merged from trunk

[SVN r31944]

doc/building.html

@@ -82,9 +82,12 @@
     boost installation (if you have already built boost from the top level
     this may have no effect, since the work is already done).</p>
 
-    <h3><a name="configuration">Basic Configuration</a></h3>
-    You may need to configure the following variables to point Boost.Build at
-    your Python installation: 
+    <h3><a name="configuration">Basic Configuration</a></h3> You may
+    need to configure the following variables to point Boost.Build at
+    your Python installation.  Variables can be either set in the
+    environment or passed on the <code>bjam</code> command-line
+    as <code>-s</code><i>name</i><code>=</code><i>value</i>.  Variable
+    names are case-sensitive.
 
     <table border="1" summary="build configuration variables">
       <tr>
@@ -98,28 +101,29 @@
       </tr>
 
       <tr>
-        <td><code>PYTHON_ROOT</code></td>
-
-        <td>The root directory of your Python installation</td>
-
-        <td>Windows:&nbsp;<code>c:/tools/python</code>
-        Unix:&nbsp;<code>/usr/local</code></td>
-
-        <td>On Unix, this is the <code>--with-prefix=</code> directory used
-        to configure Python</td>
-      </tr>
-
       <tr>
         <td><code>PYTHON_VERSION</code></td>
 
         <td>The The 2-part python Major.Minor version number</td>
 
-        <td><code>2.2</code></td>
+        <td><code>2.4</code></td>
 
         <td>Be sure not to include a third number, e.g. <b>not</b>
         "<code>2.2.1</code>", even if that's the version you have.</td>
       </tr>
 
+        <td><code>PYTHON_ROOT</code></td>
+
+        <td>The root directory of your Python installation</td>
+
+        <td>Windows:&nbsp;<code>c:/Python</code><i>(10*Version)</i>, e.g. <code>c:/Python24</code>
+<br>
+        *nix/Cygwin:&nbsp;<code>/usr</code></td>
+
+        <td>On *nix, this should be the <code>--prefix=</code> directory used
+        to configure Python when it was built and installed.</td>
+      </tr>
+
       <tr>
         <td><code>PYTHON_INCLUDES</code></td>
 
@@ -172,7 +176,7 @@
       <tr>
         <td><code>CYGWIN_PYTHON_[DEBUG_]ROOT</code></td>
 
-        <td>unix-style path containing the <code>include/</code> directory
+        <td>*nix-style path containing the <code>include/</code> directory
         containing
         <code>python$(CYGWIN_PYTHON_[DEBUG_]VERSION)/python.h</code>.</td>
 
@@ -219,8 +223,10 @@
     <h3><a name="mingw">Notes for MinGW (and Cygwin with -mno-cygwin) GCC
     Users</a></h3>
 
-    <p>You will need to create a MinGW-compatible version of the Python
-    library; the one shipped with Python will only work with a
+    <p>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 <a href=
@@ -302,7 +308,7 @@ bjam -sTOOLS=<i><a href=
       right places.
     </blockquote>
 
-    <p>The <code><a href="../example">libs/python/example</a></code>
+    <p>The <code>libs/python/example</code>
     subdirectory of your boost installation contains a small example which
     builds and tests two extensions. To build your own extensions copy the
     example subproject and make the following two edits:</p>
@@ -359,7 +365,7 @@ path-global BOOST_ROOT : ../../.. ;
     <p>The first two variants of the <code>boost_python</code> library are
     built by default, and are compatible with the default Python
     distribution. The <code>debug-python</code> variant corresponds to a
-    specially-built debugging version of Python. On Unix platforms, this
+    specially-built debugging version of Python. On *nix platforms, this
     python is built by adding <code>--with-pydebug</code> when configuring
     the Python build. On Windows, the debugging version of Python is
     generated by the "Win32 Debug" target of the <code>PCBuild.dsw</code>
@@ -396,8 +402,8 @@ path-global BOOST_ROOT : ../../.. ;
     IDE</a></h2>
 
     <p>For the those of you who feel more comfortable in the IDE world, a
-    workspace and project file have been included in the <a href=
-    "../build/VisualStudio">libs/python/build/VisualStudio</a> subdirectory.
+    workspace and project file have been included in the <code>
+    libs/python/build/VisualStudio</code> subdirectory.
     It builds release and debug versions of the Boost.Python libraries and
     places them and the same directory as Jamfile build does, though the
     intermediate object files are placed in a different directory. The files

doc/news.html

@@ -1,105 +1,171 @@
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-  <head>
-    <meta name="generator" content=
-    "HTML Tidy for Cygwin (vers 1st April 2002), see www.w3.org">
-    <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
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+  <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="boost.css">
 
-    <title>Boost.Python - News/Change Log</title>
-  </head>
+  <title>Boost.Python - News/Change Log</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="../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
-        </td>
+<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="../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3>
+      </td>
 
-        <td valign="top">
-          <h1 align="center"><a href="index.html">Boost.Python</a></h1>
+      <td valign="top">
+        <h1 align="center"><a href="index.html">Boost.Python</a></h1>
 
-          <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>11 March 2005</dt>
+  <dl class="page-index">
+    <dt>19 October 2005 - 1.33.1 release</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><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>
-        <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>
+        <li>The build now assumes Python 2.4 by default, rather than 2.2</li>
 
-      <dd>
-        Support for Python's Bool type, thanks to <a
-        mailto="dholth-at-fastmail.fm">Daniel Holth</a>.
-      </dd>
+        <li>Support Python that's built without Unicode support</li>
 
-      <dt>11 Sept 2003</dt>
+        <li>Support for wrapping classes with overloaded address-of
+        (<code>&amp;</code>) operators</li>
+      </ul>
+    </dd>
 
-      <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>
+    <dt>14 August 2005 - 1.33 release</dt>
 
-          <li>Added builtin <code>std::wstring</code> conversions</li>
+    <dd>
+      <ul>
+        <li>Support for docstrings on nonstatic properties.</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>
+        <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>
 
-      <dt>9 Sept 2003</dt>
+        <li>Fixed some support for Embedded VC++ 4</li>
 
-      <dd>Added new <code><a href="v2/str.html#str-spec">str</a></code></dd>
+        <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>
 
-      <dt>constructors which take a range of characters, allowing strings
-      containing nul (<code>'\0'</code>) characters.</dt>
+        <li>Support for exposing <code>vector&lt;T*&gt;</code> with the
+        indexing suite.</li>
 
-      <dt>8 Sept 2003</dt>
+        <li>Support for GCC-3.3 on MacOS.</li>
 
-      <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>
+        <li>updated visual studio project build file to include two new files
+        (slice.cpp and wrapper.cpp)</li>
 
-      <dt>10 August 2003</dt>
+        <li>Added search feature to the index page.</li>
 
-      <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>
+        <li>Numerous fixes to the tutorial</li>
 
-      <dt>1 August 2003</dt>
+        <li>Numerous workarounds for MSVC 6 and 7, GCC 2.96, and EDG
+        2.45</li>
+      </ul>
+    </dd>
 
-      <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>
+    <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)
@@ -108,111 +174,104 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(test)
        , (arg("x", 0), arg("y", 3.14), arg("z", "foo")));
 }
  
-</pre>
-        And in Python: 
-<pre>
+</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>
+</pre>Thanks, Nikolay!
+    </dd>
 
-      <dt>22 July 2003</dt>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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_pointer_converter.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>
+    <dd><a href="mailto:Gottfried.Ganssauge-at-haufe.de">Gottfried
+    Gan&szlig;auge</a> has contributed <a href=
+    "v2/opaque_pointer_converter.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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <dt>29 December 2002</dt>
 
-      <dd>Added Visual Studio project file and instructions from Brett
-      Calcott. Thanks, Brett!</dd>
+    <dd>Added Visual Studio project file and instructions from Brett Calcott.
+    Thanks, Brett!</dd>
 
-      <dt>20 December 2002</dt>
+    <dt>20 December 2002</dt>
 
-      <dd>Added automatic downcasting for pointers, references, and smart
-      pointers to polymorphic class types upon conversion to python</dd>
+    <dd>Added automatic downcasting for pointers, references, and smart
+    pointers to polymorphic class types upon conversion to python</dd>
 
-      <dt>18 December 2002</dt>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <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>
+    <dt>13 November 2002</dt>
 
-      <dd>Full Support for <code>std::auto_ptr&lt;&gt;</code> added.</dd>
+    <dd>Full Support for <code>std::auto_ptr&lt;&gt;</code> added.</dd>
 
-      <dt>October 2002</dt>
+    <dt>October 2002</dt>
 
-      <dd>Ongoing updates and improvements to tutorial documentation</dd>
+    <dd>Ongoing updates and improvements to tutorial documentation</dd>
 
-      <dt>10 October 2002</dt>
+    <dt>10 October 2002</dt>
 
-      <dd>Boost.Python V2 is released!</dd>
-    </dl>
-    <hr>
+    <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>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>
+  <p><i>&copy; Copyright <a href="../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
+  Abrahams</a> 2002-2003.</i></p>
+</body>
 </html>
-

doc/projects.html

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
     <dl class="page-index">
       <dt><b><a href=
-      "http://www.neuralynx.com/neuralab/index.htm">NeuraLab</a></b></dt>
+      "http://www.neuralynx.com">NeuraLab</a></b></dt>
 
       <dd>Neuralab is a data analysis environment specifically tailored for
       neural data from <a href="http://www.neuralynx.com">Neuralynx</a>
@@ -351,13 +351,13 @@
 
         <p>Two projects have been developed so far with this technology:</p>
 
-        <p><b><a href="http://www.esss.com.br/dev_simba.phtml">Simba</a></b>
+        <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/dev_aero.phtml">Aero</a></b>
+        <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

doc/v2/callbacks.html

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ call_method&lt;ResultType&gt;(self_object, "<i>method-name</i>", a1, a2... a<i>N
     the arguments <code>a1</code>...<code>a<i>N</i></code> are copied into
     new Python objects, but this behavior can be overridden by the use of
     <code><a href="ptr.html#ptr-spec">ptr()</a></code> and <a href=
-    "../../../bind/ref.html#reference_wrapper">ref()</a>:</p>
+    "../../../bind/ref.html">ref()</a>:</p>
 <pre>
 class X : boost::noncopyable
 {
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void apply(PyObject* callable, X&amp; x)
 
       <tr>
         <td><code><a href=
-        "../../../bind/ref.html#reference_wrapper">boost::reference_wrapper</a>&lt;T&gt;</code></td>
+        "../../../bind/ref.html">boost::reference_wrapper</a>&lt;T&gt;</code></td>
 
         <td>The Python argument contains a pointer to, rather than a copy of,
         <code>x.get()</code>. Note: failure to ensure that no Python code

doc/v2/errors.html

@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ void handle_exception() throw();
       "make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function</a>()</code>,
       <code><a href=
       "make_function.html#make_constructor-spec">make_constructor</a>()</code>,
-      <code><a href="def.html#def-spec">def</a>()</code> and <code><a href=
+      <code><a href="def.html#class_-spec-modifiers">def</a>()</code> and <code><a href=
       "class.html#def-spec">class_::def</a>()</code>. The second form can be
       more convenient to use (see the <a href="#examples">example</a> below),
       but various compilers have problems when exceptions are rethrown from

doc/v2/iterator.html

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
               <dt><a href="#iterator-spec-synopsis">Class
               <code>iterator</code> synopsis</a></dt>
 
-              <dt><a href="#iterator-spec-ctors">Class template
+              <dt><a href="#iterator-spec-constructors">Class template
               <code>iterator</code> constructor</a></dt>
             </dl>
           </dd>

doc/v2/module.html

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ This macro generates two functions in the scope where it is used:
 and <code>void&nbsp;init_module_<i>name</i>()</code>, whose body must
 follow the macro invocation. <code>init_<i>name</i></code> passes
 <code>init_module_<i>name</i></code> to <code><a
-href="errors.html#handle_exception">handle_exception</a>()</code> so
+href="errors.html#handle_exception-spec">handle_exception</a>()</code> so
 that any C++ exceptions generated are safely processeed. During the
 body of <code>init_<i>name</i></code>, the current <code><a
 href="scope.html#scope-spec">scope</a></code> refers to the module

doc/v2/object.html

@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
         </dl>
 
         <dl class="page-index">
-          <dt><a href="#operators-spec">operators</a></dt>
+          <dt><a href="#object_operators-spec">operators</a></dt>
         </dl>
       </dd>
 
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ x[slice(_,_,-1)]
     <p>The policies which are used for proxies representing an attribute
     access to a <code>const&nbsp;object</code>.</p>
 
-    <h4><a name="class-spec-synopsis"></a>Class
+    <h4><a name="const_attribute_policies-spec-synopsis"></a>Class
     <code>const_attribute_policies</code> synopsis</h4>
 <pre>
 namespace boost { namespace python { namespace api

doc/v2/opaque_pointer_converter.html

@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ explicit opaque_pointer_converter(char const* name);
 
     <h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
 
-        please see example for <a href="return_opaque_pointer.html#example">
+        please see example for <a href="return_opaque_pointer.html#examples">
           return_opaque_pointer</a>.
 
     <h2><a name="see-also"></a>See Also</h2>

doc/v2/operators.html

@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
               <dt><a href="#self_t-spec-value-unary-ops">Class
               <code>self_t</code> unary operations</a></dt>
 
-              <dt><a href="#self_t-spec-value-value-ops">Class
+              <dt><a href="#self_t-spec-value-ops">Class
               <code>self_t</code> value operations</a></dt>
             </dl>
           </dd>

doc/v2/pickle.html

@@ -92,8 +92,8 @@ following examples.
 <hr>
 <h2>Examples</h2>
 
-There are three files in <a href="../../test/"
-><tt>boost/libs/python/test</tt></a> that show how to
+There are three files in 
+<tt>boost/libs/python/test</tt> that show how to
 provide pickle support.
 
 <hr>

doc/v2/platforms.html

@@ -51,13 +51,11 @@
               3.1, and 3.2 on <a href="http://www.redhat.com">RedHat Linux 7.3</a>
               for Intel x86</dt>
 
-              <dt><a href=
-              "http://www.tru64unix.compaq.com/cplus/index.html">Tru64 CXX
-              6.5.1</a> on OSF v. 5.1 for Dec/Compaq Alpha</dt>
+              <dt>Tru64 CXX 6.5.1 on OSF v. 5.1 for Dec/Compaq
+              Alpha</dt>
 
-              <dt><a href=
-              "http://www.sgi.com/developers/devtools/languages/mipspro.html">
-              MIPSPro 7.3.1.2m</a> on <a href=
+              <dt>
+              MIPSPro 7.3.1.2m on <a href=
               "http://www.sgi.com/software/irix6.5/">IRIX 6.5</a> for SGI
               mips</dt>
 
@@ -70,21 +68,16 @@
 
           <dd>
             <dl>
-              <dt><a href=
-              "http://developer.intel.com/software/products/kcc/">KCC
-              3.4d</a> on OSF v. 5.1 for Dec/Compaq Alpha</dt>
+              <dt>KCC 3.4d on OSF v. 5.1 for Dec/Compaq Alpha</dt>
 
-              <dt><a href=
-              "http://developer.intel.com/software/products/kcc/">KCC
-              3.4d</a> on AIX</dt>
+              <dt>KCC 3.4d</a> on AIX</dt>
             </dl>
           </dd>
         </dl>
         <br>
       </dd>
 
-      <dt><a href="http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/default.asp">Microsoft
-      Windows XP Professional</a> with Python <a href=
+      <dt>Microsoft Windows XP Professional with Python <a href=
       "http://www.python.org/2.2">2.2</a>, <a href=
       "http://www.python.org/2.2.1">2.2.1</a>, and <a href=
       "http://www.python.org/2.2.2">2.2.2b1</a>:</dt>

doc/v2/pointee.html

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 
     <p><code>&lt;boost/python/pointee.hpp&gt;</code> introduces a
     traits <a
-    href="../../../mpl/doc/index.html#metafunctions">metafunction</a>
-    template <code>pointee&lt;T&gt;</code> which can be used to extract the &quot;pointed-to&quot; type from the type of a pointer or smart pointer.
+    href="../../../mpl/doc/refmanual/metafunction.html">metafunction</a>
+    template <code>pointee&lt;T&gt;</code> that can be used to extract the &quot;pointed-to&quot; type from the type of a pointer or smart pointer.
 
     <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
 

doc/v2/reference.html

@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
       <dt><a href=
       "Dereferenceable.html#Dereferenceable-concept">Dereferenceable</a></dt>
 
-      <dt><a href="Dereferenceable.html#Extractor-concept">Extractor</a></dt>
+      <dt><a href="Extractor.html#Extractor-concept">Extractor</a></dt>
 
       <dt><a href=
       "HolderGenerator.html#HolderGenerator-concept">HolderGenerator</a></dt>
@@ -981,7 +981,7 @@
           <dd>
             <dl class="index">
               <dt>class template <a href=
-              "pointee.html#pointee">pointee</a></dt>
+              "pointee.html#pointee-spec">pointee</a></dt>
             </dl>
           </dd>
         </dl>

doc/v2/reference_existing_object.html

@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ template <class T> struct apply
 
       <dt><b>Returns:</b> <code>typedef <a href=
       "to_python_indirect.html#to_python_indirect-spec">to_python_indirect</a>&lt;T,V&gt;
-      type</code>, where <code>V</code> is a <a href=
-      "to_python_indirect.html#HolderObjectGenerator">HolderObjectGenerator</a>
-      which constructs an instance holder containing an <i>unowned</i>
+      type</code>, where <code>V</code> is a class whose
+      static <code>execute</code> function constructs an instance
+      holder containing an <i>unowned</i>
       <code>U*</code> pointing to the referent of the wrapped function's
       return value.</dt>
     </dl>

doc/v2/return_internal_reference.html

@@ -137,8 +137,8 @@ namespace boost { namespace python
 }}
 </pre>
 
-    <h4><a name="default_call_policies-spec-statics"></a>Class
-    <code>default_call_policies</code> static functions</h4>
+    <h4><a name="return_internal_reference-spec-statics"></a>Class
+    <code>return_internal_reference</code> static functions</h4>
 <pre>
 PyObject* postcall(PyObject* args, PyObject* result);
 </pre>

doc/v2/slice.html

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ for the Python <a
  href="http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.3/api/slice-objects.html">slice</a>
 type.</p>
 <h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
-<h3><a name="class-spec"></a>Class <code>slice</code></h3>
+<h3><a name="slice-spec"></a>Class <code>slice</code></h3>
 <p>Exposes the extended slicing protocol by wrapping the built-in slice
 type. The semantics of the constructors and member functions defined
 below can be fully understood by reading the <a
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ slice(Int1 start, Int2 stop, Int3 step);
   <dt><b>Effects:</b> constructs a new slice with start stop and step
 values.&nbsp; Equivalent to the slice object created
 by the built-in Python function <code><a
- href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-functions.html#12h-62">slice(start,stop,step)</a></code>,
+ href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/built-in-funcs.html">slice(start,stop,step)</a></code>,
 or as part of the Python expression <code>base[start:stop:step]</code>.</dt>
   <dt><b>Throws:</b> <code>error_already_set</code> and sets a Python <code>TypeError</code>
 exception if no conversion is possible from the arguments to type

include/boost/python/detail/config.hpp

@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
 # endif
 
 # if defined(BOOST_MSVC)
-#  if _MSC_VER <= 1200
+#  if _MSC_VER < 1300
 #   define BOOST_MSVC6_OR_EARLIER 1
 #  endif
 
-# pragma warning (disable : 4786) // disable truncated debug symbols
-# pragma warning (disable : 4251) // disable exported dll function
-# pragma warning (disable : 4800) //'int' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false'
-# pragma warning (disable : 4275) // non dll-interface class
+#  pragma warning (disable : 4786) // disable truncated debug symbols
+#  pragma warning (disable : 4251) // disable exported dll function
+#  pragma warning (disable : 4800) //'int' : forcing value to bool 'true' or 'false'
+#  pragma warning (disable : 4275) // non dll-interface class
 
 # elif defined(__ICL) && __ICL < 600 // Intel C++ 5
 
@@ -68,13 +68,13 @@
 
 #if defined(BOOST_PYTHON_DYNAMIC_LIB)
 
-#  if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)                  \
-    && defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >=5 \
-    && !defined(BOOST_PYTHON_GCC_SYMBOL_VISIBILITY)
-#    define BOOST_PYTHON_USE_GCC_SYMBOL_VISIBILITY
+#  if !defined(_WIN32) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)                                  \
+    && !defined(BOOST_PYTHON_USE_GCC_SYMBOL_VISIBILITY)                         \
+    && BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GNUC__, >= 3) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >=5 || __GNUC__ > 3)
+#    define BOOST_PYTHON_USE_GCC_SYMBOL_VISIBILITY 1
 #  endif 
 
-#  if defined(BOOST_PYTHON_USE_GCC_SYMBOL_VISIBILITY)
+#  if BOOST_PYTHON_USE_GCC_SYMBOL_VISIBILITY
 #     if defined(BOOST_PYTHON_SOURCE)
 #        define BOOST_PYTHON_DECL __attribute__ ((visibility("default")))
 #        define BOOST_PYTHON_BUILD_DLL

include/boost/python/detail/is_xxx.hpp

@@ -1,62 +1,13 @@
-// Copyright David Abrahams 2003.
+// Copyright David Abrahams 2005.
 // 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)
 #ifndef IS_XXX_DWA2003224_HPP
 # define IS_XXX_DWA2003224_HPP
 
-# include <boost/config.hpp>
-# include <boost/mpl/bool.hpp>
-# include <boost/preprocessor/enum_params.hpp>
+# include <boost/detail/is_xxx.hpp>
 
-# if defined(BOOST_NO_TEMPLATE_PARTIAL_SPECIALIZATION)
-# include <boost/type_traits/is_reference.hpp>
-# include <boost/type_traits/add_reference.hpp>
-
-#  define BOOST_PYTHON_IS_XXX_DEF(name, qualified_name, nargs)          \
-template <class X_>                                                     \
-struct is_##name                                                        \
-{                                                                       \
-    typedef char yes;                                                   \
-    typedef char (&no)[2];                                              \
-                                                                        \
-    static typename add_reference<X_>::type dummy;                      \
-                                                                        \
-    struct helpers                                                      \
-    {                                                                   \
-        template < BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS_Z(1, nargs, class U) >          \
-        static yes test(                                                \
-           qualified_name< BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS_Z(1, nargs, U) >&, int  \
-        );                                                              \
-                                                                        \
-        template <class U>                                              \
-        static no test(U&, ...);                                        \
-    };                                                                  \
-                                                                        \
-    BOOST_STATIC_CONSTANT(                                              \
-        bool, value                                                     \
-        = !is_reference<X_>::value                                      \
-        & (sizeof(helpers::test(dummy, 0)) == sizeof(yes)));            \
-                                                                        \
-    typedef mpl::bool_<value> type;                                     \
-};
-
-# else
-
-#  define BOOST_PYTHON_IS_XXX_DEF(name, qualified_name, nargs)  \
-template <class T>                                              \
-struct is_##name : mpl::false_                                  \
-{                                                               \
-};                                                              \
-                                                                \
-template < BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS_Z(1, nargs, class T) >          \
-struct is_##name<                                               \
-   qualified_name< BOOST_PP_ENUM_PARAMS_Z(1, nargs, T) >        \
->                                                               \
-   : mpl::true_                                                 \
-{                                                               \
-};
-
-# endif
+#  define BOOST_PYTHON_IS_XXX_DEF(name, qualified_name, nargs) \
+    BOOST_DETAIL_IS_XXX_DEF(name, qualified_name, nargs)
 
 #endif // IS_XXX_DWA2003224_HPP

include/boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp

@@ -22,6 +22,26 @@
 
 #ifdef _DEBUG
 # ifndef BOOST_DEBUG_PYTHON
+#  ifdef _MSC_VER  
+    // VC8.0 will complain if system headers are #included both with
+    // and without _DEBUG defined, so we have to #include all the
+    // system headers used by pyconfig.h right here.
+#   include <stddef.h>
+#   include <stdarg.h>
+#   include <stdio.h>
+#   include <stdlib.h>
+#   include <assert.h>
+#   include <errno.h>
+#   include <ctype.h>
+#   include <wchar.h>
+#   include <basetsd.h>
+#   include <io.h>
+#   include <limits.h>
+#   include <float.h>
+#   include <string.h>
+#   include <math.h>
+#   include <time.h>
+#  endif
 #  undef _DEBUG // Don't let Python force the debug library just because we're debugging.
 #  define DEBUG_UNDEFINED_FROM_WRAP_PYTHON_H
 # endif
@@ -97,7 +117,7 @@ typedef int pid_t;
 
 #   define HAVE_LONG_LONG 1
 #   define LONG_LONG long long
-#  endif 
+#  endif
 
 # elif defined(__MWERKS__)
 
@@ -143,6 +163,10 @@ typedef int pid_t;
 #ifdef DEBUG_UNDEFINED_FROM_WRAP_PYTHON_H
 # undef DEBUG_UNDEFINED_FROM_WRAP_PYTHON_H
 # define _DEBUG
+# ifdef _CRT_NOFORCE_MANIFEST_DEFINED_FROM_WRAP_PYTHON_H
+#  undef _CRT_NOFORCE_MANIFEST_DEFINED_FROM_WRAP_PYTHON_H
+#  undef _CRT_NOFORCE_MANIFEST
+# endif
 #endif
 
 #if !defined(PY_MAJOR_VERSION) || PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 2

include/boost/python/module_init.hpp

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern "C"                                                              \
 }                                                                       \
 void init_module_##name()
 
-# elif (defined(__GNUC__) && __GNUC__ >= 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ >=5)
+# elif BOOST_PYTHON_USE_GCC_SYMBOL_VISIBILITY
 
 #   define BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(name)                               \
 void init_module_##name();                                              \

include/boost/python/object/class_metadata.hpp

@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@
 # include <boost/mpl/for_each.hpp>
 # include <boost/mpl/placeholders.hpp>
 # include <boost/mpl/single_view.hpp>
+
+# include <boost/mpl/assert.hpp>
+# include <boost/type_traits/is_same.hpp>
+
 # include <boost/type_traits/is_convertible.hpp>
 
 # include <boost/noncopyable.hpp>
@@ -49,6 +53,12 @@ struct register_base_of
     template <class Base>
     inline void operator()(Base*) const
     {
+# if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, == 1200)
+        BOOST_MPL_ASSERT_NOT((is_same<Base,Derived>));
+# else
+        BOOST_STATIC_ASSERT(!(is_same<Base,Derived>::value));
+# endif 
+        
         // Register the Base class
         register_dynamic_id<Base>();
 
@@ -58,7 +68,7 @@ struct register_base_of
         // Register the down-cast, if appropriate.
         this->register_downcast((Base*)0, is_polymorphic<Base>());
     }
-    
+
  private:
     static inline void register_downcast(void*, mpl::false_) {}
     
@@ -186,7 +196,7 @@ struct class_metadata
       , mpl::if_<
             use_value_holder
           , value_holder<T>
-          , pointer_holder<held_type,T>
+          , pointer_holder<held_type,wrapped>
         >
     >::type holder;
     
@@ -199,7 +209,8 @@ struct class_metadata
     template <class T2>
     inline static void register_aux(python::wrapper<T2>*) 
     {
-        class_metadata::register_aux2((T2*)0, mpl::true_());
+        typedef typename mpl::not_<is_same<T2,wrapped> >::type use_callback;
+        class_metadata::register_aux2((T2*)0, use_callback());
     }
 
     inline static void register_aux(void*) 
@@ -242,6 +253,7 @@ struct class_metadata
     //
     inline static void maybe_register_class_to_python(void*, mpl::true_) {}
     
+
     template <class T2>
     inline static void maybe_register_class_to_python(T2*, mpl::false_)
     {

include/boost/python/object/value_holder.hpp

@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #  include <boost/preprocessor/repetition/enum_params.hpp>
 #  include <boost/preprocessor/repetition/enum_binary_params.hpp>
 
+#  include <boost/utility/addressof.hpp>
+
 namespace boost { namespace python { namespace objects { 
 
 #  if BOOST_WORKAROUND(__GNUC__, == 2)
@@ -86,12 +88,12 @@ private: // required holder implementation
 template <class Value>
 void* value_holder<Value>::holds(type_info dst_t, bool null_ptr_only)
 {
-    if (void* wrapped = holds_wrapped(dst_t, &m_held, &m_held))
+    if (void* wrapped = holds_wrapped(dst_t, boost::addressof(m_held), boost::addressof(m_held)))
         return wrapped;
     
     type_info src_t = python::type_id<Value>();
-    return src_t == dst_t ? &m_held
-        : find_static_type(&m_held, src_t, dst_t);
+    return src_t == dst_t ? boost::addressof(m_held)
+        : find_static_type(boost::addressof(m_held), src_t, dst_t);
 }
 
 template <class Value, class Held>
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ void* value_holder_back_reference<Value,Held>::holds(
             BOOST_PP_REPEAT_1ST(N, BOOST_PYTHON_UNFORWARD_LOCAL, nil)
             )
     {
-        python::detail::initialize_wrapper(self, &this->m_held);
+        python::detail::initialize_wrapper(self, boost::addressof(this->m_held));
     }
 
 # undef N

include/boost/python/override.hpp

@@ -55,12 +55,15 @@ namespace detail
       }
 #  endif 
       
-#  if !defined(BOOST_MSVC) || BOOST_WORKAROUND(_MSC_FULL_VER, > 140040607)
+#  if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, BOOST_TESTED_AT(1400)) || BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_INTEL_WIN, >= 900)
+      // No operator T&
+#  else
+      
       template <class T>
       operator T&() const
       {
           converter::return_from_python<T&> converter;
-          return converter(m_obj.release());
+          return converter(const_cast<handle<>&>(m_obj).release());
       }
 #  endif 
 

include/boost/python/pure_virtual.hpp

@@ -70,10 +70,8 @@ namespace detail
         : m_pmf(pmf)
       {}
       
-#if !BOOST_WORKAROUND(__EDG_VERSION__, <= 245)
    private:
-#endif
-      friend class def_visitor_access;
+      friend class python::def_visitor_access;
       
       template <class C_, class Options>
       void visit(C_& c, char const* name, Options& options) const

src/converter/type_id.cpp

@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@
 
 #  ifdef BOOST_PYTHON_HAVE_GCC_CP_DEMANGLE
 #   if defined(__GNUC__) &&  __GNUC__ >= 3
+
+// http://lists.debian.org/debian-gcc/2003/09/msg00055.html notes
+// that, in cxxabi.h of gcc-3.x for x < 4, this type is used before it
+// is declared.
+#    if __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ < 4
+class __class_type_info;
+#    endif
+
 #    include <cxxabi.h>
 #   endif
 #  endif 

test/Jamfile

@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ bpl-test crossmod_exception
 [ bpl-test andreas_beyer ]
 [ bpl-test polymorphism ]
 [ bpl-test polymorphism2 ]
+  
+[ bpl-test wrapper_held_type ]
+[ bpl-test polymorphism2_auto_ptr ]
+  
 [ bpl-test auto_ptr ]
 [ bpl-test minimal ]
 [ bpl-test args ]
@@ -115,7 +119,7 @@ bpl-test crossmod_exception
 [ bpl-test keywords : keywords.cpp keywords_test.py ]
 
 [ extension builtin_converters : test_builtin_converters.cpp <template>../build/extension ]
-[ boost-python-runtest builtin_converters : test_builtin_converters.py <pyd>builtin_converters ]
+[ boost-python-runtest builtin_converters : test_builtin_converters.py <pyd>builtin_converters : : : -v ]
 
 [ bpl-test test_pointer_adoption ]
 [ bpl-test operators ]
@@ -164,11 +168,11 @@ bpl-test crossmod_exception
 [ bpl-test vector_indexing_suite ]
 [ bpl-test pointer_vector ]
 
-
 [ extension map_indexing_suite_ext
     : map_indexing_suite.cpp int_map_indexing_suite.cpp <template>../build/extension ]
+      
 [ boost-python-runtest 
-    map_indexing_suite : map_indexing_suite.py <pyd>map_indexing_suite_ext ]
+    map_indexing_suite : map_indexing_suite.py <pyd>map_indexing_suite_ext : : : -v ]
 
 # if $(TEST_BIENSTMAN_NON_BUGS)
 # {

test/polymorphism.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#define BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING
 // Copyright David Abrahams 2002.
 // Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See
 // accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at

test/polymorphism2.cpp

@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@
 #include <boost/python/call.hpp>
 #include <boost/utility.hpp>
 
+#include <memory>
+
+#ifdef HELD_BY_AUTO_PTR
+# define HELD_PTR(X) , std::auto_ptr< X >
+#else
+# define HELD_PTR(X)
+#endif 
+
 using namespace boost::python;
 
 struct P
@@ -123,19 +131,23 @@ C& getCCppObj ()
 
 A* pass_a(A* x) { return x; }
 
+#ifdef HELD_BY_AUTO_PTR
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(polymorphism2_auto_ptr_ext)
+#else
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(polymorphism2_ext)
+#endif 
 {
-    class_<ACallback,boost::noncopyable>("A")
+    class_<ACallback HELD_PTR(A),boost::noncopyable>("A")
         .def("f", &A::f, &ACallback::default_f)
         ;
     
     def("getBCppObj", getBCppObj, return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>());
 
-    class_<C,bases<A>,boost::noncopyable>("C")
+    class_<C HELD_PTR(C),bases<A>,boost::noncopyable>("C")
         .def("f", &C::f)
         ;
     
-    class_<DCallback,bases<A>,boost::noncopyable>("D")
+    class_<DCallback HELD_PTR(D),bases<A>,boost::noncopyable>("D")
         .def("f", &D::f)
         .def("g", &D::g)
         ;
@@ -152,7 +164,7 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE_INIT(polymorphism2_ext)
         .def("f", pure_virtual(&P::f))
         ;
 
-    class_<Q, bases<P> >("Q")
+    class_<Q HELD_PTR(Q), bases<P> >("Q")
         .def("g", &P::g) // make sure virtual inheritance doesn't interfere
         ;
 }

test/polymorphism2.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
 # file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
 import unittest
-from polymorphism2_ext import *
+import sys
 
 class PolymorphTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -77,11 +77,18 @@ class PolymorphTest(unittest.TestCase):
       r = R()
       self.failUnlessEqual ('R.f', r.f())
       
-                        
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-   
-   # remove the option which upsets unittest
+
+def test():
+   # remove the option that upsets unittest
    import sys
    sys.argv = [ x for x in sys.argv if x != '--broken-auto-ptr' ]
-   
    unittest.main()
+
+# This nasty hack basically says that if we're loaded by another module, we'll
+# be testing polymorphism2_auto_ptr_ext instead of polymorphism2_ext.
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+   from polymorphism2_ext import *
+   test()
+else:
+   from polymorphism2_auto_ptr_ext import *
+   

test/polymorphism2_auto_ptr.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// Copyright David Abrahams 2005. 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)
+
+#define HELD_BY_AUTO_PTR
+#include "polymorphism2.cpp"

test/polymorphism2_auto_ptr.py

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Copyright David Abrahams 2005. 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 polymorphism2
+polymorphism2.test()

test/test_builtin_converters.cpp

@@ -85,14 +85,14 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(builtin_converters)
     def("rewrap_value_complex_double", by_value<std::complex<double> >::rewrap);
     def("rewrap_value_complex_long_double", by_value<std::complex<long double> >::rewrap);
     def("rewrap_value_wstring",
-# ifdef BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING
+# if defined(BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING) || !defined(Py_USING_UNICODE)
         identity_
 # else 
         by_value<std::wstring>::rewrap
 # endif 
     );
     def("rewrap_value_string",
-# ifdef BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING
+# if defined(BOOST_NO_STD_WSTRING) || !defined(Py_USING_UNICODE)
         identity_
 # else 
         by_value<std::wstring>::rewrap

test/test_builtin_converters.py

@@ -78,12 +78,23 @@ r"""
 'hello, world'
 >>> rewrap_value_string('yo, wassup?')
 'yo, wassup?'
->>> rewrap_value_wstring(u'yo, wassup?')
-u'yo, wassup?'
 
-    test that overloading on unicode works:
+>>> try:
+...     if unicode: pass
+... except:
+...     print "u'yo, wassup?'"
+... else:
+...     eval("rewrap_value_wstring(u'yo, wassup?')")
+u'yo, wassup?'
     
->>> rewrap_value_string(u'yo, wassup?')
+   test that overloading on unicode works:
+
+>>> try:
+...     if unicode: pass
+... except:
+...     print "u'yo, wassup?'"
+... else:
+...     eval("rewrap_value_string(u'yo, wassup?')")
 u'yo, wassup?'
 
    wrap strings with embedded nulls:

test/wrapper_held_type.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Copyright David Abrahams 2005. Distributed under the Boost
+// Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+// file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+
+#include <boost/python/register_ptr_to_python.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/def.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/class.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/wrapper.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/implicit.hpp>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+struct data
+{
+    virtual int id() const
+    {
+        return 42;
+    }
+};
+    
+std::auto_ptr<data> create_data()
+{ 
+    return std::auto_ptr<data>( new data ); 
+}
+
+void do_nothing( std::auto_ptr<data>& ){}
+
+    
+namespace bp = boost::python;
+
+struct data_wrapper : data, bp::wrapper< data >
+{
+    data_wrapper(data const & arg )
+    : data( arg )
+      , bp::wrapper< data >()
+    {}
+
+    data_wrapper()
+    : data()
+      , bp::wrapper< data >()
+    {}
+
+    virtual int id() const
+    {
+        if( bp::override id = this->get_override( "id" ) )
+            return bp::call<int>(id.ptr()); // id();
+        else
+            return data::id(  );
+    }
+    
+    virtual int default_id(  ) const
+    {
+        return this->data::id( );
+    }
+
+};
+
+BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(wrapper_held_type_ext)
+{
+    bp::class_< data_wrapper, std::auto_ptr< data > >( "data" )    
+        .def( "id", &data::id, &::data_wrapper::default_id );
+
+    bp::def( "do_nothing", &do_nothing );
+    bp::def( "create_data", &create_data );
+}    
+
+#include "module_tail.cpp"

test/wrapper_held_type.py

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# Copyright David Abrahams 2005. Distributed under the Boost
+# Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
+# file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
+'''
+>>> from wrapper_held_type_ext import *
+>>> d = data()
+>>> print d.id()
+42
+>>> do_nothing( d )
+>>> print d.id()
+42
+>>> d = create_data()
+>>> print d.id()
+42
+>>> do_nothing( d )
+>>> print d.id()
+42
+'''
+
+def run(args = None):
+    import sys
+    import doctest
+
+    if args is not None:
+        sys.argv = args
+    return doctest.testmod(sys.modules.get(__name__))
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    print "running..."
+    import sys
+    status = run()[0]
+    if (status == 0): print "Done."
+    sys.exit(status)
+