[PyQt] References returned from C++

[Detlev Offenbach]

On Sonntag, 22. Juni 2008, Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Jun 2008 12:53:41 +0200, "Arve Knudsen" <arve.knudsen at gmail.com>
>
> wrote:
> > How does one normally treat references returned by SIP-wrapped C++
> > objects? I just determined a segmentation fault in my program resulted
> > from an object first being obtained as a reference (in the C++ sense)
> > from a C++ method, and then destroyed with the parent object. Does one
> > normally keep in mind that the object dies implicitly with its C++
> > parent, or is there a way to have SIP give you copies rather than
> > borrowed references?
>
> I will probably change SIP to make a copy when the reference is const. I
> think this fixes most of the problem areas although it does introduce an
> incompatibility.
>
> For example...
>
>     const Status &status = foo->status();
>
>     while (!status.finished)
>         foo->process();
>
> ...with the planned change a directly translated Python version would no
> longer work. Instead you would have to move the call to status() to be
> inside the loop...
>
>     while not foo.status().finished:
>         foo.process()

But that change could seriously harm applications written using PyQt like 
eric4. I would have to scan through all the code, which could stop 
development for several weeks (or even months). Please don't do that!!!!!

>
> While I don't think there is anything in PyQt that would be affected by
> this, SIP is used for much more than just PyQt.
>
> Phil
>
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Regards,
Detlev
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