </span><span class=identifier>c</span><span class=special>)
-     {
-        /*...*/
-     }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Like in the previous section, we can generate thin wrappers for these
-overloaded functions in one-shot:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>foo_overloads</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>0</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>3</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Then...</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>foo_overloads</span><span class=special>());
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Notice though that we have a situation now where we have a minimum of zero
-(0) arguments and a maximum of 3 arguments.</p>
-<a name="manual_wrapping"></a><h2>Manual Wrapping</h2><p>
-It is important to emphasize however that <b>the overloaded functions must
-have a common sequence of initial arguments</b>. Otherwise, our scheme above
-will not work. If this is not the case, we have to wrap our functions
-<a href="overloading.html">
-manually</a>.</p>
-<p>
-Actually, we can mix and match manual wrapping of overloaded functions and
-automatic wrapping through <tt>BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</tt> and
-its sister, <tt>BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</tt>. Following up on our example
-presented in the section <a href="overloading.html">
-on overloading</a>, since the
-first 4 overload functins have a common sequence of initial arguments, we
-can use <tt>BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</tt> to automatically wrap the
-first three of the <tt>def</tt>s and manually wrap just the last. Here's
-how we'll do this:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>xf_overloads</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>4</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Create a member function pointers as above for both X::f overloads:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>bool    </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::*</span><span class=identifier>fx1</span><span class=special>)(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>char</span><span class=special>)    = &amp;</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>;
-    </span><span class=keyword>int     </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::*</span><span class=identifier>fx2</span><span class=special>)(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>)        = &amp;</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Then...</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>fx1</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>xf_overloads</span><span class=special>());
-    .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>fx2</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="default_arguments.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="object_interface.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
- no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. </font> </p>
-</body>
-</html>

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@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-<head>
-<!-- Generated by the Spirit (http://spirit.sf.net) QuickDoc -->
-<title>Basic Interface</title>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="theme/style.css" type="text/css">
-<link rel="prev" href="object_interface.html">
-<link rel="next" href="derived_object_types.html">
-</head>
-<body>
-<table width="100%" height="48" border="0" cellspacing="2">
-  <tr>
-    <td><img src="theme/c%2B%2Bboost.gif">
-    </td>
-    <td width="85%">
-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Basic Interface</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="object_interface.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="derived_object_types.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-Class <tt>object</tt> wraps <tt>PyObject*</tt>. All the intricacies of dealing with
-<tt>PyObject</tt>s such as managing reference counting are handled by the
-<tt>object</tt> class. C++ object interoperability is seamless. Boost.Python C++
-<tt>object</tt>s can in fact be explicitly constructed from any C++ object.</p>
-<p>
-To illustrate, this Python code snippet:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>def </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>):
-         </span><span class=keyword>if </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>y </span><span class=special>== </span><span class=literal>'foo'</span><span class=special>):
-             </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>[</span><span class=number>3</span><span class=special>:</span><span class=number>7</span><span class=special>] = </span><span class=literal>'bar'
-         </span><span class=keyword>else</span><span class=special>:
-             </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>items </span><span class=special>+= </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=number>3</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>)
-         </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>x
-
-    </span><span class=identifier>def </span><span class=identifier>getfunc</span><span class=special>():
-       </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Can be rewritten in C++ using Boost.Python facilities this way:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>) {
-         </span><span class=keyword>if </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>y </span><span class=special>== </span><span class=string>&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-             </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>slice</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=number>3</span><span class=special>,</span><span class=number>7</span><span class=special>) = </span><span class=string>&quot;bar&quot;</span><span class=special>;
-         </span><span class=keyword>else
-             </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>attr</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;items&quot;</span><span class=special>) += </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=number>3</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>);
-         </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>;
-    }
-    </span><span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>getfunc</span><span class=special>() {
-        </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>object</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>);
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Apart from cosmetic differences due to the fact that we are writing the
-code in C++, the look and feel should be immediately apparent to the Python
-coder.</p>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="object_interface.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="derived_object_types.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
- no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. </font> </p>
-</body>
-</html>

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@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-<head>
-<!-- Generated by the Spirit (http://spirit.sf.net) QuickDoc -->
-<title>Building Hello World</title>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="theme/style.css" type="text/css">
-<link rel="prev" href="quickstart.html">
-<link rel="next" href="exposing_classes.html">
-</head>
-<body>
-<table width="100%" height="48" border="0" cellspacing="2">
-  <tr>
-    <td><img src="theme/c%2B%2Bboost.gif">
-    </td>
-    <td width="85%">
-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Building Hello World</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="quickstart.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="exposing_classes.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<a name="from_start_to_finish"></a><h2>From Start To Finish</h2><p>
-Now the first thing you'd want to do is to build the Hello World module and
-try it for yourself in Python. In this section, we shall outline the steps
-necessary to achieve that. We shall use the build tool that comes bundled
-with every boost distribution: <b>bjam</b>.</p>
-<table width="80%" border="0" align="center">
-  <tr>
-    <td class="note_box">
-<img src="theme/lens.gif"></img> <b>Building without bjam</b><br><br>
-
-Besides bjam, there are of course other ways to get your module built.
-What's written here should not be taken as &quot;the one and only way&quot;.
-There are of course other build tools apart from <tt>bjam</tt>.
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-We shall skip over the details. Our objective will be to simply create the
-hello world module and run it in Python. For a complete reference to
-building Boost.Python, check out: <a href="../../building.html">
-building.html</a>.
-After this brief <i>bjam</i> tutorial, we should have built two DLLs:</p>
-<ul><li>boost_python.dll</li><li>hello.pyd</li></ul><p>
-if you are on Windows, and</p>
-<ul><li>libboost_python.so</li><li>hello.so</li></ul><p>
-if you are on Unix.</p>
-<p>
-The tutorial example can be found in the directory:
-<tt>libs/python/example/tutorial</tt>. There, you can find:</p>
-<ul><li>hello.cpp</li><li>Jamfile</li></ul><p>
-The <tt>hello.cpp</tt> file is our C++ hello world example. The <tt>Jamfile</tt> is a
-minimalist <i>bjam</i> script that builds the DLLs for us.</p>
-<p>
-Before anything else, you should have the bjam executable in your boost
-directory or somewhere in your path such that <tt>bjam</tt> can be executed in
-the command line. Pre-built Boost.Jam executables are available for most
-platforms. For example, a pre-built Microsoft Windows bjam executable can
-be downloaded <a href="http://boost.sourceforge.net/jam-executables/bin.ntx86/bjam.zip">
-here</a>.
-The complete list of bjam pre-built
-executables can be found <a href="../../../../../tools/build/index.html#Jam">
-here</a>.</p>
-<a name="lets_jam_"></a><h2>Lets Jam!</h2><p>
-<img src="theme/jam.png"></img></p>
-<p>
-Here is our minimalist Jamfile:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    subproject libs/python/example/tutorial ;
-
-    SEARCH on python.jam = $(BOOST_BUILD_PATH) ;
-    include python.jam ;
-
-    extension hello                     # Declare a Python extension called hello
-    :   hello.cpp                       # source
-        &lt;dll&gt;../../build/boost_python   # dependencies
-        ;
-</pre></code><p>
-First, we need to specify our location in the boost project hierarchy.
-It so happens that the tutorial example is located in <tt>/libs/python/example/tutorial</tt>.
-Thus:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    subproject libs/python/example/tutorial ;
-</pre></code><p>
-Then we will include the definitions needed by Python modules:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    SEARCH on python.jam = $(BOOST_BUILD_PATH) ;
-    include python.jam ;
-</pre></code><p>
-Finally we declare our <tt>hello</tt> extension:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    extension hello                     # Declare a Python extension called hello
-    :   hello.cpp                       # source
-        &lt;dll&gt;../../build/boost_python   # dependencies
-        ;
-</pre></code><a name="running_bjam"></a><h2>Running bjam</h2><p>
-<i>bjam</i> is run using your operating system's command line interpreter.</p>
-<blockquote><p>Start it up.</p></blockquote><p>
-Make sure that the environment is set so that we can invoke the C++
-compiler. With MSVC, that would mean running the <tt>Vcvars32.bat</tt> batch
-file. For instance:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>C</span><span class=special>:\</span><span class=identifier>Program </span><span class=identifier>Files</span><span class=special>\</span><span class=identifier>Microsoft </span><span class=identifier>Visual </span><span class=identifier>Studio</span><span class=special>\</span><span class=identifier>VC98</span><span class=special>\</span><span class=identifier>bin</span><span class=special>\</span><span class=identifier>Vcvars32</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>bat
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Some environment variables will have to be setup for proper building of our
-Python modules. Example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>set </span><span class=identifier>PYTHON_ROOT</span><span class=special>=</span><span class=identifier>c</span><span class=special>:/</span><span class=identifier>dev</span><span class=special>/</span><span class=identifier>tools</span><span class=special>/</span><span class=identifier>python
-    </span><span class=identifier>set </span><span class=identifier>PYTHON_VERSION</span><span class=special>=</span><span class=number>2.2
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-The above assumes that the Python installation is in <tt>c:/dev/tools/python</tt>
-and that we are using Python version 2.2. You'll have to tweak this path
-appropriately. <img src="theme/note.gif"></img> Be sure not to include a third number, e.g. <b>not</b>  &quot;2.2.1&quot;,
-even if that's the version you have.</p>
-<p>
-Now we are ready... Be sure to <tt>cd</tt> to <tt>libs/python/example/tutorial</tt>
-where the tutorial <tt>&quot;hello.cpp&quot;</tt> and the <tt>&quot;Jamfile&quot;</tt> is situated.</p>
-<p>
-Finally:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>bjam </span><span class=special>-</span><span class=identifier>sTOOLS</span><span class=special>=</span><span class=identifier>msvc
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-We are again assuming that we are using Microsoft Visual C++ version 6. If
-not, then you will have to specify the appropriate tool. See
-<a href="../../../../../tools/build/index.html">
-Building Boost Libraries</a> for
-further details.</p>
-<p>
-It should be building now:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    cd C:\dev\boost\libs\python\example\tutorial
-    bjam -sTOOLS=msvc
-    ...patience...
-    ...found 1703 targets...
-    ...updating 40 targets...
-</pre></code><p>
-And so on... Finally:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    vc-C++ ..\..\..\..\libs\python\example\tutorial\bin\hello.pyd\msvc\debug\
-    runtime-link-dynamic\hello.obj
-    hello.cpp
-    vc-Link ..\..\..\..\libs\python\example\tutorial\bin\hello.pyd\msvc\debug\
-    runtime-link-dynamic\hello.pyd ..\..\..\..\libs\python\example\tutorial\bin\
-    hello.pyd\msvc\debug\runtime-link-dynamic\hello.lib
-       Creating library ..\..\..\..\libs\python\example\tutorial\bin\hello.pyd\
-       msvc\debug\runtime-link-dynamic\hello.lib and object ..\..\..\..\libs\python\
-       example\tutorial\bin\hello.pyd\msvc\debug\runtime-link-dynamic\hello.exp
-    ...updated 40 targets...
-</pre></code><p>
-If all is well, you should now have:</p>
-<ul><li>boost_python.dll</li><li>hello.pyd</li></ul><p>
-if you are on Windows, and</p>
-<ul><li>libboost_python.so</li><li>hello.so</li></ul><p>
-if you are on Unix.</p>
-<p>
-<tt>boost_python.dll</tt> can be found somewhere in <tt>libs\python\build\bin</tt>
-while <tt>hello.pyd</tt> can be found somewhere in
-<tt>libs\python\example\tutorial\bin</tt>. After a successful build, you can just
-link in these DLLs with the Python interpreter. In Windows for example, you
-can simply put these libraries inside the directory where the Python
-executable is.</p>
-<p>
-You may now fire up Python and run our hello module:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>import </span><span class=identifier>hello
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>print </span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>()
-    </span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>world
-</span></pre></code>
-<blockquote><p><b>There you go... Have fun!</b></p></blockquote><table border="0">
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-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
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-In C++, we often deal with arguments and return types such as pointers
-and references. Such primitive types are rather, ummmm, low level and
-they really don't tell us much. At the very least, we don't know the
-owner of the pointer or the referenced object. No wonder languages
-such as Java and Python never deal with such low level entities. In
-C++, it's usually considered a good practice to use smart pointers
-which exactly describe ownership semantics. Still, even good C++
-interfaces use raw references and pointers sometimes, so Boost.Python
-must deal with them. To do this, it may need your help. Consider the
-following C++ function:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Y</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>Z</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-How should the library wrap this function? A naive approach builds a
-Python X object around result reference. This strategy might or might
-not work out. Here's an example where it didn't</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>) </span>##<span class=identifier>x </span><span class=identifier>refers </span><span class=identifier>to </span><span class=identifier>some </span><span class=identifier>C</span><span class=special>++ </span><span class=identifier>X
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>del </span><span class=identifier>y
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>some_method</span><span class=special>() </span>##<span class=identifier>CRASH</span><span class=special>!
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-What's the problem?</p>
-<p>
-Well, what if f() was implemented as shown below:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Y</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>Z</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>)
-    {
-        </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>z </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>;
-        </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>;
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-The problem is that the lifetime of result X&amp; is tied to the lifetime
-of y, because the f() returns a reference to a member of the y
-object. This idiom is is not uncommon and perfectly acceptable in the
-context of C++. However, Python users should not be able to crash the
-system just by using our C++ interface. In this case deleting y will
-invalidate the reference to X. We have a dangling reference.</p>
-<p>
-Here's what's happening:</p>
-<ol><li><tt>f</tt> is called passing in a reference to <tt>y</tt> and a pointer to <tt>z</tt></li><li>A reference to <tt>y.x</tt> is returned</li><li><tt>y</tt> is deleted. <tt>x</tt> is a dangling reference</li><li><tt>x.some_method()</tt> is called</li><li><b>BOOM!</b></li></ol><p>
-We could copy result into a new object:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>).</span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=number>42</span><span class=special>) </span>##<span class=identifier>Result </span><span class=identifier>disappears
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>()       </span>##<span class=identifier>No </span><span class=identifier>crash</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>but </span><span class=identifier>still </span><span class=identifier>bad
-    </span><span class=number>3.14
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-This is not really our intent of our C++ interface. We've broken our
-promise that the Python interface should reflect the C++ interface as
-closely as possible.</p>
-<p>
-Our problems do not end there. Suppose Y is implemented as follows:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>Y
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=identifier>X </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>; </span><span class=identifier>Z</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>;
-        </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>z_value</span><span class=special>() { </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>-&gt;</span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>(); }
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Notice that the data member <tt>z</tt> is held by class Y using a raw
-pointer. Now we have a potential dangling pointer problem inside Y:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>) </span>##<span class=identifier>y </span><span class=identifier>refers </span><span class=identifier>to </span><span class=identifier>z
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>del </span><span class=identifier>z       </span>##<span class=identifier>Kill </span><span class=identifier>the </span><span class=identifier>z </span><span class=identifier>object
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>z_value</span><span class=special>() </span>##<span class=identifier>CRASH</span><span class=special>!
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-For reference, here's the implementation of <tt>f</tt> again:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Y</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>Z</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>)
-    {
-        </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>z </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>z</span><span class=special>;
-        </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>;
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Here's what's happening:</p>
-<ol><li><tt>f</tt> is called passing in a reference to <tt>y</tt> and a pointer to <tt>z</tt></li><li>A pointer to <tt>z</tt> is held by <tt>y</tt></li><li>A reference to <tt>y.x</tt> is returned</li><li><tt>z</tt> is deleted. <tt>y.z</tt> is a dangling pointer</li><li><tt>y.z_value()</tt> is called</li><li><tt>z-&gt;value()</tt> is called</li><li><b>BOOM!</b></li></ol><a name="call_policies"></a><h2>Call Policies</h2><p>
-Call Policies may be used in situations such as the example detailed above.
-In our example, <tt>return_internal_reference</tt> and <tt>with_custodian_and_ward</tt>
-are our friends:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>,
-        </span><span class=identifier>return_internal_reference</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>,
-            </span><span class=identifier>with_custodian_and_ward</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>2</span><span class=special>&gt; &gt;());
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-What are the <tt>1</tt> and <tt>2</tt> parameters, you ask?</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>return_internal_reference</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=number>1
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Informs Boost.Python that the first argument, in our case <tt>Y&amp; y</tt>, is the
-owner of the returned reference: <tt>X&amp;</tt>. The &quot;<tt>1</tt>&quot; simply specifies the
-first argument. In short: &quot;return an internal reference <tt>X&amp;</tt> owned by the
-1st argument <tt>Y&amp; y</tt>&quot;.</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>with_custodian_and_ward</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>2</span><span class=special>&gt;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Informs Boost.Python that the lifetime of the argument indicated by ward
-(i.e. the 2nd argument: <tt>Z* z</tt>) is dependent on the lifetime of the
-argument indicated by custodian (i.e. the 1st argument: <tt>Y&amp; y</tt>).</p>
-<p>
-It is also important to note that we have defined two policies above. Two
-or more policies can be composed by chaining. Here's the general syntax:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>policy1</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>args</span><span class=special>...,
-        </span><span class=identifier>policy2</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>args</span><span class=special>...,
-            </span><span class=identifier>policy3</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>args</span><span class=special>...&gt; &gt; &gt;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Here is the list of predefined call policies. A complete reference detailing
-these can be found <a href="../../v2/reference.html#models_of_call_policies">
-here</a>.</p>
-<ul><li><b>with_custodian_and_ward</b><br> Ties lifetimes of the arguments</li><li><b>with_custodian_and_ward_postcall</b><br> Ties lifetimes of the arguments and results</li><li><b>return_internal_reference</b><br> Ties lifetime of one argument to that of result</li><li><b>return_value_policy&lt;T&gt; with T one of:</b><br></li><li><b>reference_existing_object</b><br>naïve (dangerous) approach</li><li><b>copy_const_reference</b><br>Boost.Python v1 approach</li><li><b>copy_non_const_reference</b><br></li><li><b>manage_new_object</b><br> Adopt a pointer and hold the instance</li></ul><table width="80%" border="0" align="center">
-  <tr>
-    <td class="note_box">
-<img src="theme/smiley.gif"></img> <b>Remember the Zen, Luke:</b><br><br>
-&quot;Explicit is better than implicit&quot;<br>
-&quot;In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess&quot;<br>    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
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-Data members may also be exposed to Python so that they can be
-accessed as attributes of the corresponding Python class. Each data
-member that we wish to be exposed may be regarded as <b>read-only</b> or
-<b>read-write</b>.  Consider this class <tt>Var</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>Var
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=identifier>Var</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>) : </span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>), </span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>() {}
-        </span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=keyword>const </span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>;
-        </span><span class=keyword>float </span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>;
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Our C++ <tt>Var</tt> class and its data members can be exposed to Python:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Var</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Var&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>init</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string</span><span class=special>&gt;())
-        .</span><span class=identifier>def_readonly</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;name&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>Var</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>def_readwrite</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;value&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>Var</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Then, in Python, assuming we have placed our Var class inside the namespace
-hello as we did before:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>Var</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=literal>'pi'</span><span class=special>)
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>value </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=number>3.14
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>print </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=literal>'is around'</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>value
-    </span><span class=identifier>pi </span><span class=identifier>is </span><span class=identifier>around </span><span class=number>3.14
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Note that <tt>name</tt> is exposed as <b>read-only</b> while <tt>value</tt> is exposed
-as <b>read-write</b>.</p>
-<code><pre>
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; x.name = 'e' # can't change name
-    Traceback (most recent call last):
-      File &quot;&lt;stdin&gt;&quot;, line 1, in ?
-    AttributeError: can't set attribute
-</pre></code><table border="0">
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- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
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-<a name="python_operators"></a><h2>Python Operators</h2><p>
-C is well known for the abundance of operators. C++ extends this to the
-extremes by allowing operator overloading. Boost.Python takes advantage of
-this and makes it easy to wrap C++ operator-powered classes.</p>
-<p>
-Consider a file position class <tt>FilePos</tt> and a set of operators that take
-on FilePos instances:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>class </span><span class=identifier>FilePos </span><span class=special>{ /*...*/ };
-
-    </span><span class=identifier>FilePos     </span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>+(</span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>FilePos     </span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>+(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=keyword>int         </span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>-(</span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>FilePos     </span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>-(</span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>&amp;    </span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>+=(</span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>&amp;, </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>&amp;    </span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>-=(</span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>&amp;, </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=keyword>bool        </span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>&lt;(</span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-The class and the various operators can be mapped to Python rather easily
-and intuitively:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>FilePos</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;FilePos&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self </span><span class=special>+ </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>())          // </span><span class=identifier>__add__
-        </span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>() + </span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>)          // </span><span class=identifier>__radd__
-        </span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self </span><span class=special>- </span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>)           // </span><span class=identifier>__sub__
-        </span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self </span><span class=special>- </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>())          // </span><span class=identifier>__sub__
-        </span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self </span><span class=special>+= </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>())         // </span><span class=identifier>__iadd__
-        </span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self </span><span class=special>-= </span><span class=identifier>other</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>&gt;())
-        .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self </span><span class=special>&lt; </span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>);          // </span><span class=identifier>__lt__
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-The code snippet above is very clear and needs almost no explanation at
-all. It is virtually the same as the operators' signatures. Just take
-note that <tt>self</tt> refers to FilePos object. Also, not every class <tt>T</tt> that
-you might need to interact with in an operator expression is (cheaply)
-default-constructible. You can use <tt>other&lt;T&gt;()</tt> in place of an actual
-<tt>T</tt> instance when writing &quot;self expressions&quot;.</p>
-<a name="special_methods"></a><h2>Special Methods</h2><p>
-Python has a few more <i>Special Methods</i>. Boost.Python supports all of the
-standard special method names supported by real Python class instances. A
-similar set of intuitive interfaces can also be used to wrap C++ functions
-that correspond to these Python <i>special functions</i>. Example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>class </span><span class=identifier>Rational
-    </span><span class=special>{ </span><span class=keyword>operator </span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>() </span><span class=keyword>const</span><span class=special>; };
-
-    </span><span class=identifier>Rational </span><span class=identifier>pow</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Rational</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>Rational</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>Rational </span><span class=identifier>abs</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Rational</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>ostream</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>&lt;&lt;(</span><span class=identifier>ostream</span><span class=special>&amp;,</span><span class=identifier>Rational</span><span class=special>);
-
-    </span><span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Rational</span><span class=special>&gt;()
-        .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>float_</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>))                  // </span><span class=identifier>__float__
-        </span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>pow</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>other</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Rational</span><span class=special>&gt;))    // </span><span class=identifier>__pow__
-        </span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>abs</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>))                     // </span><span class=identifier>__abs__
-        </span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>str</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>))                     // </span><span class=identifier>__str__
-        </span><span class=special>;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Need we say more?</p>
-<table width="80%" border="0" align="center">
-  <tr>
-    <td class="note_box">
-<img src="theme/lens.gif"></img> What is the business of <tt>operator&lt;&lt;</tt> <tt>.def(str(self))</tt>?
-Well, the method <tt>str</tt> requires the <tt>operator&lt;&lt;</tt> to do its work (i.e.
-<tt>operator&lt;&lt;</tt> is used by the method defined by def(str(self)).    </td>
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-In C++, classes with public data members are usually frowned
-upon. Well designed classes that take advantage of encapsulation hide
-the class' data members. The only way to access the class' data is
-through access (getter/setter) functions. Access functions expose class
-properties. Here's an example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>Num
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=identifier>Num</span><span class=special>();
-        </span><span class=keyword>float </span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>() </span><span class=keyword>const</span><span class=special>;
-        </span><span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>float </span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>);
-        ...
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-However, in Python attribute access is fine; it doesn't neccessarily break
-encapsulation to let users handle attributes directly, because the
-attributes can just be a different syntax for a method call. Wrapping our
-<tt>Num</tt> class using Boost.Python:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Num</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Num&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>add_property</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;rovalue&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>Num</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>add_property</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;value&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>Num</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>Num</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-And at last, in Python:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Num</span><span class=special>()
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>value </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=number>3.14
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>rovalue
-    </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=number>3.14</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>3.14</span><span class=special>)
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>rovalue </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=number>2.17 </span>##<span class=identifier>error</span><span class=special>!
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Take note that the class property <tt>rovalue</tt> is exposed as <b>read-only</b>
-since the <tt>rovalue</tt> setter member function is not passed in:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>add_property</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;rovalue&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>Num</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
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-<p>
-In this section, we shall learn how to make functions behave
-polymorphically through virtual functions. Continuing our example, let us
-add a virtual function to our <tt>Base</tt> class:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>Base
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=keyword>virtual </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>() = </span><span class=number>0</span><span class=special>;
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Since <tt>f</tt> is a pure virtual function, <tt>Base</tt> is now an abstract
-class. Given an instance of our class, the free function <tt>call_f</tt>
-calls some implementation of this virtual function in a concrete
-derived class:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>call_f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>b</span><span class=special>) { </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>b</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(); }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-To allow this function to be implemented in a Python derived class, we
-need to create a class wrapper:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>BaseWrap </span><span class=special>: </span><span class=identifier>Base
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=identifier>BaseWrap</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>PyObject</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>self_</span><span class=special>)
-            : </span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self_</span><span class=special>) {}
-        </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>() { </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>call_method</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>); }
-        </span><span class=identifier>PyObject</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>;
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<table width="80%" border="0" align="center">
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-    <td class="note_box">
-<img src="theme/lens.gif"></img> <b>member function and methods</b><br><br> Python, like
-many object oriented languages uses the term <b>methods</b>.  Methods
-correspond roughly to C++'s <b>member functions</b>    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-Our class wrapper <tt>BaseWrap</tt> is derived from <tt>Base</tt>. Its overridden
-virtual member function <tt>f</tt> in effect calls the corresponding method
-of the Python object <tt>self</tt>, which is a pointer back to the Python
-<tt>Base</tt> object holding our <tt>BaseWrap</tt> instance.</p>
-<table width="80%" border="0" align="center">
-  <tr>
-    <td class="note_box">
-<img src="theme/note.gif"></img> <b>Why do we need BaseWrap?</b><br><br>
-
-<i>You may ask</i>, &quot;Why do we need the <tt>BaseWrap</tt> derived class? This could
-have been designed so that everything gets done right inside of
-Base.&quot;<br><br>
-
-One of the goals of Boost.Python is to be minimally intrusive on an
-existing C++ design. In principle, it should be possible to expose the
-interface for a 3rd party library without changing it. To unintrusively
-hook into the virtual functions so that a Python override may be called, we
-must use a derived class.<br><br>
-
-Note however that you don't need to do this to get methods overridden
-in Python to behave virtually when called <i>from</i> <b>Python</b>. The only
-time you need to do the <tt>BaseWrap</tt> dance is when you have a virtual
-function that's going to be overridden in Python and called
-polymorphically <i>from</i> <b>C++</b>.    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-Wrapping <tt>Base</tt> and the free function <tt>call_f</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>BaseWrap</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>boost</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>noncopyable</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Base&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>no_init</span><span class=special>)
-        ;
-    </span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;call_f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>call_f</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Notice that we parameterized the <tt>class_</tt> template with <tt>BaseWrap</tt> as the
-second parameter. What is <tt>noncopyable</tt>? Without it, the library will try
-to create code for converting Base return values of wrapped functions to
-Python. To do that, it needs Base's copy constructor... which isn't
-available, since Base is an abstract class.</p>
-<p>
-In Python, let us try to instantiate our <tt>Base</tt> class:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>base </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>()
-    </span><span class=identifier>RuntimeError</span><span class=special>: </span><span class=identifier>This </span><span class=keyword>class </span><span class=identifier>cannot </span><span class=identifier>be </span><span class=identifier>instantiated </span><span class=identifier>from </span><span class=identifier>Python
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Why is it an error? <tt>Base</tt> is an abstract class. As such it is advisable
-to define the Python wrapper with <tt>no_init</tt> as we have done above. Doing
-so will disallow abstract base classes such as <tt>Base</tt> to be instantiated.</p>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
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-Our previous example didn't have any explicit constructors.
-Since <tt>World</tt> is declared as a plain struct, it has an implicit default
-constructor. Boost.Python exposes the default constructor by default,
-which is why we were able to write</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>planet </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>()
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-We may wish to wrap a class with a non-default constructor. Let us
-build on our previous example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>World
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>): </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>) {} // </span><span class=identifier>added </span><span class=identifier>constructor
-        </span><span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>) { </span><span class=keyword>this</span><span class=special>-&gt;</span><span class=identifier>msg </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>; }
-        </span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>() { </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>; }
-        </span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>;
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-This time <tt>World</tt> has no default constructor; our previous
-wrapping code would fail to compile when the library tried to expose
-it. We have to tell <tt>class_&lt;World&gt;</tt> about the constructor we want to
-expose instead.</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=preprocessor>#include </span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>boost</span><span class=special>/</span><span class=identifier>python</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>hpp</span><span class=special>&gt;
-    </span><span class=keyword>using </span><span class=keyword>namespace </span><span class=identifier>boost</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>python</span><span class=special>;
-
-    </span><span class=identifier>BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>)
-    {
-        </span><span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;World&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>init</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string</span><span class=special>&gt;())
-            .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;greet&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>)
-            .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;set&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>)
-        ;
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-<tt>init&lt;std::string&gt;()</tt> exposes the constructor taking in a
-<tt>std::string</tt> (in Python, constructors are spelled
-&quot;<tt>&quot;__init__&quot;</tt>&quot;).</p>
-<p>
-We can expose additional constructors by passing more <tt>init&lt;...&gt;</tt>s to
-the <tt>def()</tt> member function. Say for example we have another World
-constructor taking in two doubles:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;World&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>init</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string</span><span class=special>&gt;())
-        .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>init</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>&gt;())
-        .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;greet&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;set&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>)
-    ;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-On the other hand, if we do not wish to expose any constructors at
-all, we may use <tt>no_init</tt> instead:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Abstract</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Abstract&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>no_init</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-This actually adds an <tt>__init__</tt> method which always raises a
-Python RuntimeError exception.</p>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="exposing_classes.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="class_data_members.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
- no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. </font> </p>
-</body>
-</html>

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-<head>
-<!-- Generated by the Spirit (http://spirit.sf.net) QuickDoc -->
-<title>Default Arguments</title>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="theme/style.css" type="text/css">
-<link rel="prev" href="overloading.html">
-<link rel="next" href="auto_overloading.html">
-</head>
-<body>
-<table width="100%" height="48" border="0" cellspacing="2">
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-    <td width="85%">
-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Default Arguments</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="overloading.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="auto_overloading.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-Boost.Python wraps (member) function pointers. Unfortunately, C++ function
-pointers carry no default argument info. Take a function <tt>f</tt> with default
-arguments:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=number>3.14</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>char </span><span class=keyword>const</span><span class=special>* = </span><span class=string>&quot;hello&quot;</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-But the type of a pointer to the function <tt>f</tt> has no information
-about its default arguments:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>(*</span><span class=identifier>g</span><span class=special>)(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>,</span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>,</span><span class=keyword>char </span><span class=keyword>const</span><span class=special>*) = </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>;    // </span><span class=identifier>defaults </span><span class=identifier>lost</span><span class=special>!
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-When we pass this function pointer to the <tt>def</tt> function, there is no way
-to retrieve the default arguments:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>);                            // </span><span class=identifier>defaults </span><span class=identifier>lost</span><span class=special>!
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Because of this, when wrapping C++ code, we had to resort to manual
-wrapping as outlined in the <a href="overloading.html">
-previous section</a>, or
-writing thin wrappers:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=comment>// write &quot;thin wrappers&quot;
-    </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>f1</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>) { </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>); }
-    </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>f2</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double </span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>) { </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>,</span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>); }
-
-    /*...*/
-
-        // </span><span class=identifier>in </span><span class=identifier>module </span><span class=identifier>init
-        </span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>);  // </span><span class=identifier>all </span><span class=identifier>arguments
-        </span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>f2</span><span class=special>); // </span><span class=identifier>two </span><span class=identifier>arguments
-        </span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>f1</span><span class=special>); // </span><span class=identifier>one </span><span class=identifier>argument
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-When you want to wrap functions (or member functions) that either:</p>
-<ul><li>have default arguments, or</li><li>are overloaded with a common sequence of initial arguments</li></ul><a name="boost_python_function_overloads"></a><h2>BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</h2><p>
-Boost.Python now has a way to make it easier. For instance, given a function:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>char </span><span class=identifier>b </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>unsigned </span><span class=identifier>c </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=number>2</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double </span><span class=identifier>d </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=number>3</span><span class=special>)
-    {
-        /*...*/
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-The macro invocation:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>foo_overloads</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>4</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-will automatically create the thin wrappers for us. This macro will create
-a class <tt>foo_overloads</tt> that can be passed on to <tt>def(...)</tt>. The third
-and fourth macro argument are the minimum arguments and maximum arguments,
-respectively. In our <tt>foo</tt> function the minimum number of arguments is 1
-and the maximum number of arguments is 4. The <tt>def(...)</tt> function will
-automatically add all the foo variants for us:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;foo&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>foo_overloads</span><span class=special>());
-</span></pre></code>
-<a name="boost_python_member_function_overloads"></a><h2>BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</h2><p>
-Objects here, objects there, objects here there everywhere. More frequently
-than anything else, we need to expose member functions of our classes to
-Python. Then again, we have the same inconveniences as before when default
-arguments or overloads with a common sequence of initial arguments come
-into play. Another macro is provided to make this a breeze.</p>
-<p>
-Like <tt>BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</tt>,
-<tt>BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</tt> may be used to automatically create
-the thin wrappers for wrapping member functions. Let's have an example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>george
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=keyword>void
-        </span><span class=identifier>wack_em</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>b </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=number>0</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>char </span><span class=identifier>c </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=literal>'x'</span><span class=special>)
-        {
-            /*...*/
-        }
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-The macro invocation:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>george_overloads</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>wack_em</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>3</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-will generate a set of thin wrappers for george's <tt>wack_em</tt> member function
-accepting a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3 arguments (i.e. the third and
-fourth macro argument). The thin wrappers are all enclosed in a class named
-<tt>george_overloads</tt> that can then be used as an argument to <tt>def(...)</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;wack_em&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>george</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>wack_em</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>george_overloads</span><span class=special>());
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-See the <a href="../../v2/overloads.html#BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS-spec">
-overloads reference</a>
-for details.</p>
-<a name="init_and_optional"></a><h2>init and optional</h2><p>
-A similar facility is provided for class constructors, again, with
-default arguments or a sequence of overloads. Remember <tt>init&lt;...&gt;</tt>? For example,
-given a class X with a constructor:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>X
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>char </span><span class=identifier>b </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=literal>'D'</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=identifier>c </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=string>&quot;constructor&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double </span><span class=identifier>d </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=number>0.0</span><span class=special>);
-        /*...*/
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-You can easily add this constructor to Boost.Python in one shot:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>init</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>optional</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>char</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>&gt; &gt;())
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Notice the use of <tt>init&lt;...&gt;</tt> and <tt>optional&lt;...&gt;</tt> to signify the default
-(optional arguments).</p>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="overloading.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="auto_overloading.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
- no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. </font> </p>
-</body>
-</html>

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-<head>
-<!-- Generated by the Spirit (http://spirit.sf.net) QuickDoc -->
-<title>Derived Object types</title>
-<link rel="stylesheet" href="theme/style.css" type="text/css">
-<link rel="prev" href="basic_interface.html">
-<link rel="next" href="extracting_c___objects.html">
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-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Derived Object types</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
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-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-Boost.Python comes with a set of derived <tt>object</tt> types corresponding to
-that of Python's:</p>
-<ul><li>list</li><li>dict</li><li>tuple</li><li>str</li><li>long_</li><li>enum</li></ul><p>
-These derived <tt>object</tt> types act like real Python types. For instance:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>str</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>) ==&gt; </span><span class=string>&quot;1&quot;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Wherever appropriate, a particular derived <tt>object</tt> has corresponding
-Python type's methods. For instance, <tt>dict</tt> has a <tt>keys()</tt> method:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>d</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>keys</span><span class=special>()
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-<tt>make_tuple</tt> is provided for declaring <i>tuple literals</i>. Example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>make_tuple</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=number>123</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=literal>'D'</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;Hello, World&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>0.0</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-In C++, when Boost.Python <tt>object</tt>s are used as arguments to functions,
-subtype matching is required. For example, when a function <tt>f</tt>, as
-declared below, is wrapped, it will only accept instances of Python's
-<tt>str</tt> type and subtypes.</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>str </span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>)
-    {
-        </span><span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>n2 </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>attr</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;upper&quot;</span><span class=special>)();   // </span><span class=identifier>NAME </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>upper</span><span class=special>()
-        </span><span class=identifier>str </span><span class=identifier>NAME </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>upper</span><span class=special>();            // </span><span class=identifier>better
-        </span><span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>msg </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=string>&quot;%s is bigger than %s&quot; </span><span class=special>% </span><span class=identifier>make_tuple</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>NAME</span><span class=special>,</span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>);
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-In finer detail:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>str </span><span class=identifier>NAME </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>upper</span><span class=special>();
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Illustrates that we provide versions of the str type's methods as C++
-member functions.</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>msg </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=string>&quot;%s is bigger than %s&quot; </span><span class=special>% </span><span class=identifier>make_tuple</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>NAME</span><span class=special>,</span><span class=identifier>name</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Demonstrates that you can write the C++ equivalent of <tt>&quot;format&quot; % x,y,z</tt>
-in Python, which is useful since there's no easy way to do that in std C++.</p>
-<p>
-<img src="theme/alert.gif"></img> <b>Beware</b> the common pitfall of forgetting that the constructors
-of most of Python's mutable types make copies, just as in Python.</p>
-<p>
-Python:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>d </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>dict</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>__dict__</span><span class=special>)     </span>##<span class=identifier>copies </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>__dict__
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>d</span><span class=special>[</span><span class=literal>'whatever'</span><span class=special>]            </span>##<span class=identifier>modifies </span><span class=identifier>the </span><span class=identifier>copy
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-C++:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>dict </span><span class=identifier>d</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>attr</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;__dict__&quot;</span><span class=special>));  </span>##<span class=identifier>copies </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>__dict__
-    </span><span class=identifier>d</span><span class=special>[</span><span class=literal>'whatever'</span><span class=special>] = </span><span class=number>3</span><span class=special>;           </span>##<span class=identifier>modifies </span><span class=identifier>the </span><span class=identifier>copy
-</span></pre></code>
-<a name="class__lt_t_gt__as_objects"></a><h2>class_&lt;T&gt; as objects</h2><p>
-Due to the dynamic nature of Boost.Python objects, any <tt>class_&lt;T&gt;</tt> may
-also be one of these types! The following code snippet wraps the class
-(type) object.</p>
-<p>
-We can use this to create wrapped instances. Example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>vec345 </span><span class=special>= (
-        </span><span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Vec2</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Vec2&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>init</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>&gt;())
-            .</span><span class=identifier>def_readonly</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;length&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>Point</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>length</span><span class=special>)
-            .</span><span class=identifier>def_readonly</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;angle&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>Point</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>angle</span><span class=special>)
-        )(</span><span class=number>3.0</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>4.0</span><span class=special>);
-
-    </span><span class=identifier>assert</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>vec345</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>attr</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;length&quot;</span><span class=special>) == </span><span class=number>5.0</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="basic_interface.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="extracting_c___objects.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
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-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Deriving a Python Class</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
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-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-Continuing, we can derive from our base class Base in Python and override
-the virtual function in Python. Before we can do that, we have to set up
-our <tt>class_</tt> wrapper as:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>BaseWrap</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>boost</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>noncopyable</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Base&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-        ;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Otherwise, we have to suppress the Base class' <tt>no_init</tt> by adding an
-<tt>__init__()</tt> method to all our derived classes. <tt>no_init</tt> actually adds
-an <tt>__init__</tt> method that raises a Python RuntimeError exception.</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=keyword>class </span><span class=identifier>Derived</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>):
-    ...     </span><span class=identifier>def </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>):
-    ...         </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=number>42
-    </span><span class=special>...
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Cool eh? A Python class deriving from a C++ class!</p>
-<p>
-Let's now make an instance of our Python class <tt>Derived</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>derived </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Derived</span><span class=special>()
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Calling <tt>derived.f()</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>derived</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>()
-    </span><span class=number>42
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Will yield the expected result. Finally, calling calling the free function
-<tt>call_f</tt> with <tt>derived</tt> as argument:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>call_f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>derived</span><span class=special>)
-    </span><span class=number>42
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Will also yield the expected result.</p>
-<p>
-Here's what's happening:</p>
-<ol><li><tt>call_f(derived)</tt> is called in Python</li><li>This corresponds to <tt>def(&quot;call_f&quot;, call_f);</tt>. Boost.Python dispatches this call.</li><li><tt>int call_f(Base&amp; b) { return b.f(); }</tt> accepts the call.</li><li>The overridden virtual function <tt>f</tt> of <tt>BaseWrap</tt> is called.</li><li><tt>call_method&lt;int&gt;(self, &quot;f&quot;);</tt> dispatches the call back to Python.</li><li><tt>def f(self): return 42</tt> is finally called.</li></ol><table border="0">
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-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="class_virtual_functions.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="virtual_functions_with_default_implementations.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
- no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. </font> </p>
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-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Embedding</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
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-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-By now you should know how to use Boost.Python to call your C++ code from
-Python. However, sometimes you may need to do the reverse: call Python code
-from the C++-side. This requires you to <i>embed</i> the Python interpreter
-into your C++ program.</p>
-<p>
-Currently, Boost.Python does not directly support everything you'll need
-when embedding. Therefore you'll need to use the
-<a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/api.html">
-Python/C API</a> to fill in
-the gaps. However, Boost.Python already makes embedding a lot easier and,
-in a future version, it may become unnecessary to touch the Python/C API at
-all. So stay tuned... <img src="theme/smiley.gif"></img></p>
-<a name="building_embedded_programs"></a><h2>Building embedded programs</h2><p>
-To be able to use embedding in your programs, they have to be linked to
-both Boost.Python's and Python's static link library.</p>
-<p>
-Boost.Python's static link library comes in two variants. Both are located
-in Boost's <tt>/libs/python/build/bin-stage</tt> subdirectory. On Windows, the
-variants are called <tt>boost_python.lib</tt> (for release builds) and
-<tt>boost_python_debug.lib</tt> (for debugging). If you can't find the
-libraries, you probably haven't built Boost.Python yet. See <a
-href="../../building.html">Building and Testing</a> on how to do
-this.</p>
-<p>
-Python's static link library can be found in the <tt>/libs</tt> subdirectory of
-your Python directory. On Windows it is called pythonXY.lib where X.Y is
-your major Python version number.</p>
-<p>
-Additionally, Python's <tt>/include</tt> subdirectory has to be added to your
-include path.</p>
-<p>
-In a Jamfile, all the above boils down to:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    projectroot c:\projects\embedded_program ; # location of the program
-
-    # bring in the rules for python
-    SEARCH on python.jam = $(BOOST_BUILD_PATH) ;
-    include python.jam ;
-
-    exe embedded_program # name of the executable
-      : #sources
-         embedded_program.cpp
-      : # requirements
-         &lt;find-library&gt;boost_python &lt;library-path&gt;c:\boost\libs\python
-      $(PYTHON_PROPERTIES)
-        &lt;library-path&gt;$(PYTHON_LIB_PATH)
-        &lt;find-library&gt;$(PYTHON_EMBEDDED_LIBRARY) ;
-</pre></code><a name="getting_started"></a><h2>Getting started</h2><p>
-Being able to build is nice, but there is nothing to build yet. Embedding
-the Python interpreter into one of your C++ programs requires these 4
-steps:</p>
-<ol><li>#include <tt>&lt;boost/python.hpp&gt;</tt><br><br></li><li>Call <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/initialization.html#l2h-652">
-Py_Initialize</a>() to start the interpreter and create the <tt>__main__</tt> module.<br><br></li><li>Call other Python C API routines to use the interpreter.<br><br></li><li>Call <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/initialization.html#l2h-656">
-Py_Finalize</a>() to stop the interpreter and release its resources.</li></ol><p>
-(Of course, there can be other C++ code between all of these steps.)</p>
-<blockquote><p><i><b>Now that we can embed the interpreter in our programs, lets see how to put it to use...</b></i></p></blockquote><table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="enums.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
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-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Dirk Gerrits<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
- no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. </font> </p>
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-    <td width="85%">
-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Enums</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
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-    <td width="20"><a href="embedding.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-Boost.Python has a nifty facility to capture and wrap C++ enums. While
-Python has no <tt>enum</tt> type, we'll often want to expose our C++ enums to
-Python as an <tt>int</tt>. Boost.Python's enum facility makes this easy while
-taking care of the proper conversions from Python's dynamic typing to C++'s
-strong static typing (in C++, ints cannot be implicitly converted to
-enums). To illustrate, given a C++ enum:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>enum </span><span class=identifier>choice </span><span class=special>{ </span><span class=identifier>red</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>blue </span><span class=special>};
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-the construct:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>enum_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>choice</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;choice&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;red&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>red</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;blue&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>blue</span><span class=special>)
-        ;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-can be used to expose to Python. The new enum type is created in the
-current <tt>scope()</tt>, which is usually the current module. The snippet above
-creates a Python class derived from Python's <tt>int</tt> type which is
-associated with the C++ type passed as its first parameter.</p>
-<table width="80%" border="0" align="center">
-  <tr>
-    <td class="note_box">
-<img src="theme/lens.gif"></img> <b>what is a scope?</b><br><br> The scope is a class that has an
-associated global Python object which controls the Python namespace in
-which new extension classes and wrapped functions will be defined as
-attributes. Details can be found <a href="../../v2/scope.html">
-here</a>.    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-You can access those values in Python as</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>my_module</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>choice</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>red
-    </span><span class=identifier>my_module</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>choice</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>red
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-where my_module is the module where the enum is declared. You can also
-create a new scope around a class:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>scope </span><span class=identifier>in_X </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;X&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-                    .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>( ... )
-                    .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>( ... )
-                ;
-
-    // </span><span class=identifier>Expose </span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>nested </span><span class=identifier>as </span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>nested
-    </span><span class=identifier>enum_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>nested</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;nested&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;red&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>red</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>value</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;blue&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>blue</span><span class=special>)
-        ;
-</span></pre></code>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="extracting_c___objects.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="embedding.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
- no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. </font> </p>
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-    </td>
-    <td width="85%">
-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Exception Translation</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="iterators.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><img src="theme/r_arr_disabled.gif" border="0"></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-All C++ exceptions must be caught at the boundary with Python code. This
-boundary is the point where C++ meets Python. Boost.Python provides a
-default exception handler that translates selected standard exceptions,
-then gives up:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>raise </span><span class=identifier>RuntimeError</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=literal>'unidentifiable C++ Exception'
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Users may provide custom translation. Here's an example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>PodBayDoorException</span><span class=special>;
-    </span><span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>translator</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>PodBayDoorException </span><span class=keyword>const</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>) {
-        </span><span class=identifier>PyErr_SetString</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>PyExc_UserWarning</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;I'm sorry Dave...&quot;</span><span class=special>);
-    }
-    </span><span class=identifier>BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>kubrick</span><span class=special>) {
-         </span><span class=identifier>register_exception_translator</span><span class=special>&lt;
-              </span><span class=identifier>PodBayDoorException</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=identifier>translator</span><span class=special>);
-         ...
-</span></pre></code>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="iterators.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><img src="theme/r_arr_disabled.gif" border="0"></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
- no claim as to its suitability for any purpose. </font> </p>
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-<link rel="next" href="constructors.html">
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-    </td>
-    <td width="85%">
-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Exposing Classes</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="30"><a href="building_hello_world.html"><img src="theme/l_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-    <td width="20"><a href="constructors.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-Now let's expose a C++ class to Python.</p>
-<p>
-Consider a C++ class/struct that we want to expose to Python:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>World
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>) { </span><span class=keyword>this</span><span class=special>-&gt;</span><span class=identifier>msg </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>; }
-        </span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>() { </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>; }
-        </span><span class=identifier>std</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>string </span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>;
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-We can expose this to Python by writing a corresponding Boost.Python
-C++ Wrapper:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=preprocessor>#include </span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>boost</span><span class=special>/</span><span class=identifier>python</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>hpp</span><span class=special>&gt;
-    </span><span class=keyword>using </span><span class=keyword>namespace </span><span class=identifier>boost</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>python</span><span class=special>;
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-    </span><span class=identifier>BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>)
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-        </span><span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;World&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-            .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;greet&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>)
-            .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;set&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>)
-        ;
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Here, we wrote a C++ class wrapper that exposes the member functions
-<tt>greet</tt> and <tt>set</tt>. Now, after building our module as a shared library, we
-may use our class <tt>World</tt> in Python. Here's a sample Python session:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>import </span><span class=identifier>hello
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>planet </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>()
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>planet</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=literal>'howdy'</span><span class=special>)
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>planet</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>()
-    </span><span class=literal>'howdy'
-</span></pre></code>
-<table border="0">
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-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>double </span><span class=identifier>x </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>o</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>attr</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;length&quot;</span><span class=special>); // </span><span class=identifier>compile </span><span class=identifier>error
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-In the code above, we got a compiler error because Boost.Python
-<tt>object</tt> can't be implicitly converted to <tt>double</tt>s. Instead, what
-we wanted to do above can be achieved by writing:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>double </span><span class=identifier>l </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>extract</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=identifier>o</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>attr</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;length&quot;</span><span class=special>));
-    </span><span class=identifier>Vec2</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>v </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>extract</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Vec2</span><span class=special>&amp;&gt;(</span><span class=identifier>o</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>assert</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>l </span><span class=special>== </span><span class=identifier>v</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>length</span><span class=special>());
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-The first line attempts to extract the &quot;length&quot; attribute of the
-Boost.Python <tt>object</tt> <tt>o</tt>. The second line attempts to <i>extract</i> the
-<tt>Vec2</tt> object from held by the Boost.Python <tt>object</tt> <tt>o</tt>.</p>
-<p>
-Take note that we said &quot;attempt to&quot; above. What if the Boost.Python
-<tt>object</tt> <tt>o</tt> does not really hold a <tt>Vec2</tt> type? This is certainly
-a possibility considering the dynamic nature of Python <tt>object</tt>s. To
-be on the safe side, if the C++ type can't be extracted, an
-appropriate exception is thrown. To avoid an exception, we need to
-test for extractibility:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>extract</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Vec2</span><span class=special>&amp;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>o</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=keyword>if </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>check</span><span class=special>()) {
-        </span><span class=identifier>Vec2</span><span class=special>&amp; </span><span class=identifier>v </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>(); ...
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-<img src="theme/bulb.gif"></img> The astute reader might have noticed that the <tt>extract&lt;T&gt;</tt>
-facility in fact solves the mutable copying problem:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>dict </span><span class=identifier>d </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>extract</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>dict</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>attr</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;__dict__&quot;</span><span class=special>));
-    </span><span class=identifier>d</span><span class=special>[</span><span class=literal>'whatever'</span><span class=special>] = </span><span class=number>3</span><span class=special>;          </span>##<span class=identifier>modifies </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>__dict__ </span><span class=special>!
-</span></pre></code>
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-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
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-In this chapter, we'll look at Boost.Python powered functions in closer
-detail. We shall see some facilities to make exposing C++ functions to
-Python safe from potential pifalls such as dangling pointers and
-references. We shall also see facilities that will make it even easier for
-us to expose C++ functions that take advantage of C++ features such as
-overloading and default arguments.</p>
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-But before you do, you might want to fire up Python 2.2 or later and type
-<tt>&gt;&gt;&gt; import this</tt>.</p>
-<code><pre>
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; import this
-    The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
-    Beautiful is better than ugly.
-    Explicit is better than implicit.
-    Simple is better than complex.
-    Complex is better than complicated.
-    Flat is better than nested.
-    Sparse is better than dense.
-    Readability counts.
-    Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
-    Although practicality beats purity.
-    Errors should never pass silently.
-    Unless explicitly silenced.
-    In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
-    There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it
-    Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
-    Now is better than never.
-    Although never is often better than *right* now.
-    If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
-    If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
-    Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
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+<span class="firstname">Joel</span> <span class="surname">de Guzman</span>
+</h3></div></div>
+<div><div class="author"><h3 class="author">
+<span class="firstname">David</span> <span class="surname">Abrahams</span>
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+<dt><span class="section"><a href="index.html#python.quickstart">QuickStart</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/hello.html"> Building Hello World</a></span></dt>
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+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/exposing.html#python.class_operators_special_functions">Class Operators/Special Functions</a></span></dt>
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+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/object.html"> Object Interface</a></span></dt>
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+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/object.html#python.basic_interface">Basic Interface</a></span></dt>
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+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/embedding.html">Embedding</a></span></dt>
+<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="python/embedding.html#python.using_the_interpreter">Using the interpreter</a></span></dt></dl></dd>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/iterators.html">Iterators</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/exception.html"> Exception Translation</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/techniques.html"> General Techniques</a></span></dt>
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+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/techniques.html#python.creating_packages">Creating Packages</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/techniques.html#python.extending_wrapped_objects_in_python">Extending Wrapped Objects in Python</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="python/techniques.html#python.reducing_compiling_time">Reducing Compiling Time</a></span></dt>
+</dl></dd>
+</dl>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
+<a name="python.quickstart"></a>QuickStart</h2></div></div></div>
+<p>
+      The Boost Python Library is a framework for interfacing Python and C++. It
+      allows you to quickly and seamlessly expose C++ classes functions and objects
+      to Python, and vice-versa, using no special tools -- just your C++ compiler.
+      It is designed to wrap C++ interfaces non-intrusively, so that you should not
+      have to change the C++ code at all in order to wrap it, making Boost.Python
+      ideal for exposing 3rd-party libraries to Python. The library's use of advanced
+      metaprogramming techniques simplifies its syntax for users, so that wrapping
+      code takes on the look of a kind of declarative interface definition language
+      (IDL).
+    </p>
+<a name="quickstart.hello_world"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2595112"></a>
+      Hello World
+    </h3>
+<p>
+      Following C/C++ tradition, let's start with the "hello, world". A
+      C++ Function:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+   <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="string">"hello, world"</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      can be exposed to Python by writing a Boost.Python wrapper:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">python</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">python</span><span class="special">;</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"greet"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      That's it. We're done. We can now build this as a shared library. The resulting
+      DLL is now visible to Python. Here's a sample Python session:
+    </p>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">hello</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">world</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote">
+<p>
+        </p>
+<p>
+          <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>Next stop... Building your Hello World
+          module from start to finish...</strong></span></em></span>
+        </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+</blockquote></div>
+</div>
+</div>
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+<div class="toc"><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="embedding.html#python.using_the_interpreter">Using the interpreter</a></span></dt></dl></div>
+<p>
+      By now you should know how to use Boost.Python to call your C++ code from Python.
+      However, sometimes you may need to do the reverse: call Python code from the
+      C++-side. This requires you to <span class="emphasis"><em>embed</em></span> the Python interpreter
+      into your C++ program.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Currently, Boost.Python does not directly support everything you'll need when
+      embedding. Therefore you'll need to use the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/api.html" target="_top">Python/C
+      API</a> to fill in the gaps. However, Boost.Python already makes embedding
+      a lot easier and, in a future version, it may become unnecessary to touch the
+      Python/C API at all. So stay tuned... <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/smiley.png" alt="smiley"></span>
+    </p>
+<a name="embedding.building_embedded_programs"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2654982"></a>
+      Building embedded programs
+    </h3>
+<p>
+      To be able to embed python into your programs, you have to link to both Boost.Python's
+      as well as Python's own runtime library.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Boost.Python's library comes in two variants. Both are located in Boost's
+      <code class="literal">/libs/python/build/bin-stage</code> subdirectory. On Windows, the
+      variants are called <code class="literal">boost_python.lib</code> (for release builds)
+      and <code class="literal">boost_python_debug.lib</code> (for debugging). If you can't
+      find the libraries, you probably haven't built Boost.Python yet. See <a href="../../../../building.html" target="_top">Building and Testing</a> on how to do this.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Python's library can be found in the <code class="literal">/libs</code> subdirectory
+      of your Python directory. On Windows it is called pythonXY.lib where X.Y is
+      your major Python version number.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Additionally, Python's <code class="literal">/include</code> subdirectory has to be added
+      to your include path.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      In a Jamfile, all the above boils down to:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">projectroot c:\projects\embedded_program ; # location of the program
+
+# bring in the rules for python
+SEARCH on python.jam = $(BOOST_BUILD_PATH) ;
+include python.jam ;
+
+exe embedded_program # name of the executable
+  : #sources
+     embedded_program.cpp
+  : # requirements
+     &lt;find-library&gt;boost_python &lt;library-path&gt;c:\boost\libs\python
+  $(PYTHON_PROPERTIES)
+    &lt;library-path&gt;$(PYTHON_LIB_PATH)
+    &lt;find-library&gt;$(PYTHON_EMBEDDED_LIBRARY) ;
+</pre>
+<a name="embedding.getting_started"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2655076"></a>
+      Getting started
+    </h3>
+<p>
+      Being able to build is nice, but there is nothing to build yet. Embedding the
+      Python interpreter into one of your C++ programs requires these 4 steps:
+    </p>
+<div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1">
+<li>
+        #include <code class="literal">&lt;boost/python.hpp&gt;</code><br><br>
+</li>
+<li>
+        Call <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/initialization.html#l2h-652" target="_top">Py_Initialize</a>()
+        to start the interpreter and create the <code class="literal"><span class="underline">_main</span>_</code>
+        module.<br><br>
+</li>
+<li>
+        Call other Python C API routines to use the interpreter.<br><br>
+</li>
+</ol></div>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+      <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/note.png" alt="note"></span> <span class="bold"><strong>Note that at this time you must
+      not call <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/initialization.html#l2h-656" target="_top">Py_Finalize</a>()
+      to stop the interpreter. This may be fixed in a future version of boost.python.</strong></span>
+    </p>
+</div>
+<p>
+      (Of course, there can be other C++ code between all of these steps.)
+    </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote">
+<p>
+        </p>
+<p>
+          <span class="emphasis"><em><span class="bold"><strong>Now that we can embed the interpreter in
+          our programs, lets see how to put it to use...</strong></span></em></span>
+        </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+</blockquote></div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.using_the_interpreter"></a>Using the interpreter</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        As you probably already know, objects in Python are reference-counted. Naturally,
+        the <code class="literal">PyObject</code>s of the Python/C API are also reference-counted.
+        There is a difference however. While the reference-counting is fully automatic
+        in Python, the Python<span class="emphasis"><em>C API requires you to do it [@http:</em></span>/www.python.org/doc/current/api/refcounts.html
+        by hand]. This is messy and especially hard to get right in the presence
+        of C++ exceptions. Fortunately Boost.Python provides the <a href="../../../../v2/handle.html" target="_top">handle</a>
+        and <a href="../../../../v2/object.html" target="_top">object</a> class templates to
+        automate the process.
+      </p>
+<a name="using_the_interpreter.running_python_code"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2655255"></a>
+        Running Python code
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        Boost.python provides three related functions to run Python code from C++.
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">eval</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span> <span class="identifier">expression</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">globals</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">object</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">locals</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">object</span><span class="special">())</span>
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">exec</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span> <span class="identifier">code</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">globals</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">object</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">locals</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">object</span><span class="special">())</span>
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">exec_file</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span> <span class="identifier">filename</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">globals</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">object</span><span class="special">(),</span> <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">locals</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">object</span><span class="special">())</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        eval evaluates the given expression and returns the resulting value. exec
+        executes the given code (typically a set of statements) returning the result,
+        and exec_file executes the code contained in the given file.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        The <code class="literal">globals</code> and <code class="literal">locals</code> parameters are
+        Python dictionaries containing the globals and locals of the context in which
+        to run the code. For most intents and purposes you can use the namespace
+        dictionary of the <code class="literal"><span class="underline">_main</span>_</code>
+        module for both parameters.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Boost.python provides a function to import a module:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">import</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        import imports a python module (potentially loading it into the running process
+        first), and returns it.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Let's import the <code class="literal"><span class="underline">_main</span>_</code>
+        module and run some Python code in its namespace:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">main_module</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">import</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"__main__"</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">main_namespace</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">main_module</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"__dict__"</span><span class="special">);</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">ignored</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">exec</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"hello = file('hello.txt', 'w')\n"</span>
+                      <span class="string">"hello.write('Hello world!')\n"</span>
+                      <span class="string">"hello.close()"</span><span class="special">,</span>
+                      <span class="identifier">main_namespace</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        This should create a file called 'hello.txt' in the current directory containing
+        a phrase that is well-known in programming circles.
+      </p>
+<a name="using_the_interpreter.manipulating_python_objects"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2655783"></a>
+        Manipulating Python objects
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        Often we'd like to have a class to manipulate Python objects. But we have
+        already seen such a class above, and in the <a href="object.html" target="_top">previous
+        section</a>: the aptly named <code class="literal">object</code> class and its
+        derivatives. We've already seen that they can be constructed from a <code class="literal">handle</code>.
+        The following examples should further illustrate this fact:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">main_module</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">import</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"__main__"</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">main_namespace</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">main_module</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"__dict__"</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">ignored</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">exec</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"result = 5 ** 2"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">main_namespace</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">five_squared</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">extract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">main_namespace</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="string">"result"</span><span class="special">]);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Here we create a dictionary object for the <code class="literal"><span class="underline">_main</span>_</code>
+        module's namespace. Then we assign 5 squared to the result variable and read
+        this variable from the dictionary. Another way to achieve the same result
+        is to use eval instead, which returns the result directly:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">result</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">eval</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"5 ** 2"</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">five_squared</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">extract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<a name="using_the_interpreter.exception_handling"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2656116"></a>
+        Exception handling
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        If an exception occurs in the evaluation of the python expression, <a href="../../../../v2/errors.html#error_already_set-spec" target="_top">error_already_set</a>
+        is thrown:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">try</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">result</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">eval</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"5/0"</span><span class="special">);</span>
+    <span class="comment">// execution will never get here:
+</span>    <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">five_divided_by_zero</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">extract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">result</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="keyword">catch</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">error_already_set</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="comment">// handle the exception in some way
+</span><span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        The <code class="literal">error_already_set</code> exception class doesn't carry any
+        information in itself. To find out more about the Python exception that occurred,
+        you need to use the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/api/exceptionHandling.html" target="_top">exception
+        handling functions</a> of the Python<span class="emphasis"><em>C API in your catch-statement.
+        This can be as simple as calling [@http:</em></span>/www.python.org/doc/api/exceptionHandling.html#l2h-70
+        PyErr_Print()] to print the exception's traceback to the console, or comparing
+        the type of the exception with those of the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/api/standardExceptions.html" target="_top">standard
+        exceptions</a>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">catch</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">error_already_set</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="special">&amp;)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">PyErr_ExceptionMatches</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">PyExc_ZeroDivisionError</span><span class="special">))</span>
+    <span class="special">{</span>
+        <span class="comment">// handle ZeroDivisionError specially
+</span>    <span class="special">}</span>
+    <span class="keyword">else</span>
+    <span class="special">{</span>
+        <span class="comment">// print all other errors to stderr
+</span>        <span class="identifier">PyErr_Print</span><span class="special">();</span>
+    <span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        (To retrieve even more information from the exception you can use some of
+        the other exception handling functions listed <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/api/exceptionHandling.html" target="_top">here</a>.)
+      </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr>
+<td align="left"></td>
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+<p>
+      All C++ exceptions must be caught at the boundary with Python code. This boundary
+      is the point where C++ meets Python. Boost.Python provides a default exception
+      handler that translates selected standard exceptions, then gives up:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">raise</span> <span class="identifier">RuntimeError</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">'unidentifiable C++ Exception'</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      Users may provide custom translation. Here's an example:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">struct</span> <span class="identifier">PodBayDoorException</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="identifier">void</span> <span class="identifier">translator</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">PodBayDoorException</span> <span class="identifier">const</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">PyErr_SetString</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">PyExc_UserWarning</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"I'm sorry Dave..."</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">kubrick</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
+     <span class="identifier">register_exception_translator</span><span class="special">&lt;</span>
+          <span class="identifier">PodBayDoorException</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">translator</span><span class="special">);</span>
+     <span class="special">...</span>
+</pre>
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+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
+<a name="python.exposing"></a> Exposing Classes</h2></div></div></div>
+<div class="toc"><dl>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="exposing.html#python.constructors">Constructors</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="exposing.html#python.class_data_members">Class Data Members</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="exposing.html#python.class_properties">Class Properties</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="exposing.html#python.inheritance">Inheritance</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="exposing.html#python.class_virtual_functions">Class Virtual Functions</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="exposing.html#python.virtual_functions_with_default_implementations">Virtual Functions with Default Implementations</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="exposing.html#python.class_operators_special_functions">Class Operators/Special Functions</a></span></dt>
+</dl></div>
+<p>
+      Now let's expose a C++ class to Python.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Consider a C++ class/struct that we want to expose to Python:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">World</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+    <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+    <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      We can expose this to Python by writing a corresponding Boost.Python C++ Wrapper:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">python</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">python</span><span class="special">;</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"World"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+        <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"greet"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">)</span>
+        <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"set"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      Here, we wrote a C++ class wrapper that exposes the member functions <code class="literal">greet</code>
+      and <code class="literal">set</code>. Now, after building our module as a shared library,
+      we may use our class <code class="literal">World</code> in Python. Here's a sample Python
+      session:
+    </p>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">hello</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">planet</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">planet</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">'howdy'</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">planet</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="string">'howdy'</span>
+</pre>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.constructors"></a>Constructors</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        Our previous example didn't have any explicit constructors. Since <code class="literal">World</code>
+        is declared as a plain struct, it has an implicit default constructor. Boost.Python
+        exposes the default constructor by default, which is why we were able to
+        write
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">planet</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">()</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        We may wish to wrap a class with a non-default constructor. Let us build
+        on our previous example:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">World</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">):</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{}</span> <span class="comment">// added constructor
+</span>    <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+    <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+    <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        This time <code class="literal">World</code> has no default constructor; our previous
+        wrapping code would fail to compile when the library tried to expose it.
+        We have to tell <code class="literal">class_&lt;World&gt;</code> about the constructor
+        we want to expose instead.
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">python</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="keyword">using</span> <span class="keyword">namespace</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">python</span><span class="special">;</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"World"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">init</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;())</span>
+        <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"greet"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">)</span>
+        <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"set"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        <code class="literal">init&lt;std::string&gt;()</code> exposes the constructor taking
+        in a <code class="literal">std::string</code> (in Python, constructors are spelled
+        "<code class="literal">"<span class="underline">_init</span>_"</code>").
+      </p>
+<p>
+        We can expose additional constructors by passing more <code class="literal">init&lt;...&gt;</code>s
+        to the <code class="literal">def()</code> member function. Say for example we have
+        another World constructor taking in two doubles:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"World"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">init</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;())</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">init</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">&gt;())</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"greet"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"set"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">World</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        On the other hand, if we do not wish to expose any constructors at all, we
+        may use <code class="literal">no_init</code> instead:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Abstract</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Abstract"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">no_init</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        This actually adds an <code class="literal"><span class="underline">_init</span>_</code>
+        method which always raises a Python RuntimeError exception.
+      </p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.class_data_members"></a>Class Data Members</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        Data members may also be exposed to Python so that they can be accessed as
+        attributes of the corresponding Python class. Each data member that we wish
+        to be exposed may be regarded as <span class="bold"><strong>read-only</strong></span>
+        or <span class="bold"><strong>read-write</strong></span>. Consider this class <code class="literal">Var</code>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Var</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">Var</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
+    <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="keyword">const</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="keyword">float</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Our C++ <code class="literal">Var</code> class and its data members can be exposed
+        to Python:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Var</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Var"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">init</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">&gt;())</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def_readonly</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"name"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Var</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def_readwrite</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"value"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Var</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Then, in Python, assuming we have placed our Var class inside the namespace
+        hello as we did before:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">Var</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">'pi'</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">value</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3.14</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">'is around'</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">value</span>
+<span class="identifier">pi</span> <span class="keyword">is</span> <span class="identifier">around</span> <span class="number">3.14</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Note that <code class="literal">name</code> is exposed as <span class="bold"><strong>read-only</strong></span>
+        while <code class="literal">value</code> is exposed as <span class="bold"><strong>read-write</strong></span>.
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">name</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">'e'</span> <span class="comment"># can't change name
+</span><span class="identifier">Traceback</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">most</span> <span class="identifier">recent</span> <span class="identifier">call</span> <span class="identifier">last</span><span class="special">):</span>
+  <span class="identifier">File</span> <span class="string">"&lt;stdin&gt;"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">line</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">in</span> #
+<span class="identifier">AttributeError</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">can</span>#<span class="identifier">t</span> <span class="identifier">set</span> <span class="identifier">attribute</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.class_properties"></a>Class Properties</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        In C++, classes with public data members are usually frowned upon. Well designed
+        classes that take advantage of encapsulation hide the class' data members.
+        The only way to access the class' data is through access (getter/setter)
+        functions. Access functions expose class properties. Here's an example:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Num</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">Num</span><span class="special">();</span>
+    <span class="keyword">float</span> <span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">float</span> <span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">);</span>
+    <span class="special">...</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        However, in Python attribute access is fine; it doesn't neccessarily break
+        encapsulation to let users handle attributes directly, because the attributes
+        can just be a different syntax for a method call. Wrapping our <code class="literal">Num</code>
+        class using Boost.Python:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Num</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Num"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">add_property</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"rovalue"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Num</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">add_property</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"value"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Num</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Num</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        And at last, in Python:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">Num</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">value</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3.14</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">rovalue</span>
+<span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3.14</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">3.14</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">rovalue</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2.17</span> <span class="comment"># error!
+</span></pre>
+<p>
+        Take note that the class property <code class="literal">rovalue</code> is exposed as
+        <span class="bold"><strong>read-only</strong></span> since the <code class="literal">rovalue</code>
+        setter member function is not passed in:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">add_property</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"rovalue"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Num</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.inheritance"></a>Inheritance</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        In the previous examples, we dealt with classes that are not polymorphic.
+        This is not often the case. Much of the time, we will be wrapping polymorphic
+        classes and class hierarchies related by inheritance. We will often have
+        to write Boost.Python wrappers for classes that are derived from abstract
+        base classes.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Consider this trivial inheritance structure:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="special">};</span>
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span> <span class="special">{};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        And a set of C++ functions operating on <code class="literal">Base</code> and <code class="literal">Derived</code>
+        object instances:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">*);</span>
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">*);</span>
+<span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">factory</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="keyword">new</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        We've seen how we can wrap the base class <code class="literal">Base</code>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Base"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+    <span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Now we can inform Boost.Python of the inheritance relationship between <code class="literal">Derived</code>
+        and its base class <code class="literal">Base</code>. Thus:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bases</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Derived"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+    <span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Doing so, we get some things for free:
+      </p>
+<div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1">
+<li>
+          Derived automatically inherits all of Base's Python methods (wrapped C++
+          member functions)
+        </li>
+<li>
+<span class="bold"><strong>If</strong></span> Base is polymorphic, <code class="literal">Derived</code>
+          objects which have been passed to Python via a pointer or reference to
+          <code class="literal">Base</code> can be passed where a pointer or reference to
+          <code class="literal">Derived</code> is expected.
+        </li>
+</ol></div>
+<p>
+        Now, we shall expose the C++ free functions <code class="literal">b</code> and <code class="literal">d</code>
+        and <code class="literal">factory</code>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"b"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"d"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"factory"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">factory</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Note that free function <code class="literal">factory</code> is being used to generate
+        new instances of class <code class="literal">Derived</code>. In such cases, we use
+        <code class="literal">return_value_policy&lt;manage_new_object&gt;</code> to instruct
+        Python to adopt the pointer to <code class="literal">Base</code> and hold the instance
+        in a new Python <code class="literal">Base</code> object until the the Python object
+        is destroyed. We shall see more of Boost.Python <a href="functions.html#python.call_policies" title="Call Policies">call
+        policies</a> later.
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="comment">// Tell Python to take ownership of factory's result
+</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"factory"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">factory</span><span class="special">,</span>
+    <span class="identifier">return_value_policy</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">manage_new_object</span><span class="special">&gt;());</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.class_virtual_functions"></a>Class Virtual Functions</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        In this section, we shall learn how to make functions behave polymorphically
+        through virtual functions. Continuing our example, let us add a virtual function
+        to our <code class="literal">Base</code> class:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
+    <span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        One of the goals of Boost.Python is to be minimally intrusive on an existing
+        C++ design. In principle, it should be possible to expose the interface for
+        a 3rd party library without changing it. It is not ideal to add anything
+        to our class <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Base</span></code>. Yet, when
+        you have a virtual function that's going to be overridden in Python and called
+        polymorphically <span class="bold"><strong>from C++</strong></span>, we'll need to
+        add some scaffoldings to make things work properly. What we'll do is write
+        a class wrapper that derives from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Base</span></code>
+        that will unintrusively hook into the virtual functions so that a Python
+        override may be called:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">BaseWrap</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">wrapper</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">()</span>
+    <span class="special">{</span>
+        <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">get_override</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">)();</span>
+    <span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Notice too that in addition to inheriting from <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Base</span></code>,
+        we also multiply- inherited <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">wrapper</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&gt;</span></code> (See <a href="../../../../v2/wrapper.html" target="_top">Wrapper</a>).
+        The <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">wrapper</span></code> template makes
+        the job of wrapping classes that are meant to overridden in Python, easier.
+      </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/alert.png" alt="alert"></span> <span class="bold"><strong>MSVC6/7 Workaround</strong></span><br>
+        <br> If you are using Microsoft Visual C++ 6 or 7, you have to write <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code> as:<br> <br> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">return</span>
+        <span class="identifier">call</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">get_override</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">ptr</span><span class="special">());</span></code>.
+      </p>
+</div>
+<p>
+        BaseWrap's overridden virtual member function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code>
+        in effect calls the corresponding method of the Python object through <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">get_override</span></code>.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Finally, exposing <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Base</span></code>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">BaseWrap</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">noncopyable</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Base"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">pure_virtual</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">))</span>
+    <span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">pure_virtual</span></code> signals Boost.Python
+        that the function <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code> is a
+        pure virtual function.
+      </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/note.png" alt="note"></span> <span class="bold"><strong>member function and methods</strong></span><br>
+        <br> Python, like many object oriented languages uses the term <span class="bold"><strong>methods</strong></span>. Methods correspond roughly to C++'s <span class="bold"><strong>member functions</strong></span>
+      </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.virtual_functions_with_default_implementations"></a>Virtual Functions with Default Implementations</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        We've seen in the previous section how classes with pure virtual functions
+        are wrapped using Boost.Python's <a href="../../../../v2/wrapper.html" target="_top">class
+        wrapper</a> facilities. If we wish to wrap <span class="bold"><strong>non</strong></span>-pure-virtual
+        functions instead, the mechanism is a bit different.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Recall that in the <a href="exposing.html#python.class_virtual_functions" title="Class Virtual Functions">previous
+        section</a>, we wrapped a class with a pure virtual function that we then
+        implemented in C++, or Python classes derived from it. Our base class:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        had a pure virtual function <code class="literal">f</code>. If, however, its member
+        function <code class="literal">f</code> was not declared as pure virtual:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="special">~</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{}</span>
+    <span class="keyword">virtual</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        We wrap it this way:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">BaseWrap</span> <span class="special">:</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">wrapper</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">()</span>
+    <span class="special">{</span>
+        <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">override</span> <span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">get_override</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">))</span>
+            <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="comment">// *note*
+</span>        <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">();</span>
+    <span class="special">}</span>
+
+    <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">default_f</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="keyword">this</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Notice how we implemented <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">BaseWrap</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span></code>. Now,
+        we have to check if there is an override for <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">f</span></code>.
+        If none, then we call <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">()</span></code>.
+      </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/alert.png" alt="alert"></span> <span class="bold"><strong>MSVC6/7 Workaround</strong></span><br>
+        <br> If you are using Microsoft Visual C++ 6 or 7, you have to rewrite
+        the line with the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">*</span><span class="identifier">note</span><span class="special">*</span></code> as:<br> <br> <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">return</span>
+        <span class="identifier">call</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">ptr</span><span class="special">());</span></code>.
+      </p>
+</div>
+<p>
+        Finally, exposing:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">BaseWrap</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">noncopyable</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Base"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">BaseWrap</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">default_f</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Take note that we expose both <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span></code> and <code class="computeroutput"><span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">BaseWrap</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">default_f</span></code>. Boost.Python needs to keep track
+        of 1) the dispatch function <code class="literal">f</code> and 2) the forwarding function
+        to its default implementation <code class="literal">default_f</code>. There's a special
+        <code class="literal">def</code> function for this purpose.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        In Python, the results would be as expected:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">base</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Base</span><span class="special">):</span>
+<span class="special">...</span>     <span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">):</span>
+<span class="special">...</span>         <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="number">42</span>
+<span class="special">...</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">derived</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">Derived</span><span class="special">()</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Calling <code class="literal">base.f()</code>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">base</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="number">0</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Calling <code class="literal">derived.f()</code>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">derived</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="number">42</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.class_operators_special_functions"></a>Class Operators/Special Functions</h3></div></div></div>
+<a name="class_operators_special_functions.python_operators"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2646169"></a>
+        Python Operators
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        C is well known for the abundance of operators. C++ extends this to the extremes
+        by allowing operator overloading. Boost.Python takes advantage of this and
+        makes it easy to wrap C++ operator-powered classes.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Consider a file position class <code class="literal">FilePos</code> and a set of operators
+        that take on FilePos instances:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">FilePos</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="comment">/*...*/</span> <span class="special">};</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">FilePos</span>     <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">+(</span><span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">FilePos</span>     <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">+(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="keyword">int</span>         <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">-(</span><span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">FilePos</span>     <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">-(</span><span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>    <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">+=(</span><span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">&amp;,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">&amp;</span>    <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">-=(</span><span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">&amp;,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="keyword">bool</span>        <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">&lt;(</span><span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        The class and the various operators can be mapped to Python rather easily
+        and intuitively:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">FilePos</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"FilePos"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">())</span>          <span class="comment">// __add__
+</span>    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">)</span>          <span class="comment">// __radd__
+</span>    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span> <span class="special">-</span> <span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">)</span>           <span class="comment">// __sub__
+</span>    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span> <span class="special">-</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">())</span>          <span class="comment">// __sub__
+</span>    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">())</span>         <span class="comment">// __iadd__
+</span>    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span> <span class="special">-=</span> <span class="identifier">other</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;())</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span> <span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">);</span>          <span class="comment">// __lt__
+</span></pre>
+<p>
+        The code snippet above is very clear and needs almost no explanation at all.
+        It is virtually the same as the operators' signatures. Just take note that
+        <code class="literal">self</code> refers to FilePos object. Also, not every class
+        <code class="literal">T</code> that you might need to interact with in an operator
+        expression is (cheaply) default-constructible. You can use <code class="literal">other&lt;T&gt;()</code>
+        in place of an actual <code class="literal">T</code> instance when writing "self
+        expressions".
+      </p>
+<a name="class_operators_special_functions.special_methods"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2646853"></a>
+        Special Methods
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        Python has a few more <span class="emphasis"><em>Special Methods</em></span>. Boost.Python
+        supports all of the standard special method names supported by real Python
+        class instances. A similar set of intuitive interfaces can also be used to
+        wrap C++ functions that correspond to these Python <span class="emphasis"><em>special functions</em></span>.
+        Example:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">Rational</span>
+<span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">public</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="special">};</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">Rational</span> <span class="identifier">pow</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Rational</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Rational</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">Rational</span> <span class="identifier">abs</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Rational</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">ostream</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;(</span><span class="identifier">ostream</span><span class="special">&amp;,</span><span class="identifier">Rational</span><span class="special">);</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Rational</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Rational"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">float_</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">))</span>                  <span class="comment">// __float__
+</span>    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">pow</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">other</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Rational</span><span class="special">&gt;))</span>    <span class="comment">// __pow__
+</span>    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">abs</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">))</span>                     <span class="comment">// __abs__
+</span>    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">))</span>                     <span class="comment">// __str__
+</span>    <span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Need we say more?
+      </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/note.png" alt="note"></span> What is the business of <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span></code>? Well, the method <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">str</span></code>
+        requires the <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span></code>
+        to do its work (i.e. <code class="computeroutput"><span class="keyword">operator</span><span class="special">&lt;&lt;</span></code> is used by the method defined by
+        <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">))</span></code>.
+      </p>
+</div>
+</div>
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+<a name="python.functions"></a>Functions</h2></div></div></div>
+<div class="toc"><dl>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="functions.html#python.call_policies">Call Policies</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="functions.html#python.overloading">Overloading</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="functions.html#python.default_arguments">Default Arguments</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="functions.html#python.auto_overloading">Auto-Overloading</a></span></dt>
+</dl></div>
+<p>
+      In this chapter, we'll look at Boost.Python powered functions in closer detail.
+      We shall see some facilities to make exposing C++ functions to Python safe
+      from potential pifalls such as dangling pointers and references. We shall also
+      see facilities that will make it even easier for us to expose C++ functions
+      that take advantage of C++ features such as overloading and default arguments.
+    </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote">
+<p>
+        </p>
+<p>
+          <span class="emphasis"><em>Read on...</em></span>
+        </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+</blockquote></div>
+<p>
+      But before you do, you might want to fire up Python 2.2 or later and type
+      <code class="literal">&gt;&gt;&gt; import this</code>.
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">&gt;&gt;&gt; import this
+The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters
+Beautiful is better than ugly.
+Explicit is better than implicit.
+Simple is better than complex.
+Complex is better than complicated.
+Flat is better than nested.
+Sparse is better than dense.
+Readability counts.
+Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules.
+Although practicality beats purity.
+Errors should never pass silently.
+Unless explicitly silenced.
+In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess.
+There should be one-- and preferably only one --obvious way to do it
+Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch.
+Now is better than never.
+Although never is often better than <span class="bold"><strong>right</strong></span> now.
+If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea.
+If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea.
+Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
+</pre>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.call_policies"></a>Call Policies</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        In C++, we often deal with arguments and return types such as pointers and
+        references. Such primitive types are rather, ummmm, low level and they really
+        don't tell us much. At the very least, we don't know the owner of the pointer
+        or the referenced object. No wonder languages such as Java and Python never
+        deal with such low level entities. In C++, it's usually considered a good
+        practice to use smart pointers which exactly describe ownership semantics.
+        Still, even good C++ interfaces use raw references and pointers sometimes,
+        so Boost.Python must deal with them. To do this, it may need your help. Consider
+        the following C++ function:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Y</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Z</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        How should the library wrap this function? A naive approach builds a Python
+        X object around result reference. This strategy might or might not work out.
+        Here's an example where it didn't
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="preprocessor"># x</span> <span class="identifier">refers</span> <span class="identifier">to</span> <span class="identifier">some</span> <span class="identifier">C</span><span class="special">++</span> <span class="identifier">X</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">del</span> <span class="identifier">y</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">some_method</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="preprocessor"># CRASH</span><span class="special">!</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        What's the problem?
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Well, what if f() was implemented as shown below:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Y</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Z</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">z</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        The problem is that the lifetime of result X&amp; is tied to the lifetime
+        of y, because the f() returns a reference to a member of the y object. This
+        idiom is is not uncommon and perfectly acceptable in the context of C++.
+        However, Python users should not be able to crash the system just by using
+        our C++ interface. In this case deleting y will invalidate the reference
+        to X. We have a dangling reference.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Here's what's happening:
+      </p>
+<div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1">
+<li>
+<code class="literal">f</code> is called passing in a reference to <code class="literal">y</code>
+          and a pointer to <code class="literal">z</code>
+</li>
+<li>
+          A reference to <code class="literal">y.x</code> is returned
+        </li>
+<li>
+<code class="literal">y</code> is deleted. <code class="literal">x</code> is a dangling reference
+        </li>
+<li>
+<code class="literal">x.some_method()</code> is called
+        </li>
+<li><span class="bold"><strong>BOOM!</strong></span></li>
+</ol></div>
+<p>
+        We could copy result into a new object:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">).</span><span class="identifier">set</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">42</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="comment"># Result disappears
+</span><span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">get</span><span class="special">()</span>       <span class="comment"># No crash, but still bad
+</span><span class="number">3.14</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        This is not really our intent of our C++ interface. We've broken our promise
+        that the Python interface should reflect the C++ interface as closely as
+        possible.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Our problems do not end there. Suppose Y is implemented as follows:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">Y</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">X</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">;</span> <span class="identifier">Z</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">z_value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">-&gt;</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Notice that the data member <code class="literal">z</code> is held by class Y using
+        a raw pointer. Now we have a potential dangling pointer problem inside Y:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="preprocessor"># y</span> <span class="identifier">refers</span> <span class="identifier">to</span> <span class="identifier">z</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">del</span> <span class="identifier">z</span>       <span class="preprocessor"># Kill</span> <span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">z</span> <span class="identifier">object</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">z_value</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="preprocessor"># CRASH</span><span class="special">!</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        For reference, here's the implementation of <code class="literal">f</code> again:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">Y</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">Z</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">z</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">z</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Here's what's happening:
+      </p>
+<div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1">
+<li>
+<code class="literal">f</code> is called passing in a reference to <code class="literal">y</code>
+          and a pointer to <code class="literal">z</code>
+</li>
+<li>
+          A pointer to <code class="literal">z</code> is held by <code class="literal">y</code>
+</li>
+<li>
+          A reference to <code class="literal">y.x</code> is returned
+        </li>
+<li>
+<code class="literal">z</code> is deleted. <code class="literal">y.z</code> is a dangling pointer
+        </li>
+<li>
+<code class="literal">y.z_value()</code> is called
+        </li>
+<li>
+<code class="literal">z-&gt;value()</code> is called
+        </li>
+<li><span class="bold"><strong>BOOM!</strong></span></li>
+</ol></div>
+<a name="call_policies.call_policies"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2648560"></a>
+        Call Policies
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        Call Policies may be used in situations such as the example detailed above.
+        In our example, <code class="literal">return_internal_reference</code> and <code class="literal">with_custodian_and_ward</code>
+        are our friends:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">,</span>
+    <span class="identifier">return_internal_reference</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span>
+        <span class="identifier">with_custodian_and_ward</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;());</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        What are the <code class="literal">1</code> and <code class="literal">2</code> parameters, you
+        ask?
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">return_internal_reference</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="number">1</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Informs Boost.Python that the first argument, in our case <code class="literal">Y&amp;
+        y</code>, is the owner of the returned reference: <code class="literal">X&amp;</code>.
+        The "<code class="literal">1</code>" simply specifies the first argument.
+        In short: "return an internal reference <code class="literal">X&amp;</code> owned
+        by the 1st argument <code class="literal">Y&amp; y</code>".
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">with_custodian_and_ward</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Informs Boost.Python that the lifetime of the argument indicated by ward
+        (i.e. the 2nd argument: <code class="literal">Z* z</code>) is dependent on the lifetime
+        of the argument indicated by custodian (i.e. the 1st argument: <code class="literal">Y&amp;
+        y</code>).
+      </p>
+<p>
+        It is also important to note that we have defined two policies above. Two
+        or more policies can be composed by chaining. Here's the general syntax:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">policy1</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">args</span><span class="special">...,</span>
+    <span class="identifier">policy2</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">args</span><span class="special">...,</span>
+        <span class="identifier">policy3</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">args</span><span class="special">...&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Here is the list of predefined call policies. A complete reference detailing
+        these can be found <a href="../../../../v2/reference.html#models_of_call_policies" target="_top">here</a>.
+      </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+<span class="bold"><strong>with_custodian_and_ward</strong></span><br> Ties lifetimes
+          of the arguments
+        </li>
+<li>
+<span class="bold"><strong>with_custodian_and_ward_postcall</strong></span><br>
+          Ties lifetimes of the arguments and results
+        </li>
+<li>
+<span class="bold"><strong>return_internal_reference</strong></span><br> Ties lifetime
+          of one argument to that of result
+        </li>
+<li>
+<span class="bold"><strong>return_value_policy&lt;T&gt; with T one of:</strong></span><br>
+</li>
+<li>
+<span class="bold"><strong>reference_existing_object</strong></span><br> naive
+          (dangerous) approach
+        </li>
+<li>
+<span class="bold"><strong>copy_const_reference</strong></span><br> Boost.Python
+          v1 approach
+        </li>
+<li>
+<span class="bold"><strong>copy_non_const_reference</strong></span><br>
+</li>
+<li>
+<span class="bold"><strong>manage_new_object</strong></span><br> Adopt a pointer
+          and hold the instance
+        </li>
+</ul></div>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/smiley.png" alt="smiley"></span> <span class="bold"><strong>Remember the Zen, Luke:</strong></span><br>
+        <br> "Explicit is better than implicit"<br> "In the face
+        of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess"<br>
+      </p>
+</div>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.overloading"></a>Overloading</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        The following illustrates a scheme for manually wrapping an overloaded member
+        functions. Of course, the same technique can be applied to wrapping overloaded
+        non-member functions.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        We have here our C++ class:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">X</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">{</span>
+        <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="special">}</span>
+
+    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">{</span>
+        <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="special">}</span>
+
+    <span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">{</span>
+        <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="keyword">true</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="special">}</span>
+
+    <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">{</span>
+        <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">a</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">+</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="special">};</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Class X has 4 overloaded functions. We shall start by introducing some member
+        function pointer variables:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">bool</span>    <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::*</span><span class="identifier">fx1</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">)</span>              <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="keyword">bool</span>    <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::*</span><span class="identifier">fx2</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">)</span>      <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="keyword">bool</span>    <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::*</span><span class="identifier">fx3</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">)=</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="keyword">int</span>     <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::*</span><span class="identifier">fx4</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">)</span>    <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        With these in hand, we can proceed to define and wrap this for Python:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">fx1</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">fx2</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">fx3</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">fx4</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.default_arguments"></a>Default Arguments</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        Boost.Python wraps (member) function pointers. Unfortunately, C++ function
+        pointers carry no default argument info. Take a function <code class="literal">f</code>
+        with default arguments:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3.14</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"hello"</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        But the type of a pointer to the function <code class="literal">f</code> has no information
+        about its default arguments:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">(*</span><span class="identifier">g</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="keyword">const</span><span class="special">*)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>    <span class="comment">// defaults lost!
+</span></pre>
+<p>
+        When we pass this function pointer to the <code class="literal">def</code> function,
+        there is no way to retrieve the default arguments:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">);</span>                            <span class="comment">// defaults lost!
+</span></pre>
+<p>
+        Because of this, when wrapping C++ code, we had to resort to manual wrapping
+        as outlined in the <a href="functions.html#python.overloading" title="Overloading">previous section</a>,
+        or writing thin wrappers:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="comment">// write "thin wrappers"
+</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">f1</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">f2</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="special">}</span>
+
+<span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+
+    <span class="comment">// in module init
+</span>    <span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">);</span>  <span class="comment">// all arguments
+</span>    <span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">f2</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// two arguments
+</span>    <span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">f1</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// one argument
+</span></pre>
+<p>
+        When you want to wrap functions (or member functions) that either:
+      </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+          have default arguments, or
+        </li>
+<li>
+          are overloaded with a common sequence of initial arguments
+        </li>
+</ul></div>
+<a name="default_arguments.boost_python_function_overloads"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2650414"></a>
+        BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        Boost.Python now has a way to make it easier. For instance, given a function:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">unsigned</span> <span class="identifier">c</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">d</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        The macro invocation:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">foo_overloads</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        will automatically create the thin wrappers for us. This macro will create
+        a class <code class="literal">foo_overloads</code> that can be passed on to <code class="literal">def(...)</code>.
+        The third and fourth macro argument are the minimum arguments and maximum
+        arguments, respectively. In our <code class="literal">foo</code> function the minimum
+        number of arguments is 1 and the maximum number of arguments is 4. The <code class="literal">def(...)</code>
+        function will automatically add all the foo variants for us:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"foo"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">foo_overloads</span><span class="special">());</span>
+</pre>
+<a name="default_arguments.boost_python_member_function_overloads"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2650701"></a>
+        BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        Objects here, objects there, objects here there everywhere. More frequently
+        than anything else, we need to expose member functions of our classes to
+        Python. Then again, we have the same inconveniences as before when default
+        arguments or overloads with a common sequence of initial arguments come into
+        play. Another macro is provided to make this a breeze.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Like <code class="literal">BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</code>, <code class="literal">BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</code>
+        may be used to automatically create the thin wrappers for wrapping member
+        functions. Let's have an example:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">george</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">void</span>
+    <span class="identifier">wack_em</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">c</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="char">'x'</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">{</span>
+        <span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+    <span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        The macro invocation:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">george_overloads</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">wack_em</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        will generate a set of thin wrappers for george's <code class="literal">wack_em</code>
+        member function accepting a minimum of 1 and a maximum of 3 arguments (i.e.
+        the third and fourth macro argument). The thin wrappers are all enclosed
+        in a class named <code class="literal">george_overloads</code> that can then be used
+        as an argument to <code class="literal">def(...)</code>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"wack_em"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">george</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">wack_em</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">george_overloads</span><span class="special">());</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        See the <a href="../../../../v2/overloads.html#BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS-spec" target="_top">overloads
+        reference</a> for details.
+      </p>
+<a name="default_arguments.init_and_optional"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2651031"></a>
+        init and optional
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        A similar facility is provided for class constructors, again, with default
+        arguments or a sequence of overloads. Remember <code class="literal">init&lt;...&gt;</code>?
+        For example, given a class X with a constructor:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">struct</span> <span class="identifier">X</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="char">'D'</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span> <span class="identifier">c</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"constructor"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">d</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">0.0</span><span class="special">);</span>
+    <span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        You can easily add this constructor to Boost.Python in one shot:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">init</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">optional</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">string</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;())</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Notice the use of <code class="literal">init&lt;...&gt;</code> and <code class="literal">optional&lt;...&gt;</code>
+        to signify the default (optional arguments).
+      </p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.auto_overloading"></a>Auto-Overloading</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        It was mentioned in passing in the previous section that <code class="literal">BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</code>
+        and <code class="literal">BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</code> can also be
+        used for overloaded functions and member functions with a common sequence
+        of initial arguments. Here is an example:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+   <span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+   <span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+   <span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">bool</span> <span class="identifier">a</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span> <span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span> <span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+   <span class="comment">/*...*/</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Like in the previous section, we can generate thin wrappers for these overloaded
+        functions in one-shot:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">foo_overloads</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Then...
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"foo"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="keyword">void</span><span class="special">(*)(</span><span class="keyword">bool</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">))</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">foo_overloads</span><span class="special">());</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Notice though that we have a situation now where we have a minimum of zero
+        (0) arguments and a maximum of 3 arguments.
+      </p>
+<a name="auto_overloading.manual_wrapping"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2651734"></a>
+        Manual Wrapping
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        It is important to emphasize however that <span class="bold"><strong>the overloaded
+        functions must have a common sequence of initial arguments</strong></span>. Otherwise,
+        our scheme above will not work. If this is not the case, we have to wrap
+        our functions <a href="functions.html#python.overloading" title="Overloading">manually</a>.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Actually, we can mix and match manual wrapping of overloaded functions and
+        automatic wrapping through <code class="literal">BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</code>
+        and its sister, <code class="literal">BOOST_PYTHON_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</code>. Following
+        up on our example presented in the section <a href="functions.html#python.overloading" title="Overloading">on
+        overloading</a>, since the first 4 overload functins have a common sequence
+        of initial arguments, we can use <code class="literal">BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</code>
+        to automatically wrap the first three of the <code class="literal">def</code>s and
+        manually wrap just the last. Here's how we'll do this:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">xf_overloads</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">4</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Create a member function pointers as above for both X::f overloads:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">bool</span>    <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::*</span><span class="identifier">fx1</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">char</span><span class="special">)</span>    <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="keyword">int</span>     <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::*</span><span class="identifier">fx2</span><span class="special">)(</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">)</span>        <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Then...
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">fx1</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">xf_overloads</span><span class="special">());</span>
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"f"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">fx2</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
+</div>
+<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr>
+<td align="left"></td>
+<td align="right"><small>Copyright © 2002-2005 Joel
+      de Guzman, David Abrahams</small></td>
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+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
+<a name="python.hello"></a> Building Hello World</h2></div></div></div>
+<a name="hello.from_start_to_finish"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2595436"></a>
+      From Start To Finish
+    </h3>
+<p>
+      Now the first thing you'd want to do is to build the Hello World module and
+      try it for yourself in Python. In this section, we shall outline the steps
+      necessary to achieve that. We shall use the build tool that comes bundled with
+      every boost distribution: <span class="bold"><strong>bjam</strong></span>.
+    </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+      <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/note.png" alt="note"></span> <span class="bold"><strong>Building without bjam</strong></span><br>
+      <br> Besides bjam, there are of course other ways to get your module built.
+      What's written here should not be taken as "the one and only way".
+      There are of course other build tools apart from <code class="literal">bjam</code>.<br>
+      <br> Take note however that the preferred build tool for Boost.Python is
+      bjam. There are so many ways to set up the build incorrectly. Experience shows
+      that 90% of the "I can't build Boost.Python" problems come from people
+      who had to use a different tool.
+    </p>
+</div>
+<p>
+      We shall skip over the details. Our objective will be to simply create the
+      hello world module and run it in Python. For a complete reference to building
+      Boost.Python, check out: <a href="../../../../building.html" target="_top">building.html</a>.
+      After this brief <span class="emphasis"><em>bjam</em></span> tutorial, we should have built two
+      DLLs:
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+        boost_python.dll
+      </li>
+<li>
+        hello.pyd
+      </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+      if you are on Windows, and
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+        libboost_python.so
+      </li>
+<li>
+        hello.so
+      </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+      if you are on Unix.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      The tutorial example can be found in the directory: <code class="literal">libs/python/example/tutorial</code>.
+      There, you can find:
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+        hello.cpp
+      </li>
+<li>
+        Jamfile
+      </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+      The <code class="literal">hello.cpp</code> file is our C++ hello world example. The
+      <code class="literal">Jamfile</code> is a minimalist <span class="emphasis"><em>bjam</em></span> script
+      that builds the DLLs for us.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Before anything else, you should have the bjam executable in your boost directory
+      or somewhere in your path such that <code class="literal">bjam</code> can be executed
+      in the command line. Pre-built Boost.Jam executables are available for most
+      platforms. The complete list of Bjam executables can be found <a href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=7586" target="_top">here</a>.
+    </p>
+<a name="hello.let_s_jam_"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2595623"></a>
+      Let's Jam!
+    </h3>
+<p>
+      <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/jam.png" alt="jam"></span>
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Here is our minimalist Jamfile:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting"># This is the top of our own project tree
+project-root ;
+
+import python ;
+
+extension hello                     # Declare a Python extension called hello
+:   hello.cpp                       # source
+    # requirements and dependencies for Boost.Python extensions
+    &lt;template&gt;@boost/libs/python/build/extension
+    ;
+</pre>
+<p>
+      First, we need to specify our location. You may place your project anywhere.
+      <code class="literal">project-root</code> allows you to do that.
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">project-root ;
+</pre>
+<p>
+      By doing so, you'll need a Jamrules file. Simply copy the one in the <a href="../../../../../example/tutorial/Jamrules" target="_top">example/tutorial directory</a>
+      and tweak the <code class="literal">path-global BOOST_ROOT</code> to where your boost
+      root directory is. The file has <a href="../../../../../example/tutorial/Jamrules" target="_top">detailed
+      instructions</a> you can follow.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Then we will import the definitions needed by Python modules:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">import python ;
+</pre>
+<p>
+      Finally we declare our <code class="literal">hello</code> extension:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">extension hello                     # Declare a Python extension called hello
+:   hello.cpp                       # source
+
+    # requirements and dependencies for Boost.Python extensions
+    &lt;template&gt;@boost/libs/python/build/extension
+    ;
+</pre>
+<p>
+      The last part tells BJam that we are depending on the Boost Python Library.
+    </p>
+<a name="hello.running_bjam"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2595752"></a>
+      Running bjam
+    </h3>
+<p>
+      <span class="emphasis"><em>bjam</em></span> is run using your operating system's command line
+      interpreter.
+    </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote">
+<p>
+        </p>
+<p>
+          Start it up.
+        </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+</blockquote></div>
+<p>
+      Make sure that the environment is set so that we can invoke the C++ compiler.
+      With MSVC, that would mean running the <code class="literal">Vcvars32.bat</code> batch
+      file. For instance:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\Common7\Tools\vsvars32.bat
+</pre>
+<p>
+      Some environment variables will have to be setup for proper building of our
+      Python modules. Example:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">set PYTHON_ROOT=c:/dev/tools/python
+set PYTHON_VERSION=2.2
+</pre>
+<p>
+      The above assumes that the Python installation is in <code class="literal">c:/dev/tools/python</code>
+      and that we are using Python version 2.2. You'll have to tweak these appropriately.
+    </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+      <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tip.png" alt="tip"></span> Be sure not to include a third number, e.g. <span class="bold"><strong>not</strong></span> "2.2.1", even if that's the version you
+      have.
+    </p>
+</div>
+<p>
+      Take note that you may also do that through the Jamrules file we put in our
+      project as detailed above. The file has <a href="../../../../../example/tutorial/Jamrules" target="_top">detailed
+      instructions</a> you can follow.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Now we are ready... Be sure to <code class="literal">cd</code> to <code class="literal">libs/python/example/tutorial</code>
+      where the tutorial <code class="literal">"hello.cpp"</code> and the <code class="literal">"Jamfile"</code>
+      is situated.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Finally:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">bjam</span> <span class="special">-</span><span class="identifier">sTOOLS</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="identifier">vc</span><span class="special">-</span><span class="number">7</span><span class="identifier">_1</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      We are again assuming that we are using Microsoft Visual C++ version 7.1. If
+      not, then you will have to specify the appropriate tool. See <a href="../../../../../../../tools/build/index.html" target="_top">Building
+      Boost Libraries</a> for further details.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      It should be building now:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">cd C:\dev\boost\libs\python\example\tutorial
+bjam -sTOOLS=msvc
+...patience...
+...found 1703 targets...
+...updating 40 targets...
+</pre>
+<p>
+      And so on... Finally:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">Creating library bin\boost\libs\python\build\boost_python.dll\vc-7_1\debug\th
+reading-multi\boost_python.lib and object bin\boost\libs\python\build\boost_pyth
+on.dll\vc-7_1\debug\threading-multi\boost_python.exp
+vc-C++ bin\tutorial\hello.pyd\vc-7_1\debug\threading-multi\hello.obj
+hello.cpp
+vc-Link bin\tutorial\hello.pyd\vc-7_1\debug\threading-multi\hello.pyd bin\tutori
+al\hello.pyd\vc-7_1\debug\threading-multi\hello.lib
+   Creating library bin\tutorial\hello.pyd\vc-7_1\debug\threading-multi\hello.li
+b and object bin\tutorial\hello.pyd\vc-7_1\debug\threading-multi\hello.exp
+...updated 31 targets...
+</pre>
+<p>
+      If all is well, you should now have:
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+        boost_python.dll
+      </li>
+<li>
+        hello.pyd
+      </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+      if you are on Windows, and
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+        libboost_python.so
+      </li>
+<li>
+        hello.so
+      </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+      if you are on Unix.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      <code class="literal">boost_python.dll</code> and <code class="literal">hello.pyd</code> can be
+      found somewhere in your project's <code class="literal">bin</code> directory. After a
+      successful build, you make it possible for the system to find boost_python.dll
+      or libboost_python.so (usually done with LD_LIBRARY_PATH, DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH,
+      or some other variable on *nix and with PATH on Windows) and for Python to
+      find the hello module (Done with PYTHONPATH on all systems.)
+    </p>
+<p>
+      You may now fire up Python and run our hello module:
+    </p>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">hello</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">greet</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="identifier">hello</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">world</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<div class="blockquote"><blockquote class="blockquote">
+<p>
+        </p>
+<p>
+          <span class="bold"><strong>There you go... Have fun!</strong></span>
+        </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+</blockquote></div>
+</div>
+<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr>
+<td align="left"></td>
+<td align="right"><small>Copyright © 2002-2005 Joel
+      de Guzman, David Abrahams</small></td>
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+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
+<a name="python.iterators"></a>Iterators</h2></div></div></div>
+<p>
+      In C++, and STL in particular, we see iterators everywhere. Python also has
+      iterators, but these are two very different beasts.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      <span class="bold"><strong>C++ iterators:</strong></span>
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+        C++ has 5 type categories (random-access, bidirectional, forward, input,
+        output)
+      </li>
+<li>
+        There are 2 Operation categories: reposition, access
+      </li>
+<li>
+        A pair of iterators is needed to represent a (first/last) range.
+      </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+      <span class="bold"><strong>Python Iterators:</strong></span>
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+        1 category (forward)
+      </li>
+<li>
+        1 operation category (next())
+      </li>
+<li>
+        Raises StopIteration exception at end
+      </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+      The typical Python iteration protocol: <code class="literal"><span class="bold"><strong>for y
+      in x...</strong></span></code> is as follows:
+    </p>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">iter</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">__iter__</span><span class="special">()</span>         <span class="comment"># get iterator
+</span><span class="keyword">try</span><span class="special">:</span>
+    <span class="keyword">while</span> <span class="number">1</span><span class="special">:</span>
+    <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">iter</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">next</span><span class="special">()</span>         <span class="comment"># get each item
+</span>    <span class="special">...</span>                     <span class="comment"># process y
+</span><span class="keyword">except</span> <span class="identifier">StopIteration</span><span class="special">:</span> <span class="keyword">pass</span>  <span class="comment"># iterator exhausted
+</span></pre>
+<p>
+      Boost.Python provides some mechanisms to make C++ iterators play along nicely
+      as Python iterators. What we need to do is to produce appropriate <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">__iter__</span></code> function from C++ iterators that
+      is compatible with the Python iteration protocol. For example:
+    </p>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">get_iterator</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">iterator</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;();</span>
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">iter</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">get_iterator</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">first</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">iter</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">next</span><span class="special">();</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      Or for use in class_&lt;&gt;:
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"__iter__"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">iterator</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">vector</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;())</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      <span class="bold"><strong>range</strong></span>
+    </p>
+<p>
+      We can create a Python savvy iterator using the range function:
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+        range(start, finish)
+      </li>
+<li>
+        range&lt;Policies,Target&gt;(start, finish)
+      </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+      Here, start/finish may be one of:
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+        member data pointers
+      </li>
+<li>
+        member function pointers
+      </li>
+<li>
+        adaptable function object (use Target parameter)
+      </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+      <span class="bold"><strong>iterator</strong></span>
+    </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li>
+        iterator&lt;T, Policies&gt;()
+      </li></ul></div>
+<p>
+      Given a container <code class="literal">T</code>, iterator is a shortcut that simply
+      calls <code class="literal">range</code> with &amp;T::begin, &amp;T::end.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      Let's put this into action... Here's an example from some hypothetical bogon
+      Particle accelerator code:
+    </p>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">f</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">Field</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="keyword">for</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="keyword">in</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">pions</span><span class="special">:</span>
+    <span class="identifier">smash</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="keyword">for</span> <span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="keyword">in</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">bogons</span><span class="special">:</span>
+    <span class="identifier">count</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      Now, our C++ Wrapper:
+    </p>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Field"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">property</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"pions"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">p_begin</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">p_end</span><span class="special">))</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">property</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"bogons"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">range</span><span class="special">(&amp;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">b_begin</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">F</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">b_end</span><span class="special">));</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      <span class="bold"><strong>stl_input_iterator</strong></span>
+    </p>
+<p>
+      So far, we have seen how to expose C++ iterators and ranges to Python. Sometimes
+      we wish to go the other way, though: we'd like to pass a Python sequence to
+      an STL algorithm or use it to initialize an STL container. We need to make
+      a Python iterator look like an STL iterator. For that, we use <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">stl_input_iterator</span><span class="special">&lt;&gt;</span></code>.
+      Consider how we might implement a function that exposes <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">list</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;::</span><span class="identifier">assign</span><span class="special">()</span></code> to Python:
+    </p>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">template</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">typename</span> <span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">list_assign</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">list</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">l</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="comment">// Turn a Python sequence into an STL input range
+</span>    <span class="identifier">stl_input_iterator</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">T</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">),</span> <span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">;</span>
+    <span class="identifier">l</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">assign</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">begin</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">end</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+
+<span class="comment">// Part of the wrapper for list&lt;int&gt;
+</span><span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">std</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">list</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;</span> <span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"list_int"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"assign"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">list_assign</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">int</span><span class="special">&gt;)</span>
+    <span class="comment">// ...
+</span>    <span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+      Now in Python, we can assign any integer sequence to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">list_int</span></code>
+      objects:
+    </p>
+<p>
+    </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">list_int</span><span class="special">();</span>
+<span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">assign</span><span class="special">([</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">2</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">4</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">5</span><span class="special">])</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
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+<a name="python.object"></a> Object Interface</h2></div></div></div>
+<div class="toc"><dl>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="object.html#python.basic_interface">Basic Interface</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="object.html#python.derived_object_types">Derived Object types</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="object.html#python.extracting_c___objects">Extracting C++ objects</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="object.html#python.enums">Enums</a></span></dt>
+</dl></div>
+<p>
+      Python is dynamically typed, unlike C++ which is statically typed. Python variables
+      may hold an integer, a float, list, dict, tuple, str, long etc., among other
+      things. In the viewpoint of Boost.Python and C++, these Pythonic variables
+      are just instances of class <code class="literal">object</code>. We shall see in this
+      chapter how to deal with Python objects.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      As mentioned, one of the goals of Boost.Python is to provide a bidirectional
+      mapping between C++ and Python while maintaining the Python feel. Boost.Python
+      C++ <code class="literal">object</code>s are as close as possible to Python. This should
+      minimize the learning curve significantly.
+    </p>
+<p>
+      <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/python.png" alt="python"></span>
+    </p>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.basic_interface"></a>Basic Interface</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        Class <code class="literal">object</code> wraps <code class="literal">PyObject*</code>. All the
+        intricacies of dealing with <code class="literal">PyObject</code>s such as managing
+        reference counting are handled by the <code class="literal">object</code> class. C++
+        object interoperability is seamless. Boost.Python C++ <code class="literal">object</code>s
+        can in fact be explicitly constructed from any C++ object.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        To illustrate, this Python code snippet:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">):</span>
+     <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="string">'foo'</span><span class="special">):</span>
+         <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">:</span><span class="number">7</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">'bar'</span>
+     <span class="keyword">else</span><span class="special">:</span>
+         <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">items</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">)</span>
+     <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">x</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">getfunc</span><span class="special">():</span>
+   <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Can be rewritten in C++ using Boost.Python facilities this way:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">{</span>
+     <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">y</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="string">"foo"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+         <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">slice</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="number">7</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"bar"</span><span class="special">;</span>
+     <span class="keyword">else</span>
+         <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"items"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">+=</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">3</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">);</span>
+     <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">getfunc</span><span class="special">()</span> <span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">object</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Apart from cosmetic differences due to the fact that we are writing the code
+        in C++, the look and feel should be immediately apparent to the Python coder.
+      </p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.derived_object_types"></a>Derived Object types</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        Boost.Python comes with a set of derived <code class="literal">object</code> types
+        corresponding to that of Python's:
+      </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+          list
+        </li>
+<li>
+          dict
+        </li>
+<li>
+          tuple
+        </li>
+<li>
+          str
+        </li>
+<li>
+          long_
+        </li>
+<li>
+          enum
+        </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+        These derived <code class="literal">object</code> types act like real Python types.
+        For instance:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">1</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==&gt;</span> <span class="string">"1"</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Wherever appropriate, a particular derived <code class="literal">object</code> has
+        corresponding Python type's methods. For instance, <code class="literal">dict</code>
+        has a <code class="literal">keys()</code> method:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">keys</span><span class="special">()</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        <code class="literal">make_tuple</code> is provided for declaring <span class="emphasis"><em>tuple literals</em></span>.
+        Example:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">make_tuple</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="number">123</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="char">'D'</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="string">"Hello, World"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">0.0</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        In C++, when Boost.Python <code class="literal">object</code>s are used as arguments
+        to functions, subtype matching is required. For example, when a function
+        <code class="literal">f</code>, as declared below, is wrapped, it will only accept
+        instances of Python's <code class="literal">str</code> type and subtypes.
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">f</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">str</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">n2</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"upper"</span><span class="special">)();</span>   <span class="comment">// NAME = name.upper()
+</span>    <span class="identifier">str</span> <span class="identifier">NAME</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">upper</span><span class="special">();</span>            <span class="comment">// better
+</span>    <span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"%s is bigger than %s"</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="identifier">make_tuple</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">NAME</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        In finer detail:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">str</span> <span class="identifier">NAME</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">upper</span><span class="special">();</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Illustrates that we provide versions of the str type's methods as C++ member
+        functions.
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">msg</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="string">"%s is bigger than %s"</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="identifier">make_tuple</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">NAME</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Demonstrates that you can write the C++ equivalent of <code class="literal">"format"
+        % x,y,z</code> in Python, which is useful since there's no easy way to
+        do that in std C++.
+      </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/alert.png" alt="alert"></span> <span class="bold"><strong>Beware</strong></span> the common pitfall
+        of forgetting that the constructors of most of Python's mutable types make
+        copies, just as in Python.
+      </p>
+</div>
+<p>
+        Python:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">d</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">dict</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">__dict__</span><span class="special">)</span>     <span class="comment"># copies x.__dict__
+</span><span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="string">'whatever'</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span>        <span class="comment"># modifies the copy
+</span></pre>
+<p>
+        C++:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">dict</span> <span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"__dict__"</span><span class="special">));</span>  <span class="comment">// copies x.__dict__
+</span><span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="char">'whatever'</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">;</span>           <span class="comment">// modifies the copy
+</span></pre>
+<a name="derived_object_types.class__lt_t_gt__as_objects"></a><h3>
+<a name="id2653534"></a>
+        class_&lt;T&gt; as objects
+      </h3>
+<p>
+        Due to the dynamic nature of Boost.Python objects, any <code class="literal">class_&lt;T&gt;</code>
+        may also be one of these types! The following code snippet wraps the class
+        (type) object.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        We can use this to create wrapped instances. Example:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">object</span> <span class="identifier">vec345</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="special">(</span>
+    <span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Vec2</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"Vec2"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">init</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">&gt;())</span>
+        <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def_readonly</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"length"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Point</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">length</span><span class="special">)</span>
+        <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def_readonly</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"angle"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="special">&amp;</span><span class="identifier">Point</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">angle</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">)(</span><span class="number">3.0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">4.0</span><span class="special">);</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">vec345</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"length"</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="number">5.0</span><span class="special">);</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.extracting_c___objects"></a>Extracting C++ objects</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        At some point, we will need to get C++ values out of object instances. This
+        can be achieved with the <code class="literal">extract&lt;T&gt;</code> function. Consider
+        the following:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">x</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"length"</span><span class="special">);</span> <span class="comment">// compile error
+</span></pre>
+<p>
+        In the code above, we got a compiler error because Boost.Python <code class="literal">object</code>
+        can't be implicitly converted to <code class="literal">double</code>s. Instead, what
+        we wanted to do above can be achieved by writing:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">double</span> <span class="identifier">l</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">extract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="keyword">double</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"length"</span><span class="special">));</span>
+<span class="identifier">Vec2</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">extract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Vec2</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="identifier">assert</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">l</span> <span class="special">==</span> <span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">length</span><span class="special">());</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        The first line attempts to extract the "length" attribute of the
+        Boost.Python <code class="literal">object</code>. The second line attempts to <span class="emphasis"><em>extract</em></span>
+        the <code class="literal">Vec2</code> object from held by the Boost.Python <code class="literal">object</code>.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Take note that we said "attempt to" above. What if the Boost.Python
+        <code class="literal">object</code> does not really hold a <code class="literal">Vec2</code>
+        type? This is certainly a possibility considering the dynamic nature of Python
+        <code class="literal">object</code>s. To be on the safe side, if the C++ type can't
+        be extracted, an appropriate exception is thrown. To avoid an exception,
+        we need to test for extractibility:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">extract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">Vec2</span><span class="special">&amp;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">o</span><span class="special">);</span>
+<span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">check</span><span class="special">())</span> <span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">Vec2</span><span class="special">&amp;</span> <span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">();</span> <span class="special">...</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/tip.png" alt="tip"></span> The astute reader might have noticed that the <code class="literal">extract&lt;T&gt;</code>
+        facility in fact solves the mutable copying problem:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">dict</span> <span class="identifier">d</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">extract</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">dict</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">attr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"__dict__"</span><span class="special">));</span>
+<span class="identifier">d</span><span class="special">[</span><span class="string">"whatever"</span><span class="special">]</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="number">3</span><span class="special">;</span>          <span class="comment">// modifies x.__dict__ !
+</span></pre>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.enums"></a>Enums</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        Boost.Python has a nifty facility to capture and wrap C++ enums. While Python
+        has no <code class="literal">enum</code> type, we'll often want to expose our C++ enums
+        to Python as an <code class="literal">int</code>. Boost.Python's enum facility makes
+        this easy while taking care of the proper conversions from Python's dynamic
+        typing to C++'s strong static typing (in C++, ints cannot be implicitly converted
+        to enums). To illustrate, given a C++ enum:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">enum</span> <span class="identifier">choice</span> <span class="special">{</span> <span class="identifier">red</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">blue</span> <span class="special">};</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        the construct:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">enum_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">choice</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"choice"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"red"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">red</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"blue"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">blue</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        can be used to expose to Python. The new enum type is created in the current
+        <code class="literal">scope()</code>, which is usually the current module. The snippet
+        above creates a Python class derived from Python's <code class="literal">int</code>
+        type which is associated with the C++ type passed as its first parameter.
+      </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/note.png" alt="note"></span> <span class="bold"><strong>what is a scope?</strong></span><br>
+        <br> The scope is a class that has an associated global Python object which
+        controls the Python namespace in which new extension classes and wrapped
+        functions will be defined as attributes. Details can be found <a href="../../../../v2/scope.html" target="_top">here</a>.
+      </p>
+</div>
+<p>
+        You can access those values in Python as
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">my_module</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">choice</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">red</span>
+<span class="identifier">my_module</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">choice</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">red</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        where my_module is the module where the enum is declared. You can also create
+        a new scope around a class:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">scope</span> <span class="identifier">in_X</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"X"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+                <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="special">)</span>
+                <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">def</span><span class="special">(</span> <span class="special">...</span> <span class="special">)</span>
+            <span class="special">;</span>
+
+<span class="comment">// Expose X::nested as X.nested
+</span><span class="identifier">enum_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">X</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">nested</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"nested"</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"red"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">red</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">value</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">"blue"</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">blue</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="special">;</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
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+<a name="python.techniques"></a> General Techniques</h2></div></div></div>
+<div class="toc"><dl>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="techniques.html#python.creating_packages">Creating Packages</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="techniques.html#python.extending_wrapped_objects_in_python">Extending Wrapped Objects in Python</a></span></dt>
+<dt><span class="section"><a href="techniques.html#python.reducing_compiling_time">Reducing Compiling Time</a></span></dt>
+</dl></div>
+<p>
+      Here are presented some useful techniques that you can use while wrapping code
+      with Boost.Python.
+    </p>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.creating_packages"></a>Creating Packages</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        A Python package is a collection of modules that provide to the user a certain
+        functionality. If you're not familiar on how to create packages, a good introduction
+        to them is provided in the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node8.html" target="_top">Python
+        Tutorial</a>.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        But we are wrapping C++ code, using Boost.Python. How can we provide a nice
+        package interface to our users? To better explain some concepts, let's work
+        with an example.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        We have a C++ library that works with sounds: reading and writing various
+        formats, applying filters to the sound data, etc. It is named (conveniently)
+        <code class="literal">sounds</code>. Our library already has a neat C++ namespace hierarchy,
+        like so:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">core</span>
+<span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">io</span>
+<span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">filters</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        We would like to present this same hierarchy to the Python user, allowing
+        him to write code like this:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">filters</span>
+<span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">filters</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">echo</span><span class="special">(...)</span> <span class="comment"># echo is a C++ function
+</span></pre>
+<p>
+        The first step is to write the wrapping code. We have to export each module
+        separately with Boost.Python, like this:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">/*</span> <span class="identifier">file</span> <span class="identifier">core</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">cpp</span> <span class="special">*/</span>
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">core</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="special">/*</span> <span class="identifier">export</span> <span class="identifier">everything</span> <span class="keyword">in</span> <span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">core</span> <span class="identifier">namespace</span> <span class="special">*/</span>
+    <span class="special">...</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+
+<span class="special">/*</span> <span class="identifier">file</span> <span class="identifier">io</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">cpp</span> <span class="special">*/</span>
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">io</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="special">/*</span> <span class="identifier">export</span> <span class="identifier">everything</span> <span class="keyword">in</span> <span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">io</span> <span class="identifier">namespace</span> <span class="special">*/</span>
+    <span class="special">...</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+
+<span class="special">/*</span> <span class="identifier">file</span> <span class="identifier">filters</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">cpp</span> <span class="special">*/</span>
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">filters</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="special">/*</span> <span class="identifier">export</span> <span class="identifier">everything</span> <span class="keyword">in</span> <span class="identifier">the</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">::</span><span class="identifier">filters</span> <span class="identifier">namespace</span> <span class="special">*/</span>
+    <span class="special">...</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Compiling these files will generate the following Python extensions: <code class="literal">core.pyd</code>,
+        <code class="literal">io.pyd</code> and <code class="literal">filters.pyd</code>.
+      </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/note.png" alt="note"></span> The extension <code class="literal">.pyd</code> is used for python
+        extension modules, which are just shared libraries. Using the default for
+        your system, like <code class="literal">.so</code> for Unix and <code class="literal">.dll</code>
+        for Windows, works just as well.
+      </p>
+</div>
+<p>
+        Now, we create this directory structure for our Python package:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">sounds/
+    __init__.py
+    core.pyd
+    filters.pyd
+    io.pyd
+</pre>
+<p>
+        The file <code class="literal">__init__.py</code> is what tells Python that the directory
+        <code class="literal">sounds/</code> is actually a Python package. It can be a empty
+        file, but can also perform some magic, that will be shown later.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        Now our package is ready. All the user has to do is put <code class="literal">sounds</code>
+        into his <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/tut/node8.html#SECTION008110000000000000000" target="_top">PYTHONPATH</a>
+        and fire up the interpreter:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">io</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">filters</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">sound</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">io</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">open</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="string">'file.mp3'</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">new_sound</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">filters</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">echo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">sound</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="number">1.0</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Nice heh?
+      </p>
+<p>
+        This is the simplest way to create hierarchies of packages, but it is not
+        very flexible. What if we want to add a <span class="emphasis"><em>pure</em></span> Python
+        function to the filters package, for instance, one that applies 3 filters
+        in a sound object at once? Sure, you can do this in C++ and export it, but
+        why not do so in Python? You don't have to recompile the extension modules,
+        plus it will be easier to write it.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        If we want this flexibility, we will have to complicate our package hierarchy
+        a little. First, we will have to change the name of the extension modules:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="comment">/* file core.cpp */</span>
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">_core</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="special">...</span>
+    <span class="comment">/* export everything in the sounds::core namespace */</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Note that we added an underscore to the module name. The filename will have
+        to be changed to <code class="literal">_core.pyd</code> as well, and we do the same
+        to the other extension modules. Now, we change our package hierarchy like
+        so:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">sounds/
+    __init__.py
+    core/
+        __init__.py
+        <span class="underline">core.pyd
+    filters/
+        \</span>_init__.py
+        <span class="underline">filters.pyd
+    io/
+        \</span>_init__.py
+        _io.pyd
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Note that we created a directory for each extension module, and added a __init__.py
+        to each one. But if we leave it that way, the user will have to access the
+        functions in the core module with this syntax:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">core</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_core</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">core</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">_core</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(...)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        which is not what we want. But here enters the <code class="literal">__init__.py</code>
+        magic: everything that is brought to the <code class="literal">__init__.py</code> namespace
+        can be accessed directly by the user. So, all we have to do is bring the
+        entire namespace from <code class="literal">_core.pyd</code> to <code class="literal">core/__init__.py</code>.
+        So add this line of code to <code class="literal">sounds<span class="emphasis"><em>core</em></span>__init__.py</code>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">from</span> <span class="identifier">_core</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="special">*</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        We do the same for the other packages. Now the user accesses the functions
+        and classes in the extension modules like before:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">filters</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">filters</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">echo</span><span class="special">(...)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        with the additional benefit that we can easily add pure Python functions
+        to any module, in a way that the user can't tell the difference between a
+        C++ function and a Python function. Let's add a <span class="emphasis"><em>pure</em></span>
+        Python function, <code class="literal">echo_noise</code>, to the <code class="literal">filters</code>
+        package. This function applies both the <code class="literal">echo</code> and <code class="literal">noise</code>
+        filters in sequence in the given <code class="literal">sound</code> object. We create
+        a file named <code class="literal">sounds/filters/echo_noise.py</code> and code our
+        function:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">_filters</span>
+<span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">echo_noise</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">sound</span><span class="special">):</span>
+    <span class="identifier">s</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">_filters</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">echo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">sound</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="identifier">s</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">_filters</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">noise</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">sound</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">s</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Next, we add this line to <code class="literal">sounds<span class="emphasis"><em>filters</em></span>__init__.py</code>:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">from</span> <span class="identifier">echo_noise</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">echo_noise</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        And that's it. The user now accesses this function like any other function
+        from the <code class="literal">filters</code> package:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">filters</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">sounds</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">filters</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">echo_noise</span><span class="special">(...)</span>
+</pre>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.extending_wrapped_objects_in_python"></a>Extending Wrapped Objects in Python</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        Thanks to Python's flexibility, you can easily add new methods to a class,
+        even after it was already created:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">C</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">object</span><span class="special">):</span> <span class="keyword">pass</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="comment"># a regular function
+</span><span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">C_str</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">):</span> <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="string">'A C instance!'</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="comment"># now we turn it in a member function
+</span><span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">C</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">__str__</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">C_str</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">c</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">C</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="identifier">c</span>
+<span class="identifier">A</span> <span class="identifier">C</span> <span class="identifier">instance</span><span class="special">!</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">C_str</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">c</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="identifier">A</span> <span class="identifier">C</span> <span class="identifier">instance</span><span class="special">!</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Yes, Python rox. <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/smiley.png" alt="smiley"></span>
+      </p>
+<p>
+        We can do the same with classes that were wrapped with Boost.Python. Suppose
+        we have a class <code class="literal">point</code> in C++:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">point</span> <span class="special">{...};</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">_geom</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"point"</span><span class="special">)...;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        If we are using the technique from the previous session, <a href="techniques.html#python.creating_packages" title="Creating Packages">Creating
+        Packages</a>, we can code directly into <code class="literal">geom/__init__.py</code>:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">from</span> <span class="identifier">_geom</span> <span class="keyword">import</span> <span class="special">*</span>
+
+<span class="comment"># a regular function
+</span><span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">point_str</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">):</span>
+    <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">str</span><span class="special">((</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">))</span>
+
+<span class="comment"># now we turn it into a member function
+</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">__str__</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">point_str</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        <span class="bold"><strong>All</strong></span> point instances created from C++ will
+        also have this member function! This technique has several advantages:
+      </p>
+<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
+<li>
+          Cut down compile times to zero for these additional functions
+        </li>
+<li>
+          Reduce the memory footprint to virtually zero
+        </li>
+<li>
+          Minimize the need to recompile
+        </li>
+<li>
+          Rapid prototyping (you can move the code to C++ if required without changing
+          the interface)
+        </li>
+</ul></div>
+<p>
+        You can even add a little syntactic sugar with the use of metaclasses. Let's
+        create a special metaclass that "injects" methods in other classes.
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="comment"># The one Boost.Python uses for all wrapped classes.
+</span><span class="comment"># You can use here any class exported by Boost instead of "point"
+</span><span class="identifier">BoostPythonMetaclass</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">__class__</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">injector</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">object</span><span class="special">):</span>
+    <span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">__metaclass__</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">BoostPythonMetaclass</span><span class="special">):</span>
+        <span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">__init__</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bases</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">dict</span><span class="special">):</span>
+            <span class="keyword">for</span> <span class="identifier">b</span> <span class="keyword">in</span> <span class="identifier">bases</span><span class="special">:</span>
+                <span class="keyword">if</span> <span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">)</span> <span class="keyword">not</span> <span class="keyword">in</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">):</span>
+                    <span class="keyword">for</span> <span class="identifier">k</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">v</span> <span class="keyword">in</span> <span class="identifier">dict</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">items</span><span class="special">():</span>
+                        <span class="identifier">setattr</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">b</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">k</span><span class="special">,</span><span class="identifier">v</span><span class="special">)</span>
+            <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">type</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">__init__</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">name</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">bases</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">dict</span><span class="special">)</span>
+
+<span class="comment"># inject some methods in the point foo
+</span><span class="keyword">class</span> <span class="identifier">more_point</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">injector</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">):</span>
+    <span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">__repr__</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">):</span>
+        <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="string">'Point(x=%s, y=%s)'</span> <span class="special">%</span> <span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">)</span>
+    <span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">self</span><span class="special">):</span>
+        <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="string">'foo!'</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Now let's see how it got:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="keyword">print</span> <span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="identifier">Point</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="number">10</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">&gt;&gt;&gt;</span> <span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">().</span><span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="identifier">foo</span><span class="special">!</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Another useful idea is to replace constructors with factory functions:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="identifier">_point</span> <span class="special">=</span> <span class="identifier">point</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">def</span> <span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">=</span><span class="number">0</span><span class="special">):</span>
+    <span class="keyword">return</span> <span class="identifier">_point</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">x</span><span class="special">,</span> <span class="identifier">y</span><span class="special">)</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        In this simple case there is not much gained, but for constructurs with many
+        overloads and/or arguments this is often a great simplification, again with
+        virtually zero memory footprint and zero compile-time overhead for the keyword
+        support.
+      </p>
+</div>
+<div class="section" lang="en">
+<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
+<a name="python.reducing_compiling_time"></a>Reducing Compiling Time</h3></div></div></div>
+<p>
+        If you have ever exported a lot of classes, you know that it takes quite
+        a good time to compile the Boost.Python wrappers. Plus the memory consumption
+        can easily become too high. If this is causing you problems, you can split
+        the class_ definitions in multiple files:
+      </p>
+<p>
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="comment">/* file point.cpp */</span>
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">python</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">export_point</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"point"</span><span class="special">)...;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+
+<span class="comment">/* file triangle.cpp */</span>
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">triangle</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">python</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">export_triangle</span><span class="special">()</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">triangle</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"triangle"</span><span class="special">)...;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Now you create a file <code class="literal">main.cpp</code>, which contains the <code class="literal">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</code>
+        macro, and call the various export functions inside it.
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">export_point</span><span class="special">();</span>
+<span class="keyword">void</span> <span class="identifier">export_triangle</span><span class="special">();</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">_geom</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">export_point</span><span class="special">();</span>
+    <span class="identifier">export_triangle</span><span class="special">();</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        Compiling and linking together all this files produces the same result as
+        the usual approach:
+      </p>
+<pre class="programlisting">
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">boost</span><span class="special">/</span><span class="identifier">python</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">hpp</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+<span class="preprocessor">#include</span> <span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">triangle</span><span class="special">.</span><span class="identifier">h</span><span class="special">&gt;</span>
+
+<span class="identifier">BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class="special">(</span><span class="identifier">_geom</span><span class="special">)</span>
+<span class="special">{</span>
+    <span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">point</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"point"</span><span class="special">)...;</span>
+    <span class="identifier">class_</span><span class="special">&lt;</span><span class="identifier">triangle</span><span class="special">&gt;(</span><span class="string">"triangle"</span><span class="special">)...;</span>
+<span class="special">}</span>
+</pre>
+<p>
+        but the memory is kept under control.
+      </p>
+<p>
+        This method is recommended too if you are developing the C++ library and
+        exporting it to Python at the same time: changes in a class will only demand
+        the compilation of a single cpp, instead of the entire wrapper code.
+      </p>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/note.png" alt="note"></span> If you're exporting your classes with <a href="../../../../../pyste/index.html" target="_top">Pyste</a>,
+        take a look at the <code class="literal">--multiple</code> option, that generates the
+        wrappers in various files as demonstrated here.
+      </p>
+</div>
+<div class="sidebar">
+<p class="title"><b></b></p>
+<p>
+        <span class="inlinemediaobject"><img src="../images/note.png" alt="note"></span> This method is useful too if you are getting the error
+        message <span class="emphasis"><em>"fatal error C1204:Compiler limit:internal structure
+        overflow"</em></span> when compiling a large source file, as explained
+        in the <a href="../../../../v2/faq.html#c1204" target="_top">FAQ</a>.
+      </p>
+</div>
+</div>
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-In the previous examples, we dealt with classes that are not polymorphic.
-This is not often the case. Much of the time, we will be wrapping
-polymorphic classes and class hierarchies related by inheritance. We will
-often have to write Boost.Python wrappers for classes that are derived from
-abstract base classes.</p>
-<p>
-Consider this trivial inheritance structure:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>Base </span><span class=special>{ </span><span class=keyword>virtual </span><span class=special>~</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>(); };
-    </span><span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>Derived </span><span class=special>: </span><span class=identifier>Base </span><span class=special>{};
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-And a set of C++ functions operating on <tt>Base</tt> and <tt>Derived</tt> object
-instances:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>b</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>*);
-    </span><span class=keyword>void </span><span class=identifier>d</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Derived</span><span class=special>*);
-    </span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>factory</span><span class=special>() { </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=keyword>new </span><span class=identifier>Derived</span><span class=special>; }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-We've seen how we can wrap the base class <tt>Base</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Base&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-        /*...*/
-        ;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Now we can inform Boost.Python of the inheritance relationship between
-<tt>Derived</tt> and its base class <tt>Base</tt>.  Thus:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Derived</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>bases</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>&gt; &gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Derived&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-        /*...*/
-        ;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Doing so, we get some things for free:</p>
-<ol><li>Derived automatically inherits all of Base's Python methods (wrapped C++ member functions)</li><li><b>If</b> Base is polymorphic, <tt>Derived</tt> objects which have been passed to Python via a pointer or reference to <tt>Base</tt> can be passed where a pointer or reference to <tt>Derived</tt> is expected.</li></ol><p>
-Now, we shall expose the C++ free functions <tt>b</tt> and <tt>d</tt> and <tt>factory</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;b&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>b</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;d&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>d</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;factory&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>factory</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Note that free function <tt>factory</tt> is being used to generate new
-instances of class <tt>Derived</tt>. In such cases, we use
-<tt>return_value_policy&lt;manage_new_object&gt;</tt> to instruct Python to adopt
-the pointer to <tt>Base</tt> and hold the instance in a new Python <tt>Base</tt>
-object until the the Python object is destroyed. We shall see more of
-Boost.Python <a href="call_policies.html">
-call policies</a> later.</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=comment>// Tell Python to take ownership of factory's result
-    </span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;factory&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>factory</span><span class=special>,
-        </span><span class=identifier>return_value_policy</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>manage_new_object</span><span class=special>&gt;());
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-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Iterators</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
-    <td width="30"><a href="../index.html"><img src="theme/u_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
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-    <td width="20"><a href="exception_translation.html"><img src="theme/r_arr.gif" border="0"></a></td>
-   </tr>
-</table>
-<p>
-In C++, and STL in particular, we see iterators everywhere. Python also has
-iterators, but these are two very different beasts.</p>
-<p>
-<b>C++ iterators:</b></p>
-<ul><li>C++ has 5 type categories (random-access, bidirectional, forward, input, output)</li><li>There are 2 Operation categories: reposition, access</li><li>A pair of iterators is needed to represent a (first/last) range.</li></ul><p>
-<b>Python Iterators:</b></p>
-<ul><li>1 category (forward)</li><li>1 operation category (next())</li><li>Raises StopIteration exception at end</li></ul><p>
-The typical Python iteration protocol: <tt><b>for y in x...</b></tt> is as follows:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>iter </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>__iter__</span><span class=special>()         </span>##<span class=identifier>get </span><span class=identifier>iterator
-    </span><span class=keyword>try</span><span class=special>:
-        </span><span class=keyword>while </span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>:
-        </span><span class=identifier>y </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>iter</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>next</span><span class=special>()         </span>##<span class=identifier>get </span><span class=identifier>each </span><span class=identifier>item
-        </span><span class=special>...                     </span>##<span class=identifier>process </span><span class=identifier>y
-    </span><span class=identifier>except </span><span class=identifier>StopIteration</span><span class=special>: </span><span class=identifier>pass  </span>##<span class=identifier>iterator </span><span class=identifier>exhausted
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Boost.Python provides some mechanisms to make C++ iterators play along
-nicely as Python iterators. What we need to do is to produce
-appropriate __iter__ function from C++ iterators that is compatible
-with the Python iteration protocol. For example:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>get_iterator </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>iterator</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>vector</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>&gt; &gt;();
-    </span><span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>iter </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>get_iterator</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>v</span><span class=special>);
-    </span><span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>first </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>iter</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>next</span><span class=special>();
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Or for use in class_&lt;&gt;:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;__iter__&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>iterator</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>vector</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>&gt; &gt;())
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-<b>range</b></p>
-<p>
-We can create a Python savvy iterator using the range function:</p>
-<ul><li>range(start, finish)</li><li>range&lt;Policies,Target&gt;(start, finish)</li></ul><p>
-Here, start/finish may be one of:</p>
-<ul><li>member data pointers</li><li>member function pointers</li><li>adaptable function object (use Target parameter)</li></ul><p>
-<b>iterator</b></p>
-<ul><li>iterator&lt;T, Policies&gt;()</li></ul><p>
-Given a container <tt>T</tt>, iterator is a shortcut that simply calls <tt>range</tt>
-with &amp;T::begin, &amp;T::end.</p>
-<p>
-Let's put this into action... Here's an example from some hypothetical
-bogon Particle accelerator code:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>f </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Field</span><span class=special>()
-    </span><span class=keyword>for </span><span class=identifier>x </span><span class=identifier>in </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>pions</span><span class=special>:
-        </span><span class=identifier>smash</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>x</span><span class=special>)
-    </span><span class=keyword>for </span><span class=identifier>y </span><span class=identifier>in </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>bogons</span><span class=special>:
-        </span><span class=identifier>count</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>y</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Now, our C++ Wrapper:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>F</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Field&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>property</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;pions&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>range</span><span class=special>(&amp;</span><span class=identifier>F</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>p_begin</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>F</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>p_end</span><span class=special>))
-        .</span><span class=identifier>property</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;bogons&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>range</span><span class=special>(&amp;</span><span class=identifier>F</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>b_begin</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>F</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>b_end</span><span class=special>));
-</span></pre></code>
-<table border="0">
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-   </tr>
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-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
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-<br>
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-Python is dynamically typed, unlike C++ which is statically typed. Python
-variables may hold an integer, a float, list, dict, tuple, str, long etc.,
-among other things. In the viewpoint of Boost.Python and C++, these
-Pythonic variables are just instances of class <tt>object</tt>. We shall see in
-this chapter how to deal with Python objects.</p>
-<p>
-As mentioned, one of the goals of Boost.Python is to provide a
-bidirectional mapping between C++ and Python while maintaining the Python
-feel. Boost.Python C++ <tt>object</tt>s are as close as possible to Python. This
-should minimize the learning curve significantly.</p>
-<p>
-<img src="theme/python.png"></img></p>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
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-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
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-<link rel="stylesheet" href="theme/style.css" type="text/css">
-<link rel="prev" href="call_policies.html">
-<link rel="next" href="default_arguments.html">
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-    <td width="85%">
-      <font size="6" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Overloading</b></font>
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
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-The following illustrates a scheme for manually wrapping an overloaded
-member functions. Of course, the same technique can be applied to wrapping
-overloaded non-member functions.</p>
-<p>
-We have here our C++ class:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>X
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=keyword>bool </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>)
-        {
-            </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=keyword>true</span><span class=special>;
-        }
-
-        </span><span class=keyword>bool </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double </span><span class=identifier>b</span><span class=special>)
-        {
-            </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=keyword>true</span><span class=special>;
-        }
-
-        </span><span class=keyword>bool </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double </span><span class=identifier>b</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>char </span><span class=identifier>c</span><span class=special>)
-        {
-            </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=keyword>true</span><span class=special>;
-        }
-
-        </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>a</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>b</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>c</span><span class=special>)
-        {
-            </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>a </span><span class=special>+ </span><span class=identifier>b </span><span class=special>+ </span><span class=identifier>c</span><span class=special>;
-        };
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Class X has 4 overloaded functions. We shall start by introducing some
-member function pointer variables:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>bool    </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::*</span><span class=identifier>fx1</span><span class=special>)(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>)              = &amp;</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>;
-    </span><span class=keyword>bool    </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::*</span><span class=identifier>fx2</span><span class=special>)(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>)      = &amp;</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>;
-    </span><span class=keyword>bool    </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::*</span><span class=identifier>fx3</span><span class=special>)(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>double</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>char</span><span class=special>)= &amp;</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>;
-    </span><span class=keyword>int     </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::*</span><span class=identifier>fx4</span><span class=special>)(</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>)    = &amp;</span><span class=identifier>X</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>;
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-With these in hand, we can proceed to define and wrap this for Python:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>fx1</span><span class=special>)
-    .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>fx2</span><span class=special>)
-    .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>fx3</span><span class=special>)
-    .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>fx4</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<table border="0">
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-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
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-<table width="100%" height="48" border="0" cellspacing="2">
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-  </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<table border="0">
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-The Boost Python Library is a framework for interfacing Python and
-C++. It allows you to quickly and seamlessly expose C++ classes
-functions and objects to Python, and vice-versa, using no special
-tools -- just your C++ compiler. It is designed to wrap C++ interfaces
-non-intrusively, so that you should not have to change the C++ code at
-all in order to wrap it, making Boost.Python ideal for exposing
-3rd-party libraries to Python. The library's use of advanced
-metaprogramming techniques simplifies its syntax for users, so that
-wrapping code takes on the look of a kind of declarative interface
-definition language (IDL).</p>
-<a name="hello_world"></a><h2>Hello World</h2><p>
-Following C/C++ tradition, let's start with the &quot;hello, world&quot;. A C++
-Function:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>char </span><span class=keyword>const</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>()
-    {
-       </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=string>&quot;hello, world&quot;</span><span class=special>;
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-can be exposed to Python by writing a Boost.Python wrapper:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=preprocessor>#include </span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>boost</span><span class=special>/</span><span class=identifier>python</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>hpp</span><span class=special>&gt;
-    </span><span class=keyword>using </span><span class=keyword>namespace </span><span class=identifier>boost</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>python</span><span class=special>;
-
-    </span><span class=identifier>BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>)
-    {
-        </span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;greet&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>);
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-That's it. We're done. We can now build this as a shared library. The
-resulting DLL is now visible to Python. Here's a sample Python session:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>import </span><span class=identifier>hello
-    </span><span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>print </span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>()
-    </span><span class=identifier>hello</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>world
-</span></pre></code>
-<blockquote><p><i><b>Next stop... Building your Hello World module from start to finish...</b></i></p></blockquote><table border="0">
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-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 David Abrahams<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
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-As you probably already know, objects in Python are reference-counted.
-Naturally, the <tt>PyObject</tt>s of the Python/C API are also reference-counted.
-There is a difference however. While the reference-counting is fully
-automatic in Python, the Python/C API requires you to do it
-<a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/refcounts.html">
-by hand</a>. This is
-messy and especially hard to get right in the presence of C++ exceptions.
-Fortunately Boost.Python provides the <a href="../../v2/handle.html">
-handle</a> class
-template to automate the process.</p>
-<a name="reference_counting_handles"></a><h2>Reference-counting handles</h2><p>
-There are two ways in which a function in the Python/C API can return a
-<tt>PyObject*</tt>: as a <i>borrowed reference</i> or as a <i>new reference</i>. Which of
-these a function uses, is listed in that function's documentation. The two
-require slightely different approaches to reference-counting but both can
-be 'handled' by Boost.Python.</p>
-<p>
-For a function returning a <i>borrowed reference</i> we'll have to tell the
-<tt>handle</tt> that the <tt>PyObject*</tt> is borrowed with the aptly named
-<a href="../../v2/handle.html#borrowed-spec">
-borrowed</a> function. Two functions
-returning borrowed references are <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/importing.html#l2h-125">
-PyImport_AddModule</a> and <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/moduleObjects.html#l2h-594">
-PyModule_GetDict</a>.
-The former returns a reference to an already imported module, the latter
-retrieves a module's namespace dictionary. Let's use them to retrieve the
-namespace of the <tt>__main__</tt> module:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>main_module</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>borrowed</span><span class=special>( </span><span class=identifier>PyImport_AddModule</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;__main__&quot;</span><span class=special>) ));
-    </span><span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>borrowed</span><span class=special>( </span><span class=identifier>PyModule_GetDict</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>main_module</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>()) ));
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Because the Python/C API doesn't know anything about <tt>handle</tt>s, we used
-the <a href="../../v2/handle.html#handle-spec-observers">
-get</a> member function to
-retrieve the <tt>PyObject*</tt> from which the <tt>handle</tt> was constructed.</p>
-<p>
-For a function returning a <i>new reference</i> we can just create a <tt>handle</tt>
-out of the raw <tt>PyObject*</tt> without wrapping it in a call to borrowed. One
-such function that returns a new reference is <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-55">
-PyRun_String</a> which we'll
-discuss in the next section.</p>
-<table width="80%" border="0" align="center">
-  <tr>
-    <td class="note_box">
-<img src="theme/lens.gif"></img> <b>Handle is a class <i>template</i>, so why haven't we been using any template parameters?</b><br>
-<br>
-<tt>handle</tt> has a single template parameter specifying the type of the managed object. This type is <tt>PyObject</tt> 99% of the time, so the parameter was defaulted to <tt>PyObject</tt> for convenience. Therefore we can use the shorthand <tt>handle&lt;&gt;</tt> instead of the longer, but equivalent, <tt>handle&lt;PyObject&gt;</tt>.
-    </td>
-  </tr>
-</table>
-<a name="running_python_code"></a><h2>Running Python code</h2><p>
-To run Python code from C++ there is a family of functions in the API
-starting with the PyRun prefix. You can find the full list of these
-functions <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html">
-here</a>. They
-all work similarly so we will look at only one of them, namely:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>PyObject</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>PyRun_String</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=keyword>char </span><span class=special>*</span><span class=identifier>str</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>start</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>PyObject </span><span class=special>*</span><span class=identifier>globals</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>PyObject </span><span class=special>*</span><span class=identifier>locals</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-<a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-55">
-PyRun_String</a> takes the code to execute as a null-terminated (C-style)
-string in its <tt>str</tt> parameter. The function returns a new reference to a
-Python object. Which object is returned depends on the <tt>start</tt> paramater.</p>
-<p>
-The <tt>start</tt> parameter is the start symbol from the Python grammar to use
-for interpreting the code. The possible values are:</p>
-<table width="90%" border="0" align="center">  <tr>
-  <td class="table_title" colspan="6">
-Start symbols  </td>
-  </tr>
-<tr><tr><td class="table_cells"><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-58">
-Py_eval_input</a></td><td class="table_cells">for interpreting isolated expressions</td></tr><td class="table_cells"><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-59">
-Py_file_input</a></td><td class="table_cells">for interpreting sequences of statements</td></tr><td class="table_cells"><a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-60">
-Py_single_input</a></td><td class="table_cells">for interpreting a single statement</td></tr></table>
-<p>
-When using <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-58">
-Py_eval_input</a>, the input string must contain a single expression
-and its result is returned. When using <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-59">
-Py_file_input</a>, the string can
-contain an abitrary number of statements and None is returned.
-<a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-60">
-Py_single_input</a> works in the same way as <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-59">
-Py_file_input</a> but only accepts a
-single statement.</p>
-<p>
-Lastly, the <tt>globals</tt> and <tt>locals</tt> parameters are Python dictionaries
-containing the globals and locals of the context in which to run the code.
-For most intents and purposes you can use the namespace dictionary of the
-<tt>__main__</tt> module for both parameters.</p>
-<p>
-We have already seen how to get the <tt>__main__</tt> module's namespace so let's
-run some Python code in it:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>main_module</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>borrowed</span><span class=special>( </span><span class=identifier>PyImport_AddModule</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;__main__&quot;</span><span class=special>) ));
-    </span><span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>borrowed</span><span class=special>( </span><span class=identifier>PyModule_GetDict</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>main_module</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>()) ));
-    </span><span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt;( </span><span class=identifier>PyRun_String</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;hello = file('hello.txt', 'w')\n&quot;
-                           </span><span class=string>&quot;hello.write('Hello world!')\n&quot;
-                           </span><span class=string>&quot;hello.close()&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>Py_file_input</span><span class=special>,
-                           </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>(), </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>()) );
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-This should create a file called 'hello.txt' in the current directory
-containing a phrase that is well-known in programming circles.</p>
-<p>
-<img src="theme/note.gif"></img> <b>Note</b> that we wrap the return value of <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-55">
-PyRun_String</a> in a
-(nameless) <tt>handle</tt> even though we are not interested in it. If we didn't
-do this, the the returned object would be kept alive unnecessarily. Unless
-you want to be a Dr. Frankenstein, always wrap <tt>PyObject*</tt>s in <tt>handle</tt>s.</p>
-<a name="beyond_handles"></a><h2>Beyond handles</h2><p>
-It's nice that <tt>handle</tt> manages the reference counting details for us, but
-other than that it doesn't do much. Often we'd like to have a more useful
-class to manipulate Python objects. But we have already seen such a class
-in the <a href="object_interface.html">
-previous section</a>: the aptly named <tt>object</tt>
-class and it's derivatives. What we haven't seen, is that they can be
-constructed from a <tt>handle</tt>. The following examples should illustrate this
-fact:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>main_module</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>borrowed</span><span class=special>( </span><span class=identifier>PyImport_AddModule</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;__main__&quot;</span><span class=special>) ));
-    </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace </span><span class=identifier>dict</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt;(</span><span class=identifier>borrowed</span><span class=special>( </span><span class=identifier>PyModule_GetDict</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>main_module</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>get</span><span class=special>()) )));
-    </span><span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt;( </span><span class=identifier>PyRun_String</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;result = 5 ** 2&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>Py_file_input</span><span class=special>,
-                           </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>ptr</span><span class=special>(), </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>ptr</span><span class=special>()) );
-    </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>five_squared </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>extract</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>&gt;( </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>[</span><span class=string>&quot;result&quot;</span><span class=special>] );
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Here we create a dictionary object for the <tt>__main__</tt> module's namespace.
-Then we assign 5 squared to the result variable and read this variable from
-the dictionary. Another way to achieve the same result is to let
-<a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-55">
-PyRun_String</a> return the result directly with <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-58">
-Py_eval_input</a>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>result</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt;( </span><span class=identifier>PyRun_String</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;5 ** 2&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>Py_eval_input</span><span class=special>,
-                                         </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>ptr</span><span class=special>(), </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>ptr</span><span class=special>()) ));
-    </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>five_squared </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>extract</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=identifier>result</span><span class=special>);
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-<img src="theme/note.gif"></img> <b>Note</b> that <tt>object</tt>'s member function to return the wrapped
-<tt>PyObject*</tt> is called <tt>ptr</tt> instead of <tt>get</tt>. This makes sense if you
-take into account the different functions that <tt>object</tt> and <tt>handle</tt>
-perform.</p>
-<a name="exception_handling"></a><h2>Exception handling</h2><p>
-If an exception occurs in the execution of some Python code, the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/veryhigh.html#l2h-55">
-PyRun_String</a> function returns a null pointer. Constructing a <tt>handle</tt> out of this null pointer throws <a href="../../v2/errors.html#error_already_set-spec">
-error_already_set</a>, so basically, the Python exception is automatically translated into a C++ exception when using <tt>handle</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>try
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=identifier>object </span><span class=identifier>result</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt;( </span><span class=identifier>PyRun_String</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;5/0&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>Py_eval_input</span><span class=special>,
-                                             </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>ptr</span><span class=special>(), </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>ptr</span><span class=special>()) ));
-        // </span><span class=identifier>execution </span><span class=identifier>will </span><span class=identifier>never </span><span class=identifier>get </span><span class=identifier>here</span><span class=special>:
-        </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>five_divided_by_zero </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>extract</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=identifier>result</span><span class=special>);
-    }
-    </span><span class=keyword>catch</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>error_already_set</span><span class=special>)
-    {
-        // </span><span class=identifier>handle </span><span class=identifier>the </span><span class=identifier>exception </span><span class=identifier>in </span><span class=identifier>some </span><span class=identifier>way
-    </span><span class=special>}
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-The <tt>error_already_set</tt> exception class doesn't carry any information in itself. To find out more about the Python exception that occurred, you need to use the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/api/exceptionHandling.html">
-exception handling functions</a> of the Python/C API in your catch-statement. This can be as simple as calling <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/api/exceptionHandling.html#l2h-70">
-PyErr_Print()</a> to print the exception's traceback to the console, or comparing the type of the exception with those of the <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/api/standardExceptions.html">
-standard exceptions</a>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>catch</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>error_already_set</span><span class=special>)
-    {
-        </span><span class=keyword>if </span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>PyErr_ExceptionMatches</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>PyExc_ZeroDivisionError</span><span class=special>))
-        {
-            // </span><span class=identifier>handle </span><span class=identifier>ZeroDivisionError </span><span class=identifier>specially
-        </span><span class=special>}
-        </span><span class=keyword>else
-        </span><span class=special>{
-            // </span><span class=identifier>print </span><span class=identifier>all </span><span class=identifier>other </span><span class=identifier>errors </span><span class=identifier>to </span><span class=identifier>stderr
-            </span><span class=identifier>PyErr_Print</span><span class=special>();
-        }
-    }
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-(To retrieve even more information from the exception you can use some of the other exception handling functions listed <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/api/exceptionHandling.html">
-here</a>.)</p>
-<p>
-If you'd rather not have <tt>handle</tt> throw a C++ exception when it is constructed, you can use the <a href="../../v2/handle.html#allow_null-spec">
-allow_null</a> function in the same way you'd use borrowed:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>handle</span><span class=special>&lt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>result</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>allow_null</span><span class=special>( </span><span class=identifier>PyRun_String</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;5/0&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>Py_eval_input</span><span class=special>,
-                                             </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>ptr</span><span class=special>(), </span><span class=identifier>main_namespace</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>ptr</span><span class=special>()) ));
-    </span><span class=keyword>if </span><span class=special>(!</span><span class=identifier>result</span><span class=special>)
-        // </span><span class=identifier>Python </span><span class=identifier>exception </span><span class=identifier>occurred
-    </span><span class=keyword>else
-        </span><span class=comment>// everything went okay, it's safe to use the result
-</span></pre></code>
-<table border="0">
-  <tr>
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-   </tr>
-</table>
-<br>
-<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Dirk Gerrits<br><br>
-<font size="2">Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this document
- is granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This document
- is provided &quot;as is&quot; without express or implied warranty, and with
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-<p>
-Recall that in the <a href="class_virtual_functions.html">
-previous section</a>, we
-wrapped a class with a pure virtual function that we then implemented in
-C++ or Python classes derived from it. Our base class:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>Base
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=keyword>virtual </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>() = </span><span class=number>0</span><span class=special>;
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-had a pure virtual function <tt>f</tt>. If, however, its member function <tt>f</tt> was
-not declared as pure virtual:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>Base
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=keyword>virtual </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>() { </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=number>0</span><span class=special>; }
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-and instead had a default implementation that returns <tt>0</tt>, as shown above,
-we need to add a forwarding function that calls the <tt>Base</tt> default virtual
-function <tt>f</tt> implementation:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=keyword>struct </span><span class=identifier>BaseWrap </span><span class=special>: </span><span class=identifier>Base
-    </span><span class=special>{
-        </span><span class=identifier>BaseWrap</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>PyObject</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>self_</span><span class=special>)
-            : </span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self_</span><span class=special>) {}
-        </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>() { </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>call_method</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=keyword>int</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>); }
-        </span><span class=keyword>int </span><span class=identifier>default_f</span><span class=special>() { </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(); } // &lt;&lt;=== ***</span><span class=identifier>ADDED</span><span class=special>***
-        </span><span class=identifier>PyObject</span><span class=special>* </span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>;
-    };
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Then, Boost.Python needs to keep track of 1) the dispatch function <tt>f</tt> and
-2) the forwarding function to its default implementation <tt>default_f</tt>.
-There's a special <tt>def</tt> function for this purpose. Here's how it is
-applied to our example above:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=identifier>class_</span><span class=special>&lt;</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>BaseWrap</span><span class=special>&gt;(</span><span class=string>&quot;Base&quot;</span><span class=special>)
-        .</span><span class=identifier>def</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;f&quot;</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>, &amp;</span><span class=identifier>BaseWrap</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>default_f</span><span class=special>)
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Note that we are allowing <tt>Base</tt> objects to be instantiated this time,
-unlike before where we specifically defined the <tt>class_&lt;Base&gt;</tt> with
-<tt>no_init</tt>.</p>
-<p>
-In Python, the results would be as expected:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>base </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>()
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=keyword>class </span><span class=identifier>Derived</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>Base</span><span class=special>):
-    ...     </span><span class=identifier>def </span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>self</span><span class=special>):
-    ...         </span><span class=keyword>return </span><span class=number>42
-    </span><span class=special>...
-    &gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>derived </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Derived</span><span class=special>()
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Calling <tt>base.f()</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>base</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>()
-    </span><span class=number>0
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Calling <tt>derived.f()</tt>:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>derived</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>()
-    </span><span class=number>42
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Calling <tt>call_f</tt>, passing in a <tt>base</tt> object:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>call_f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>base</span><span class=special>)
-    </span><span class=number>0
-</span></pre></code>
-<p>
-Calling <tt>call_f</tt>, passing in a <tt>derived</tt> object:</p>
-<code><pre>
-    <span class=special>&gt;&gt;&gt; </span><span class=identifier>call_f</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>derived</span><span class=special>)
-    </span><span class=number>42
-</span></pre></code>
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+    LICENSE_1_0.txt</a> or copy at
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@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
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           <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
-          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
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     <td valign="top"> 
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 <h3><a name="arity">Arbitrary Arity Support</a></h3>
 
 I began using the <a
-href="../../../preprocessor/doc/index.htm">Boost.Preprocessor</a>
+href="../../../preprocessor/doc/index.html">Boost.Preprocessor</a>
 metaprogramming library to generate support for functions and member
 functions of arbitrary arity, which was, to say the least, quite an
 adventure. The feedback cycle resulting from my foray into
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@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
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         </td>
 
         <td valign="top">
@@ -57,6 +60,7 @@
 
       <li><code>postcall</code> - Python argument tuple and result management
       after the wrapped object is invoked</li>
+      <li><code>extract_return_type</code> - metafunction for extracting the return type from a given signature type sequence</li>
     </ol>
 
     <h2><a name="composition"></a>CallPolicies Composition</h2>
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@
         "ResultConverter.html#ResultConverterGenerator-concept">ResultConverterGenerator</a>.</td>
 
         <td>An MPL unary <a href=
-        "../../../mpl/doc/paper/html/usage.html#metafunctions.classes">Metafunction
+        "../../../mpl/doc/refmanual/metafunction-class.html">Metafunction
         Class</a> used produce the "preliminary" result object.</td>
       </tr>
 
@@ -129,7 +133,16 @@
         reference count must be decremented; if another existing object is
         returned, its reference count must be incremented.</td>
       </tr>
-    </table>
+      <tr>
+        <td valign="top"><code>P::extract_return_type</code></td>
+
+        <td>A model of <a href=
+          "../../../doc/refmanual/metafunction.html">Metafunction</a>.</td>
+
+        <td>An MPL unary <a href=
+          "../../../mpl/doc/refmanual/metafunction.html">Metafunction</a> used extract the return type from a given signature. By default it is derived from mpl::front.</td>
+      </tr>
+  </table>
     Models of CallPolicies are required to be <a href=
     "../../../utility/CopyConstructible.html">CopyConstructible</a>. 
     <hr>
@@ -141,8 +154,7 @@
     </p>
 
     <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href=
-    "../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights
-    Reserved.</i></p>
+    "../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 2002.</i></p>
 
     <p>Permission to copy, use, modify, sell and distribute this software is
     granted provided this copyright notice appears in all copies. This

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@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
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@@ -28,50 +31,40 @@
 
 <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
 
-<p>Instances of a dereferenceable type can be used like a pointer to access an lvalue.
+<p>Instances of a Dereferenceable type can be used like a pointer to access an lvalue.
 
 <h2><a name="concept-requirements"></a>Concept Requirements</h2>
 <h3><a name="Dereferenceable-concept"></a>Dereferenceable Concept</h3>
 
-<p>In the table below, <code><b>x</b></code> denotes an object whose
-type is a model of Dereferenceable.
-
-<table summary="Dereferenceable expressions" border="1" cellpadding="5">
-
-  <tr> 
-    <td><b>Expression</b></td>
-    <td><b>Requirements</b></td>
-  </tr>
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-    <td>An lvalue
-  </tr>
-</table>
-
-If <code><b>x</b></code> is not a pointer type, it also must satsify the following expression:
+<p>In the table below, <code><b>T</b></code> is a model of
+Dereferenceable, and <code><b>x</b></code> denotes an object of
+type <code>T</code>.  In addition, all pointers are Dereferenceable.
 
 <table summary="Dereferenceable expressions" border="1" cellpadding="5">
 
   <tr> 
     <td><b>Expression</b></td>
+    <td><b>Result</b></td>
     <td><b>Operational Semantics</b></td>
   </tr>
 
   <tr> 
-    <td valign="top"><code>x.get()</code></td>
+    <td><code>get_pointer(x)</code></td>
+    <td>convertible to <code><a href="pointee.html#pointee-spec">pointee</a>&lt;T&gt;::type*</code>
     <td><code>&amp;*x</code>, or a null pointer
   </tr>
+<tr>
+
 </table>
 
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@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
+<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
+<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@
   <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>
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
     </td>
     <td valign="top"> 
       <h1 align="center"><a href="../index.html">Boost.Python</a></h1>
@@ -229,6 +232,6 @@ worth doing anything about it.
   <!--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>
+  2002. </i></p>
 </body>
 </html>

doc/v2/May2002.html

@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
+<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
+<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@
   <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>
+          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
     </td>
     <td valign="top"> 
       <h1 align="center"><a href="../index.html">Boost.Python</a></h1>
@@ -54,7 +57,7 @@ focused on reducing the support burden. In recent weeks, responding to
 requests for support, espcially surrounding building the library, had
 begun to impede progress on development. There was a major push to
 release a stable 1.28.0 of Boost, including documentation of <a
-href="../../../../tools/build/index.html">Boost.Build</a> and specific
+href="../../../../tools/build/v1/build_system.htm">Boost.Build</a> and specific
 <a href="../building.html">instructions</a> for building Boost.Python
 v1. The documentation for Boost.Python v2 was also updated as
 described <a href="#documentation">here</a>.
@@ -70,7 +73,7 @@ described <a href="#documentation">here</a>.
   Martin Casado which uncovered the key mechanism required to allow
   shared libraries to use functions from the Python executable. The
   current solution used in Boost.Build relies on a <a
-  href="../../../../tools/build/gen_aix_import_file.py">Python
+  href="../../../../tools/build/v1/gen_aix_import_file.py">Python
   Script</a> as part of the build process. This is not a problem for
   Boost.Python, as Python will be available. However, the commands
   issued by the script are so simple that a 100%-pure-Boost.Jam
@@ -84,8 +87,7 @@ described <a href="#documentation">here</a>.
 
 Support for exposing C++ operators and functions as the corresponding
 Python special methods was added. Thinking that the Boost.Python
-<a href="../special.html#numeric">v1 interface</a> was a little too
-esoteric (especially the use of
+v1 interface was a little too esoteric (especially the use of
 <code>left_operand&lt;...&gt;/right_operand&lt;...&gt;</code> for
 asymmetric operands), I introduced a simple form of <a
 href="http://osl.iu.edu/~tveldhui/papers/Expression-Templates/exprtmpl.html">expression
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ This forced the exposure of the <a
       href="http://www.python.org/2.2/descrintro.html#property"><code>property</code></a>
       interface used internally to implement the data member exposure
       facility described in <a
-      href="Mar2002#data_members">March</a>. Properties are an
+      href="Mar2002.html#data_members">March</a>. Properties are an
       incredibly useful idiom, so it's good to be able to provide them
       at little new development cost.
 
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ Major updates were made to the following pages:
 
 <blockquote>
 <dl>
-        <dt><a href="call.html">call.html</a><dd> <dt><a href="updated">updated</a><dd>
+        <dt><a href="call.html">call.html</a><dd> <dt>updated<dd>
         <dt><a href="class.html">class.html</a><dd>
         <dt><a href="reference.html">reference.html</a><dd>
 </dl>
@@ -304,6 +306,6 @@ to these issues will probably have to be formalized before long.
   <!--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>
+  2002. </i></p>
 </body>
 </html>

doc/v2/ObjectWrapper.html

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 
+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
+<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
+<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
 <html>
   <head>
     <meta name="generator" content=
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
       <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>
+          alt="C++ Boost" src="../../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
         </td>
 
         <td valign="top">
@@ -144,13 +147,7 @@ instances of the associated Python type will be considered a match.
     </p>
 
     <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href=
-    "../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights
-    Reserved.</i></p>
-
-    <p>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.</p>
+    "../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 2002.</i></p>
   </body>
 </html>
 

doc/v2/ResultConverter.html

@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
+
+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
+<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
+<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
 <html>
 <head>
 <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
-<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href=../../../../boost.css>
+<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../../../../boost.css">
 <title>Boost.Python - ResultConverter Concept</title>
 </head>
 <body link="#0000ff" vlink="#800080">
@@ -9,7 +14,7 @@
     "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>
+      <h3><a href="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt="C++ Boost" src="../../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
     </td>
     <td valign="top"> 
       <h1 align="center"><a href="../index.html">Boost.Python</a></h1>
@@ -21,10 +26,12 @@
 <dl class="page-index"> 
   <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></dt>
   <dt><a href="#concept-requirements">Concept Requirements</a></dt>
-  <dl class="page-index"> 
-    <dt><a href="#ResultConverter-concept">ResultConverter Concept</a></dt>
-    <dt><a href="#ResultConverterGenerator-concept">ResultConverterGenerator Concept</a></dt>
-  </dl>
+  <dd>
+    <dl class="page-index"> 
+      <dt><a href="#ResultConverter-concept">ResultConverter Concept</a></dt>
+      <dt><a href="#ResultConverterGenerator-concept">ResultConverterGenerator Concept</a></dt>
+    </dl>
+  </dd>
 </dl>
 
 <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
@@ -76,6 +83,13 @@ denotes an object of type <code><b>R</b></code>.
     href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/api/exceptionHandling.html#l2h-71">PyErr_Occurred</a>
     should return non-zero.</td>
   </tr>
+  <tr> 
+    <td valign="top"><code>c.get_pytype()</code></td>
+    <td><code>PyTypeObject const*</code></td>
+    <td>A pointer to a Python Type object corresponding to result of the conversion,
+    or <code>0</code>. Used for documentation generation. If <code>0</code> is returned
+    the generated type in the documentation will be <b>object</b> .</td>
+  </tr>
 </table>
 
 <h3><a name="ResultConverterGenerator-concept"></a>ResultConverterGenerator Concept</h3>
@@ -100,7 +114,7 @@ C++ function return type.
   <!--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>
+    Abrahams</a> 2002. </i>
 
 <p>Permission to copy, use, modify, sell
  and distribute this software is granted provided this copyright notice appears

doc/v2/acknowledgments.html

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 
+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
+<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
+<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
 <html>
   <head>
     <meta name="generator" content=
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
       <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>
+          alt="C++ Boost" src="../../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
         </td>
 
         <td valign="top">
@@ -31,6 +34,15 @@
     <p><a href="../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> is
     the architect, designer, and implementor of <b>Boost.Python</b>.</p>
 
+    <p><a href="mailto:brett.calcott@paradise.net.nz">Brett Calcott</a>
+    contributed and maintains the Visual Studio project files and
+    documentation.</p>
+
+    <p><a href="mailto:Gottfried.Ganssauge-at-haufe.de">Gottfried
+    Ganßauge</a> supplied support for opaque pointer conversions,
+    complete with documentation and a regression test (and I didn't
+    even have to ask him for those)!
+
     <p>Joel de Guzman implemented the <a href="overloads.html">default
     argument support</a> and wrote the excellent <a href=
     "../tutorial/index.html">tutorial documentation</a>.</p>
@@ -63,6 +75,17 @@
     use the new preproccessor metaprogramming constructs and helping us to
     work around buggy and slow C++ preprocessors.</p>
 
+    <p><a href="mailto:nicodemus-at-globalite.com.br">Bruno da Silva de
+    Oliveira</a> contributed the ingenious <a
+    href="../../pyste/index.html">Pyste</a> (&quot;Pie-Steh&quot;)
+    code generator.
+
+    <p><a href="mailto:nickm@sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a> contributed
+    <code>staticmethod</code> support.</p>
+
+    <p>Martin Casado solved some sticky problems which allow us to build the
+    Boost.Python shared library for AIX's crazy dynamic linking model.</p>
+
     <p><a href="mailto:achim@procoders.net">Achim Domma</a> contributed some
     of the <a href="reference.html#object_wrappers">Object Wrappers</a> and
     HTML templates for this documentation. Dave Hawkes contributed
@@ -71,16 +94,6 @@
     definition syntax. Pearu Pearson wrote some of the test cases that are in
     the current test suite.</p>
 
-    <p><a href="mailto:brett.calcott@paradise.net.nz">Brett Calcott</a>
-    contributed and maintains the Visual Studio project files and
-    documentation.</p>
-
-    <p><a href="mailto:nickm@sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a> contributed
-    <code>staticmethod</code> support.</p>
-
-    <p>Martin Casado solved some sticky problems which allow us to build the
-    Boost.Python shared library for AIX's crazy dynamic linking model.</p>
-
     <p>The development of this version of Boost.Python was funded in part by
     the <a href="http://www.llnl.gov/">Lawrence Livermore National
     Laboratories</a> and by the <a href="http://cci.lbl.gov/">Computational
@@ -116,8 +129,7 @@
     </p>
 
     <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href=
-    "../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights
-    Reserved.</i></p>
+    "../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 2002.</i></p>
   </body>
 </html>
 

doc/v2/args.html

@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
 
+<!-- Copyright David Abrahams 2006. Distributed under the Boost -->
+<!-- Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying -->
+<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) -->
 <html>
   <head>
     <meta name="generator" content=
-    "HTML Tidy for Windows (vers 1st August 2002), see www.w3.org">
+    "HTML Tidy for Cygwin (vers 1st April 2002), 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">
 
@@ -16,7 +19,7 @@
       <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>
+          alt="C++ Boost" src="../../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
         </td>
 
         <td valign="top">
@@ -35,7 +38,31 @@
 
       <dt><a href="#keyword-expression"><i>keyword-expressions</i></a></dt>
 
-      <dt><a href="#functions">Functions</a></dt>
+      <dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a></dt>
+
+      <dd>
+        <dl class="page-index">
+          <dt><a href="#arg-spec">class <code>arg</code></a></dt>
+
+          <dd>
+            <dl class="page-index">
+              <dt><a href="#arg-synopsis">class <code>arg</code>
+              synopsis</a></dt>
+
+              <dt><a href="#arg-ctor">class <code>arg</code>
+              constructor</a></dt>
+
+              <dt><a href="#arg-operator">class <code>arg</code> template
+              <code>operator =</code></a></dt>
+            </dl>
+          </dd>
+        </dl>
+      </dd>
+
+      <dt><a href="#keyword-expression-operators"><i>Keyword-expression</i>
+      operator <code>,</code></a></dt>
+
+      <dt><a href="#functions">Functions (deprecated)</a></dt>
 
       <dd>
         <dl class="page-index">
@@ -57,27 +84,95 @@
 
     <p>A <b>keyword-expression</b> results in an object which holds a
     sequence of <a href="definitions.html#ntbs">ntbs</a>es, and whose type
-    encodes the number of keywords specified.</p>
+    encodes the number of keywords specified. The <b>keyword-expression</b>
+    may contain default values for some or all of the keywords it holds</p>
 
-    <h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
+    <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
 
-    <h3><a name="args-spec"></a><code>args(</code>...<code>)</code></h3>
+    <h3><a name="arg-spec"></a><code>class arg;</code></h3>
+
+    <p>The objects of class arg are keyword-expressions holding one keyword (
+    size one )</p>
+
+    <h4><a name="arg-synopsis"></a>Class <code>arg</code> synopsis</h4>
 <pre>
-<i>unspecified1</i> args(char const*);
-<i>unspecified2</i> args(char const*, char const*);
-   .
-   .
-   .
-<i>unspecifiedN</i> args(char const*, char const*, ... char const*);
+namespace boost { namespace python
+{
+        struct arg 
+        {
+          template &lt;class T&gt;
+                  arg &amp;perator = (T const &amp;value);
+          explicit arg (char const *name){elements[0].name = name;}
+        };
+
+}}
+</pre>
+
+    <h4><a name="arg-ctor"></a>Class <code>arg</code> constructor</h4>
+<pre>
+arg(char const* name);
 </pre>
 
     <dl class="function-semantics">
-      <dt><b>Requires:</b> Every argument must be a <a href=
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> The argument must be a <a href=
       "definitions.html#ntbs">ntbs</a>.</dt>
 
-      <dt><b>Returns:</b> an object representing a <a href=
-      "#keyword-expression"><i>keyword-expression</i></a> encapsulating the
-      arguments passed.</dt>
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Constructs an <code>arg</code> object holding a
+      keyword with name <code>name</code>.</dt>
+    </dl>
+
+    <h4><a name="arg-operator"></a>Class <code>arg</code> operator =</h4>
+<pre>
+template &lt;class T&gt; arg &amp;operator = (T const &amp;value);
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> The argument must convertible to python.</dt>
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Assigns default value for the keyword.</dt>
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> Reference to <code>this</code>.</dt>
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><a name="keyword-expression-operators"><i>Keyword-expression</i>
+    operator <code>,</code></a></h2>
+<pre>
+      <i>keyword-expression</i> operator , (<i>keyword-expression</i>, const arg &amp;kw) const
+      <i>keyword-expression</i> operator , (<i>keyword-expression</i>, const char *name) const;
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><b>Requires:</b> The argument <code>name</code> must be a <a href=
+      "definitions.html#ntbs">ntbs</a>.</dt>
+
+      <dt><b>Effects:</b> Extends the <i>keyword-expression</i> argument with
+      one more keyword.</dt>
+
+      <dt><b>Returns:</b> The extended <i>keyword-expression</i>.</dt>
+    </dl>
+
+    <h2><font color="#7F7F7F"><a name="functions"></a>Functions
+    (deprecated)</font></h2>
+
+    <h3><a name="args-spec"></a><code><font color=
+    "#7F7F7F">args</font>(</code>...<code>)</code></h3>
+<pre>
+<font color="#7F7F7F">  <i>unspecified1</i> args(char const*);
+    <i>unspecified2</i> args(char const*, char const*);
+       .
+       .
+       .
+    <i>unspecifiedN</i> args(char const*, char const*, ... char const*);
+</font>
+</pre>
+
+    <dl class="function-semantics">
+      <dt><font color="#7F7F7F"><b>Requires:</b> Every argument must be a <a
+      href="definitions.html#ntbs">ntbs</a>.</font></dt>
+
+      <dt><font color="#7F7F7F"><b>Returns:</b> an object representing a <a
+      href="#keyword-expression"><i>keyword-expression</i></a> encapsulating
+      the arguments passed.</font></dt>
     </dl>
 
     <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
@@ -85,19 +180,20 @@
 #include &lt;boost/python/def.hpp&gt;
 using namespace boost::python;
 
-int f(int x, int y, int z);
+int f(double x, double y, double z=0.0, double w=1.0);
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(xxx)
 {
-   def("f", f, args("x", "y", "z"));
+   def("f", f
+            , ( arg("x"), "y", arg("z")=0.0, arg("w")=1.0 ) 
+            );
 }
 </pre>
 
-    <p>Revised 05 November, 2001</p>
+    <p>Revised 01 August, 2003</p>
 
     <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href=
-    "../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 2002. All Rights
-    Reserved.</i></p>
+    "../../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave Abrahams</a> 2002-2003.</i></p>
   </body>
 </html>
 

doc/v2/bibliography.html

@@ -1,32 +0,0 @@
-<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="../../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt=
-          "C++ Boost" src="../../../../c++boost.gif" border="0"></a></h3>
-    </td>
-    <td valign="top"> 
-      <h1 align="center"><a href="../index.html">Boost.Python</a></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 -->
-  13 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>