Boost::Python: Converting to and from custom class pointers

Boost::Python series List Dictionary Pointer conversion Site: boost.org (Documentation) [edit]

NOTE: Sadly this code isn't working 100% correctly, I have a new versions which I will add here soon

Code: Converting your custom class to a python usable class

<cpp/> CustomString* factory(const char* str){ return new CustomString(str); } struct CustomString_to_PyStr: to_python_converter<CustomString*, CustomString_to_PyStr> { static PyObject* convert(CustomString* x) { return PyString_FromString(x->c_str()); } }; void* extract_CustomString(PyObject* op){ return CustomString::stringWithCString(PyString_AsString(op)); } BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(Foo){ CustomString_to_PyStr(); boost::python::converter::registry::insert(&extract_CustomString, boost::python::type_id<CustomString>()); }

With this code we can convert to and from a custom string class. In python we use the regular strings and in C++ we can use our custom string class. This would work with any class of course.