Adding Python-style modifiers for vector. Wrapping has_insertion_operator_implementation in _MSC_VER ifdef’s. Adding ‘!=0’ instead of bool cast’s.

example/example17.py

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ print( v_int != v_int2 )
 
 v_int2.push_back(2)
 v_int2.push_back(3)
+v_int2.insert(0, 1)
+v_int2.insert(0, 2)
+v_int2.insert(0, 3)
 print(v_int2)
 
 v_a = VectorA()

example/example17.ref

@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@
 True
 True
 True
-VectorInt[0, 1, 2, 3]
+VectorInt[3, 2, 1, 0, 1, 2, 3]

include/pybind11/common.h

@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ NAMESPACE_END(detail)
 class error_already_set : public std::runtime_error { public: error_already_set() : std::runtime_error(detail::error_string())  {} };
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(stop_iteration)
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(index_error)
+PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(value_error)
 PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION(cast_error) /// Thrown when pybind11::cast or handle::call fail due to a type casting error
 
 [[noreturn]] PYBIND11_NOINLINE inline void pybind11_fail(const char *reason) { throw std::runtime_error(reason); }

include/pybind11/stl_binders.h

@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
 
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(pybind11)
 
+#if (!defined _MSC_VER) || (_MSC_VER > 1900)
+	#define INSERTION_OPERATOR_IMPLEMENTATION
+#endif
+
+
 template<typename T>
 constexpr auto has_equal_operator(int) -> decltype( std::declval<T>() == std::declval<T>(), bool()) { return true; }
 template<typename T>
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ template<typename T>
 constexpr bool has_not_equal_operator(...) { return false; }
 
 
-
+#ifdef INSERTION_OPERATOR_IMPLEMENTATION
 namespace has_insertion_operator_implementation {
 enum class False {};
 struct any_type {
@@ -48,6 +53,7 @@ constexpr bool has_insertion_operator()
 	using namespace has_insertion_operator_implementation;
 	return std::is_same< decltype( std::declval<std::ostringstream&>() << std::declval<T>() ), std::ostream & >::value;
 }
+#endif
 
 
 template <typename T, typename Allocator = std::allocator<T>, typename holder_type = std::unique_ptr< std::vector<T, Allocator> > >
@@ -88,6 +94,12 @@ class vector_binder
 	    cl.def(pybind11::self != pybind11::self);
 
 		cl.def("count", [](Vector const &v, T const & value) { return std::count(v.begin(), v.end(), value); }, "counts the elements that are equal to value");
+
+		cl.def("remove", [](Vector &v, const T&t) {
+				auto p = std::find(v.begin(), v.end(), t);
+				if( p != v.end() ) v.erase(p);
+				else throw pybind11::value_error();
+			}, "Remove the first item from the list whose value is x. It is an error if there is no such item.");
 	}
 	template<typename U = T, typename std::enable_if< !has_equal_operator<U>(0) >::type * = nullptr>
 	void maybe_has_equal_operator(Class_ &) {}
@@ -101,6 +113,7 @@ class vector_binder
 	void maybe_has_not_equal_operator(Class_ &) {}
 
 
+	#ifdef INSERTION_OPERATOR_IMPLEMENTATION
 	template<typename U = T, typename std::enable_if< has_insertion_operator<U>() >::type * = nullptr>
 	void maybe_has_insertion_operator(Class_ &cl, std::string name) {
 		cl.def("__repr__", [name](typename vector_binder<T>::Vector &v) {
@@ -117,7 +130,7 @@ class vector_binder
 	}
 	template<typename U = T, typename std::enable_if< !has_insertion_operator<U>() >::type * = nullptr>
 	void maybe_has_insertion_operator(Class_ &, char const *) {}
-
+	#endif
 
 
 
@@ -131,6 +144,18 @@ public:
 		maybe_default_constructible(cl);
 		maybe_copy_constructible(cl);
 
+		// Element access
+		cl.def("front", [](Vector &v) {
+				if( v.size() ) return v.front();
+				else throw pybind11::index_error();
+			}, "access the first element");
+		cl.def("back", [](Vector &v) {
+				if( v.size() ) return v.back();
+				else throw pybind11::index_error();
+			}, "access the last element ");
+		// Not needed, the operator[] is already providing bounds checking cl.def("at", (T& (Vector::*)(SizeType i)) &Vector::at, "access specified element with bounds checking");
+
+
 		// Capacity
 		cl.def("empty",         &Vector::empty,         "checks whether the container is empty");
 		cl.def("size",          &Vector::size,          "returns the number of elements");
@@ -139,31 +164,46 @@ public:
 		cl.def("capacity",      &Vector::capacity,      "returns the number of elements that can be held in currently allocated storage");
 		cl.def("shrink_to_fit", &Vector::shrink_to_fit, "reduces memory usage by freeing unused memory");
 
-		// Modifiers
+		// Modifiers, C++ style
 		cl.def("clear",                                      &Vector::clear, "clears the contents");
 		cl.def("push_back", (void (Vector::*)(const T&)) &Vector::push_back, "adds an element to the end");
 		cl.def("pop_back",                                &Vector::pop_back, "removes the last element");
 		cl.def("swap",                                        &Vector::swap, "swaps the contents");
 
+
+		// Modifiers, Python style
+		cl.def("append", (void (Vector::*)(const T&)) &Vector::push_back, "adds an element to the end");
+		cl.def("insert", [](Vector &v, SizeType i, const T&t) {v.insert(v.begin()+i, t);}, "insert an item at a given position");
+		cl.def("pop", [](Vector &v) {
+				if( v.size() ) {
+					T t = v.back();
+					v.pop_back();
+					return t;
+				}
+				else throw pybind11::index_error();
+			}, "insert an item at a given position");
+
+
 		cl.def("erase", [](Vector &v, SizeType i) {
-			if (i >= v.size()) throw pybind11::index_error();
+				if( i >= v.size() ) throw pybind11::index_error();
 				v.erase( v.begin() + i );
 			}, "erases element at index");
 
+
 		// Python friendly bindings
 		#ifdef PYTHON_ABI_VERSION // Python 3+
-			cl.def("__bool__",    [](Vector &v) -> bool { return v.size(); }); // checks whether the container has any elements in it
+			cl.def("__bool__",    [](Vector &v) -> bool { return v.size() != 0; }); // checks whether the container has any elements in it
 		#else
-			cl.def("__nonzero__", [](Vector &v) -> bool { return v.size(); }); // checks whether the container has any elements in it
+			cl.def("__nonzero__", [](Vector &v) -> bool { return v.size() != 0; }); // checks whether the container has any elements in it
 		#endif
 
 		cl.def("__getitem__", [](Vector const &v, SizeType i) {
-			if (i >= v.size()) throw pybind11::index_error();
+				if( i >= v.size() ) throw pybind11::index_error();
 				return v[i];
 			});
 
 		cl.def("__setitem__", [](Vector &v, SizeType i, T const & t) {
-            if (i >= v.size()) throw pybind11::index_error();
+				if( i >= v.size() ) throw pybind11::index_error();
 				v[i] = t;
 		});
 
@@ -174,7 +214,9 @@ public:
 		maybe_has_not_equal_operator(cl);
 
 		// Printing
+		#ifdef INSERTION_OPERATOR_IMPLEMENTATION
 		maybe_has_insertion_operator(cl, name);
+		#endif
 	}
 };