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May 04, 2018
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Tom de Geus
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Jason Rhinelander
May 06, 2018
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Simplified example allowing more robust usage, fixed minor spelling issues
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@@ -46,11 +46,10 @@ Normally, the binding code for these classes would look as follows:
.. code-block:: cpp
PYBIND11_MODULE(example, m) {
py::class_<Animal> animal(m, "Animal");
animal
py::class_<Animal>(m, "Animal");
.def("go", &Animal::go);
py::class_<Dog>(m, "Dog"
, animal
)
py::class_<Dog
, Animal
>(m, "Dog")
.def(py::init<>());
m.def("call_go", &call_go);
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@@ -93,15 +92,14 @@ function have different names, e.g. ``operator()`` vs ``__call__``.
The binding code also needs a few minor adaptations (highlighted):
.. code-block:: cpp
:emphasize-lines: 2,
4,5
:emphasize-lines: 2,
3
PYBIND11_MODULE(example, m) {
py::class_<Animal, PyAnimal /* <--- trampoline*/> animal(m, "Animal");
animal
py::class_<Animal, PyAnimal /* <--- trampoline*/>(m, "Animal");
.def(py::init<>())
.def("go", &Animal::go);
py::class_<Dog>(m, "Dog"
, animal
)
py::class_<Dog
, Animal
>(m, "Dog")
.def(py::init<>());
m.def("call_go", &call_go);
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@@ -116,11 +114,11 @@ define a constructor as usual.
Bindings should be made against the actual class, not the trampoline helper class.
.. code-block:: cpp
:emphasize-lines: 3
py::class_<Animal, PyAnimal /* <--- trampoline*/> animal(m, "Animal");
animal
.def(py::init<>())
.def("go", &PyAnimal::go); /* <--- THIS IS WRONG, use &Animal::go */
py::class_<Animal, PyAnimal /* <--- trampoline*/>(m, "Animal");
.def(py::init<>())
.def("go", &PyAnimal::go); /* <--- THIS IS WRONG, use &Animal::go */
Note, however, that the above is sufficient for allowing python classes to
extend ``Animal``, but not ``Dog``: see :ref:`virtual_and_inheritance` for the
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@@ -157,7 +155,7 @@ Here is an example:
class Dachschund(Dog):
def __init__(self, name):
Dog.__init__(self) # Without this, undefind behavior may occur if the C++ portions are referenced.
Dog.__init__(self) # Without this, undefin
e
d behavior may occur if the C++ portions are referenced.
self.name = name
def bark(self):
return "yap!"
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@@ -760,7 +758,7 @@ document)---pybind11 will automatically find out which is which. The only
requirement is that the first template argument is the type to be declared.
It is also permitted to inherit multiply from exported C++ classes in Python,
as well as inheriting from multiple Python and/or pybind-exported classes.
as well as inheriting from multiple Python and/or pybind
11
-exported classes.
There is one caveat regarding the implementation of this feature:
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@@ -781,7 +779,7 @@ are listed.
Module-local class bindings
===========================
When creating a binding for a class, pybind by default makes that binding
When creating a binding for a class, pybind
11
by default makes that binding
"global" across modules. What this means is that a type defined in one module
can be returned from any module resulting in the same Python type. For
example, this allows the following:
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