Boost.Python

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Introduction

Functions

call

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Introduction

<boost/python/call.hpp> defines the call family of overloaded function templates, used to invoke Python callable objects from C++.

Functions

template <class R, class A1, class A2, ... class An>
R call(PyObject* callable, A1 const&, A2 const&, ... An const&)

Requires: R is a complete type with an accessible copy constructor

Effects: Invokes callable(a1, a2, ...an) in Python, where a1...an are the arguments to call(), converted to Python objects.

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Returns: The result of the Python call, converted to the C++ type R.

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Example(s)

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Revised 05 November, 2002

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