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<dt>11 Sept 2003</dt>
<dd>
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<li>Changed the response to multiple to-python converters being
registered for the same type from a hard error into warning;
Boost.Python now reports the offending type in the message.</li>
<li>Added builtin <code>std::wstring</code> conversions</li>
<li>Added <code>std::out_of_range</code> => Python
<code>IndexError</code> exception conversion, thanks to <a href=
"mailto:RaoulGough-at-yahoo.co.uk">Raoul Gough</a></li>
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<dt>9 Sept 2003</dt>
<dd>Added new <code><a href="v2/str.html#str-spec">str</a></code></dd>
<dt>constructors which take a range of characters, allowing strings
containing nul (<code>'\0'</code>) characters.</dt>
<dt>8 Sept 2003</dt>
<dd>Added the ability to create methods from function objects (with an
<code>operator()</code>); see the <a href=
"v2/make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function</a> docs for
more info.</dd>
<dt>10 August 2003</dt>
<dd>Added the new <code>properties</code> unit tests contributed by <a
href="mailto:romany-at-actimize.com">Roman Yakovenko</a> and documented
<code>add_static_property</code> at his urging.</dd>
<dt>1 August 2003</dt>
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Added the new <code>arg</code> class contributed by <a href=
"mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a> which supplies the
ability to wrap functions that can be called with ommitted arguments
in the middle:
<pre>
void f(int x = 0, double y = 3.14, std::string z = std::string("foo"));
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(test)
{
def("f", f
, (arg("x", 0), arg("y", 3.14), arg("z", "foo")));
}
</pre>
And in Python:
<pre>
>>> import test
>>> f(0, z = "bar")
>>> f(z = "bar", y = 0.0)
</pre>
Thanks, Nikolay!
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<dt>22 July 2003</dt>
<dd>Killed the dreaded "bad argument type for builtin operation" error.
Argument errors now show the actual and expected argument types!</dd>
<dt>19 July 2003</dt>
<dd>Added the new <code><a href=
"v2/return_arg.html">return_arg</a></code> policy from <a href=
"mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a>. Thanks,
Nikolay!</dd>
<dt>18 March, 2003</dt>
<dd><a href="mailto:Gottfried.Ganssauge-at-haufe.de">Gottfried
Ganßauge</a> has contributed <a href=
"v2/opaque_pointer_converter.html">opaque pointer support</a>.<br>
<a href="mailto:nicodemus-at-globalite.com.br">Bruno da Silva de Oliveira</a>
has contributed the exciting <a href="../pyste/index.html">Pyste</a>
("Pie-steh") package.</dd>
<dt>24 February 2003</dt>
<dd>Finished improved support for <code>boost::shared_ptr</code>. Now
any wrapped object of C++ class <code>X</code> can be converted
automatically to <code>shared_ptr<X></code>, regardless of how it
was wrapped. The <code>shared_ptr</code> will manage the lifetime of
the Python object which supplied the <code>X</code>, rather than just
the <code>X</code> object itself, and when such a
<code>shared_ptr</code> is converted back to Python, the original
Python object will be returned.</dd>
<dt>19 January 2003</dt>
<dd>Integrated <code>staticmethod</code> support from <a href=
"mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a>. Thanks,
Nikolay!</dd>
<dt>29 December 2002</dt>
<dd>Added Visual Studio project file and instructions from Brett
Calcott. Thanks, Brett!</dd>
<dt>20 December 2002</dt>
<dd>Added automatic downcasting for pointers, references, and smart
pointers to polymorphic class types upon conversion to python</dd>
<dt>18 December 2002</dt>
<dd>Optimized from_python conversions for wrapped classes by putting
the conversion logic in the shared library instead of registering
separate converters for each class in each extension module</dd>
<dt>19 November 2002</dt>
<dd>Removed the need for users to cast base class member function
pointers when used as arguments to <a href=
"v2/class.html#class_-spec-modifiers">add_property</a></dd>
<dt>13 December 2002</dt>
<dd>Allow exporting of <a href=
"v2/enum.html#enum_-spec"><code>enum_</code></a> values into enclosing
<a href="v2/scope.html#scope-spec"><code>scope</code></a>.<br>
Fixed unsigned integer conversions to deal correctly with numbers that
are out-of-range of <code>signed long</code>.</dd>
<dt>14 November 2002</dt>
<dd>Auto-detection of class data members wrapped with <a href=
"v2/data_members.html#make_getter-spec"><code>make_getter</code></a></dd>
<dt>13 November 2002</dt>
<dd>Full Support for <code>std::auto_ptr<></code> added.</dd>
<dt>October 2002</dt>
<dd>Ongoing updates and improvements to tutorial documentation</dd>
<dt>10 October 2002</dt>
<dd>Boost.Python V2 is released!</dd>
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