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<h2 align="center">Header
<boost/python/opaque_pointer_converter.hpp></h2>
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<dt><a href="#classes">Classes</a></dt>
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<dt><a href="#opaque-spec">Class template
<code>opaque<Pointee></code></a></dt>
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<dt><a href="#opaque-spec-synopsis">Class template
<code>opaque</code> synopsis</a></dt>
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<dt><a href="#BOOST_PYTHON_OPAQUE_SPECIALIZED_TYPE_ID-spec">Macro
<code>BOOST_PYTHON_OPAQUE_SPECIALIZED_TYPE_ID</code></a></dt>
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<dt><a href="#see-also">See Also</a></dt>
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<h2><a name="classes"></a>Classes</h2>
<h3><a name="opaque-spec"></a>Class template
<code>opaque<P></code></h3>
<p><code>opaque<></code> registers itself as a converter from
Python objects to pointers to undefined types and vice versa.</p>
<h4><a name="opaque-spec-synopsis"></a>Class template
<code>opaque</code> synopsis</h4>
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namespace boost { namespace python
{
template<class Pointee>
struct opaque
{
opaque();
};
}}
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<h4><a name="opaque-spec-constructor"></a>Class template
<code>opaque</code> constructor</h4>
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opaque();
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<dt><b>Effects:</b>
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<li>Registers the instance as a
<a href="lvalue_from_pytype.html#lvalue_from_pytype-spec"> <code>lvalue_from_pytype</code></a>
converter from Python objects into opaque pointers.</p>
<p>The Python Objects created are named after the type pointed to
by the opaque pointer being wrapped.</p></li>
<li>Registers the instance as a
<a href="to_python_converter.html#to_python_converter-spec"> <code>to_python_converter</code></a>
from opaque pointers to Python objects.</p></li>
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<p>If there is already an instance registered by another module, this
instance doesn't try to register again in order to avoid warnings
about multiple registrations.</p>
<h4>Note</h4>
<p>Normally only a single instance of this class is created for every
Pointee.</p>
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<h2><a name="macros"></a>Macros</h2>
<h3><a name="BOOST_PYTHON_OPAQUE_SPECIALIZED_TYPE_ID-spec"></a>
Macro BOOST_PYTHON_OPAQUE_SPECIALIZED_TYPE_ID(Pointee)</h3>
<p>This macro must be used to define specializations of the
<a href="type_id.html#type_id-spec">type_id</a> function
which can't be instantiated for incomplete types.</p>
<h4>Note</h4>
<p>The macro must be invoked in every translation unit which uses the
opaque converter.</p>
<h2><a name="see-also"></a>See Also</h2>
<p>
<a href="return_opaque_pointer.html">return_opaque_pointer</a>
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<p>Revised
10 September, 2006
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