keyword argument support, removed last traces of std::function<> usage

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ string(TOUPPER "${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" U_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 if (UNIX)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -std=c++11 -Wno-unsequenced")
   if (NOT ${U_CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} MATCHES DEBUG)
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden")
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fvisibility=hidden -flto")
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ add_library(example SHARED
   example/example8.cpp
   example/example9.cpp
   example/example10.cpp
+  example/example11.cpp
 )
 
 set_target_properties(example PROPERTIES PREFIX "")

README.md

@@ -56,19 +56,6 @@ In addition to the core functionality, pybind11 provides some extra goodies:
 - It is possible to bind C++11 lambda functions with captured variables. The
   lambda capture data is stored inside the resulting Python function object.
 
-## Limitations
-Various things that Boost.Python can do remain unsupported, e.g.:
-
-- Fine grained exception translation: currently, all exceptions derived from
-  `std::exception` are mapped to a Python `Exception`, but that's it.
-
-- Default arguments in C++ functions are ignored, though their effect can be
-  emulated by binding multiple overloads using anonymous functions.
-
-- Python keyword arguments are not supported in bindings
-
-- Weak pointers are not supported
-
 ## What does the binding code look like?
 Here is a simple example. The directory `example` contains many more.
 ```C++

example/example.cpp

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ void init_ex7(py::module &);
 void init_ex8(py::module &);
 void init_ex9(py::module &);
 void init_ex10(py::module &);
+void init_ex11(py::module &);
 
 PYTHON_PLUGIN(example) {
     py::module m("example", "pybind example plugin");
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ PYTHON_PLUGIN(example) {
     init_ex8(m);
     init_ex9(m);
     init_ex10(m);
+    init_ex11(m);
 
     return m.ptr();
 }

example/example1.cpp

 /*
-    example/example1.cpp -- Example 1: constructors, deconstructors,
-    attribute access, __str__, argument and return value conventions
+    example/example1.cpp -- constructors, deconstructors, attribute access,
+    __str__, argument and return value conventions
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 

example/example10.cpp

 /*
-    example/example10.cpp -- Example 10: auto-vectorize functions for NumPy
+    example/example10.cpp -- auto-vectorize functions over NumPy array
+    arguments
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 
@@ -20,14 +21,16 @@ std::complex<double> my_func3(std::complex<double> c) {
 }
 
 void init_ex10(py::module &m) {
-    // Vectorize all arguments (though non-vector arguments are also allowed)
+    // Vectorize all arguments of a function (though non-vector arguments are also allowed)
     m.def("vectorized_func", py::vectorize(my_func));
+
     // Vectorize a lambda function with a capture object (e.g. to exclude some arguments from the vectorization)
     m.def("vectorized_func2",
         [](py::array_dtype<int> x, py::array_dtype<float> y, float z) {
             return py::vectorize([z](int x, float y) { return my_func(x, y, z); })(x, y);
         }
     );
-    // Vectorize all arguments (complex numbers)
+
+    // Vectorize a complex-valued function
     m.def("vectorized_func3", py::vectorize(my_func3));
 }

example/example11.cpp

+/*
+    example/example11.cpp -- keyword arguments and default values
+
+    Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
+
+    All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+    BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+*/
+
+#include "example.h"
+
+void kw_func(int x, int y) { std::cout << "kw_func(x=" << x << ", y=" << y << ")" << std::endl; }
+
+void init_ex11(py::module &m) {
+    m.def("kw_func", &kw_func, py::arg("x"), py::arg("y"));
+    m.def("kw_func2", &kw_func, py::arg("x") = 100, py::arg("y") = 200);
+}

example/example11.py

+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import sys, pydoc
+sys.path.append('.')
+
+import example
+
+from example import kw_func
+from example import kw_func2
+
+print(pydoc.render_doc(kw_func, "Help on %s"))
+print(pydoc.render_doc(kw_func2, "Help on %s"))
+
+kw_func(5, 10)
+kw_func(5, y = 10)
+kw_func(y = 10, x = 5)
+
+kw_func2()
+
+kw_func2(5)
+kw_func2(x=5)
+
+kw_func2(y=10)
+
+kw_func2(5, 10)
+kw_func2(x=5, y=10)

example/example2.cpp

 /*
-    example/example2.cpp2 -- Example 2: singleton design pattern, static
-    functions and variables, passing and interacting with Python types
+    example/example2.cpp2 -- singleton design pattern, static functions and
+    variables, passing and interacting with Python types
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 

example/example3.cpp

 /*
-    example/example3.cpp -- Example 3: operator overloading
+    example/example3.cpp -- operator overloading
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 

example/example4.cpp

 /*
-    example/example4.cpp -- Example 4: global constants and functions, enumerations
+    example/example4.cpp -- global constants and functions, enumerations
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 

example/example5.cpp

 /*
-    example/example5.cpp -- Example 5: inheritance, callbacks, acquiring
-    and releasing the global interpreter lock
+    example/example5.cpp -- inheritance, callbacks, acquiring and releasing the
+    global interpreter lock
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 

example/example6.cpp

 /*
-    example/example6.cpp -- Example 6: supporting Pythons' sequence
-    protocol, iterators, etc.
+    example/example6.cpp -- supporting Pythons' sequence protocol, iterators,
+    etc.
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 

example/example7.cpp

 /*
-    example/example7.cpp -- Example 7: supporting Pythons' buffer protocol
+    example/example7.cpp -- supporting Pythons' buffer protocol
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 

example/example8.cpp

 /*
-    example/example8.cpp -- Example 8: binding classes with
-    custom reference counting, implicit conversions between types
+    example/example8.cpp -- binding classes with custom reference counting,
+    implicit conversions between types
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 

example/example9.cpp

 /*
-    example/example9.cpp -- Example 9: nested modules
-    and internal references
+    example/example9.cpp -- nested modules and internal references
 
     Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel@inf.ethz.ch>
 

include/pybind/cast.h

@@ -392,14 +392,22 @@ public:
         return cast(src, policy, parent, typename make_index_sequence<size>::type());
     }
 
-    static std::string name() {
+    static std::string name(const char **keywords = nullptr, const char **values = nullptr) {
         std::array<std::string, size> names {{
             type_caster<typename detail::decay<Tuple>::type>::name()...
         }};
         std::string result("(");
         int counter = 0;
         for (auto const &name : names) {
+            if (keywords && keywords[counter]) {
+                result += keywords[counter];
+                result += " : ";
+            }
             result += name;
+            if (values && values[counter]) {
+                result += " = ";
+                result += values[counter];
+            }
             if (++counter < size)
                 result += ", ";
         }
@@ -407,12 +415,12 @@ public:
         return result;
     }
 
-    template <typename ReturnValue, typename Func> typename std::enable_if<!std::is_void<ReturnValue>::value, ReturnValue>::type call(Func &f) {
-        return call<ReturnValue, Func>(f, typename make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Tuple)>::type());
+    template <typename ReturnValue, typename Func> typename std::enable_if<!std::is_void<ReturnValue>::value, ReturnValue>::type call(Func &&f) {
+        return call<ReturnValue>(std::forward<Func>(f), typename make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Tuple)>::type());
     }
 
-    template <typename ReturnValue, typename Func> typename std::enable_if<std::is_void<ReturnValue>::value, detail::void_type>::type call(Func &f) {
-        call<ReturnValue, Func>(f, typename make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Tuple)>::type());
+    template <typename ReturnValue, typename Func> typename std::enable_if<std::is_void<ReturnValue>::value, detail::void_type>::type call(Func &&f) {
+        call<ReturnValue>(std::forward<Func>(f), typename make_index_sequence<sizeof...(Tuple)>::type());
         return detail::void_type();
     }
 
@@ -421,7 +429,7 @@ public:
     }
 
 protected:
-    template <typename ReturnValue, typename Func, size_t ... Index> ReturnValue call(Func &f, index_sequence<Index...>) {
+    template <typename ReturnValue, typename Func, size_t ... Index> ReturnValue call(Func &&f, index_sequence<Index...>) {
         return f((Tuple) std::get<Index>(value)...);
     }