1. 04 Aug, 2017 1 commit
    • Jason Rhinelander's avatar
      Add py::module_local() attribute for module-local type bindings · 7437c695
      Jason Rhinelander authored
      This commit adds a `py::module_local` attribute that lets you confine a
      registered type to the module (more technically, the shared object) in
      which it is defined, by registering it with:
      
          py::class_<C>(m, "C", py::module_local())
      
      This will allow the same C++ class `C` to be registered in different
      modules with independent sets of class definitions.  On the Python side,
      two such types will be completely distinct; on the C++ side, the C++
      type resolves to a different Python type in each module.
      
      This applies `py::module_local` automatically to `stl_bind.h` bindings
      when the container value type looks like something global: i.e. when it
      is a converting type (for example, when binding a `std::vector<int>`),
      or when it is a registered type itself bound with `py::module_local`.
      This should help resolve potential future conflicts (e.g. if two
      completely unrelated modules both try to bind a `std::vector<int>`.
      Users can override the automatic selection by adding a
      `py::module_local()` or `py::module_local(false)`.
      
      Note that this does mildly break backwards compatibility: bound stl
      containers of basic types like `std::vector<int>` cannot be bound in one
      module and returned in a different module.  (This can be re-enabled with
      `py::module_local(false)` as described above, but with the potential for
      eventual load conflicts).
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