[Boost-users] [boost-users][python] Problem with lifetime of object?

Subject: [Boost-users] [boost-users][python] Problem with lifetime of object?
From: Germán Diago (germandiago_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-08-27 04:04:30

Hello. I would like to know what's wrong with this:

Object * create() { return new Object(); }

void addToScene(const std::string & name, Object * o)
{
   //Store object in a std::multimap<std::string, Object *>
}

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(mod) {

   def("createObject", &create,
return_value_policy<reference_existing_object>());
   ....

}

I start my application, it works ok and it uses addToScene and create:

Now I try to add a new object to my application from python:

>> obj = Object()
>> addToScene("obj", obj)

Should the problem have anything to do with object lifetime? Or the
segmentation fault is because of another issue?

Thanks in advance.