[Boost-users] Is it possible to expose bit-fields through boost.python

Subject: [Boost-users] Is it possible to expose bit-fields through boost.python
From: Andy Falanga (afalanga) (afalanga_at_[hidden])
Date: 2012-02-17 14:06:26

Hi,

I'd like to be able expose a struct defined as a bit field in C++ to python.  Being a neophyte in Boost, I'm wondering if there's a way to doing this.  I'm trying the method that I used when exposing a conventional struct, but the intellisense in Visual Studio is complaining to me that bit-fields can't be exposed.  I'm sure most on this list know what I mean, but just in case:

struct bitField {
    char bit1 : 1;
    char bit2 : 1;
    char bit34 : 2;
    char bit567 : 3;
    char bit8 : 1;
};

class_<bitField>("BitField")
    .def_readwrite("bit1", &bitField::bit1)
    .def_readwrite("bit2", &bitField::bit2)
    .def_readwrite("bit34", &bitField::bit34)
    .def_readwrite("bit567", &bitField::bit567)
    .def_readwrite("bit8", &bitField::bit8)
;

Is there a way of doing this?  This pattern is what I used to expose a conventional struct.

Thanks,
Andy