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Bruno da Silva de Oliveira c7ea0aacd6 - Lots of fixes in the documentation
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<p>
Even thought Pyste can identify various elements in the C++ code, like virtual
methods, attributes, and so on, one thing that it can't do is to guess the
semantics of functions that return pointers or references. In this case, the
user must manually specify the policy. Policies are explained in the
<a href="../../doc/tutorial/doc/call_policies.html">
tutorial</a>.</p>
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The policies in Pyste are named exactly as in <a href="../../index.html">
Boost.Python</a>, only the syntax is
slightly different. For instance, this policy:</p>
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<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;()
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becomes in Pyste: </p>
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<span class=identifier>return_internal_reference</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>with_custodian_and_ward</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=number>1</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=number>2</span><span class=special>))
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The user can specify policies for functions and methods with the <tt>set_policy</tt>
function:</p>
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<span class=identifier>set_policy</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>f</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>return_internal_reference</span><span class=special>())
</span><span class=identifier>set_policy</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>C</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=identifier>return_value_policy</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>manage_new_object</span><span class=special>))
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<img src="theme/note.gif"></img> <b>What if a function or method needs a policy and the user
doesn't set one?</b><br><br> If a function/method needs a policy and one was not
set, Pyste will issue a error. The user should then go in the interface file
and set the policy for it, otherwise the generated cpp won't compile.
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Note that, for functions/methods that return <tt>const T&amp;</tt>, the policy
<tt>return_value_policy&lt;copy_const_reference&gt;()</tt> wil be used by default, because
that's normally what you want. You can change it to something else if you need
to, though.
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<hr size="1"><p class="copyright">Copyright &copy; 2003 Bruno da Silva de Oliveira<br>Copyright &copy; 2002-2003 Joel de Guzman<br><br>
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