[PyQt] Python and smartpointers

[Giovanni Bajo]

On 6/13/2008 3:16 PM, Arve Knudsen wrote:

> In our C++ application we typically use smartpointers to manage
> pointers automatically, but there's the problem of transferring such
> objects to Python. What I'd like to do is pass smartpointers to
> Python, so that one plays along with the C++ memory management scheme,
> but treat these as their managed objects (i.e., not having to worry
> about the presence of smartpointers). Is there a typical pattern for
> accomplishing this, or should I go about it completely differently?

One idea that comes to mind is to increment the smart-pointer counter 
when the Python wrapper is created and decrement it when the Python 
wrapper is destroyed. This would allow the Python code to keep the 
object in life by itself, even though the Python refcount would of 
course be different from the C++ refcount.

I have no idea how to implement this with SIP though; maybe Phil will 
chime in.
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Giovanni Bajo
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