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<h2>Contents</h2>
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<dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></dt>
<dt><a href="#functions">Functions</a></dt>
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<dt><a href="#make_function-spec">make_function</a></dt>
<dt><a href="#make_constructor-spec">make_constructor</a></dt>
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<dt><a href="#examples">Example</a></dt>
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<h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>
<p><code><a href="#make_function-spec">make_function</a>()</code> and
<code><a href="#make_constructor-spec">make_constructor</a>()</code> are
the functions used internally by <code><a href=
"def.html#def-spec">def</a>()</code> and <code>class_<>::<a href=
"class.html#class_-spec-modifiers">def</a>()</code> to produce Python
callable objects which wrap C++ functions and member functions.</p>
<h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>
<pre>
<a name="make_function-spec">template <class F></a>
<a href="object.html#object-spec">object</a> make_function(F f)
template <class F, class Policies>
<a href=
"object.html#object-spec">object</a> make_function(F f, Policies const& policies)
template <class F, class Policies, class KeywordsOrSignature>
<a href=
"object.html#object-spec">object</a> make_function(F f, Policies const& policies, KeywordsOrSignature const& ks)
template <class F, class Policies, class Keywords, class Signature>
<a href=
"object.html#object-spec">object</a> make_function(F f, Policies const& policies, Keywords const& kw, Signature const& sig)
</pre>
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<dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>F</code> is a function pointer or member
function pointer type. If <code>policies</code> are supplied, it must
be a model of <a href="CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a>. If
<code>kewords</code> are supplied, it must be the result of a <a href=
"args.html#keyword-expression"><em>keyword-expression</em></a>
specifying no more arguments than the <a href=
"definitions.html#arity">arity</a> of <code>f</code>.</dt>
<dt><b>Effects:</b> Creates a Python callable object which, when called
from Python, converts its arguments to C++ and calls <code>f</code>. If
<code>F</code> is a pointer-to-member-function type, the target
object of the function call (<code>*this</code>) will be taken
from the first Python argument, and subsequent Python arguments
will be used as the arguments
to <code>f</code>. <ul>
<li> If <code>policies</code> are supplied, it
will be applied to the function as described <a href=
"CallPolicies.html">here</a>.
<li>If <code>keywords</code> are
supplied, the keywords will be applied in order to the final
arguments of the resulting function.
<li>If <code>Signature</code>
is supplied, it should be an instance of an <a
href="../../../mpl/doc/refmanual/front-extensible-sequence.html">MPL front-extensible
sequence</a> representing the function's return type followed by
its argument types. Pass a <code>Signature</code> when wrapping
function object types whose signatures can't be deduced, or when
you wish to override the types which will be passed to the
wrapped function.
</ul></dt>
<dt><b>Returns:</b> An instance of <a href=
"object.html#object-spec">object</a> which holds the new Python
callable object.</dt>
<dt><b>Caveats:</b> An argument of pointer type may
be <code>0</code> if <code>None</code> is passed from Python.
An argument type which is a constant reference may refer to a
temporary which was created from the Python object for just the
duration of the call to the wrapped function, for example
a <code>std::vector</code> conjured up by the conversion process
from a Python list. Use a non-<code>const</code> reference
argument when a persistent lvalue is required.
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<a name=
"make_constructor-spec"></a>template <class T, class ArgList, class Generator>
<a href="object.html#object-spec">object</a> make_constructor();
template <class ArgList, class Generator, class Policies>
<a href=
"object.html#object-spec">object</a> make_constructor(Policies const& policies)
</pre>
<dl class="function-semantics">
<dt><b>Requires:</b> <code>T</code> is a class type.
<code>Policies</code> is a model of <a href=
"CallPolicies.html">CallPolicies</a>. <code>ArgList</code> is an <a
href="../../../mpl/doc/refmanual/forward-sequence.html">MPL sequence</a> of C++ argument
types (<i>A1, A2,... AN</i>) such that if
<code>a1, a2</code>... <code>aN</code> are objects of type
<i>A1, A2,... AN</i> respectively, the expression <code>new
Generator::apply<T>::type(a1, a2</code>... <code>aN</code>)
is valid. Generator is a model of <a href=
"HolderGenerator.html">HolderGenerator</a>.</dt>
<dt><b>Effects:</b> Creates a Python callable object which, when called
from Python, expects its first argument to be a Boost.Python extension
class object. It converts its remaining its arguments to C++ and passes
them to the constructor of a dynamically-allocated
<code>Generator::apply<T>::type</code> object, which is then
installed in the extension class object. In the second form, the
<code>policies</code> are applied to the arguments and result (<a href=
"http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/bltin-null-object.html">None</a>)
of the Python callable object</dt>
<dt><b>Returns:</b> An instance of <a href=
"object.html#object-spec">object</a> which holds the new Python
callable object.</dt>
</dl>
<h2><a name="examples"></a>Example</h2>
<p>C++ function exposed below returns a callable object wrapping one of
two functions.</p>
<pre>
#include <boost/python/make_function.hpp>
#include <boost/python/module.hpp>
char const* foo() { return "foo"; }
char const* bar() { return "bar"; }
using namespace boost::python;
object choose_function(bool selector)
{
if (selector)
return boost::python::make_function(foo);
else
return boost::python::make_function(bar);
}
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(make_function_test)
{
def("choose_function", choose_function);
}
</pre>
It can be used this way in Python:
<pre>
>>> from make_function_test import *
>>> f = choose_function(1)
>>> g = choose_function(0)
>>> f()
'foo'
>>> g()
'bar'
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