From 50eaa3a746326879f50d26c705528d8bad8845da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" <rwgk@google.com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2023 16:47:06 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add `format_descriptor<PyObject *>`

Trivial addition, but still in search for a meaningful test.
---
 include/pybind11/detail/common.h | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
index 1ff0df09f..c2e6f9ec8 100644
--- a/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
+++ b/include/pybind11/detail/common.h
@@ -1025,6 +1025,15 @@ PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(reference_cast_error, PyExc_RuntimeError) /// Used in
 template <typename T, typename SFINAE = void>
 struct format_descriptor {};
 
+template <typename T>
+struct format_descriptor<
+    T,
+    detail::enable_if_t<detail::is_same_ignoring_cvref<T, PyObject *>::value>> {
+    static constexpr const char c = 'O';
+    static constexpr const char value[2] = {c, '\0'};
+    static std::string format() { return std::string(1, c); }
+};
+
 PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
 // Returns the index of the given type in the type char array below, and in the list in numpy.h
 // The order here is: bool; 8 ints ((signed,unsigned)x(8,16,32,64)bits); float,double,long double;