[Boost-users] iterating over arbitrary python object in c++

From: Augusto Callejas (acallejas_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-11-10 21:35:49

hi-

i'm writing a C++ class that i want to expose as a python class.
one method in my class has an argument that takes in a python
object that "implements" the iterator interface (that is the
python object has defined "__iter__" and "__next__" and can
be used in a "for x in y" loop).

how do i go about iterating over that python object in my C++ code?

for example:

void my_class::method(object my_iterable_obj)
{
  // iterate over "my_iterable_obj"
}

one method i tried was calling the "__next__" method explicity:

  my_iterable_obj.attr("__next__")()

however, "__next__" raises a StopIteration exception when there
are no more objects in the iterator.  i could not find any examples
in the boost python tutorials for handling python exceptions from c++.

is there another way i can go about this?

thanks,
augusto.