Re: [boost] [python] Expose a struct with a std::vector<std::string> member

Subject: Re: [boost] [python] Expose a struct with a std::vector<std::string> member
From: Stefan Seefeld (seefeld_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-03 12:31:11

Tiago Coutinho wrote:
> Hello all,
>
>           I am new to boost::python. I have access to a C++ library which I want
>         to expose to python using boost. One of the structs I want to expose is
>         something like:
>
>         #include <vector>
>         struct ExampleStruct
>         {
>                 std::vector<std::string> elements;
>         };
>
>           I would like to expose this class but I like to avoid having to write
>         a wrapper that would inefficiently have to copy the vector contents to a
>         boost::python::list member.
>           Is there a way to do this?
>   
You may use the indexing-suite to expose the above as a container (with 
iterators etc.). However, note that strings in Python are immutable, so 
you can't modify them in-place.

Regards,
       Stefan

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