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Author SHA1 Message Date
Henry Schreiner
f0a65c899c
docs(fix): spelling mistake in recent commit 2021-07-12 16:57:28 -04:00
Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve
7472d37a93
Adding iostream.h thread-safety documentation. (#2995)
* Adding iostream.h thread-safety documentation.

* Restoring `TestThread` code with added `std::lock_guard<std::mutex>`.

* Updating new comments to reflect new information.

* Fixing up `git rebase -X theirs` accidents.
2021-07-12 13:39:06 -07:00
Jan Iwaszkiewicz
cf006af2f0
Fix typos and docs style (#3088)
* py::pickle typo

* correct dots and parentheses
2021-07-10 11:16:07 -07:00
Antony Lee
5bcaaa0423
Add a std::filesystem::path <-> os.PathLike caster. (#2730) 2021-07-02 07:00:50 -07:00
Aaron Gokaslan
b4b67f026b
Fix typos (#3044) 2021-06-17 13:39:59 -07:00
Aaron Gokaslan
cd4b49a2c8
Update py::kwargs examples to pass by reference (#3038) 2021-06-17 13:20:17 -07:00
Yichen
3ac690b88b
Explicitly export exception types. (#2999)
* Set visibility of exceptions to default.

Co-authored-by: XZiar <czktc2007@gmail.com>

* add test

* update docs

* Skip failed test.
2021-05-27 08:00:18 -07:00
Eric Cousineau
b6ec0e950c
functions: Add doc on incorrect argument index (#2979)
test_call_policies: Explicitly check free-functions and static methods
2021-05-06 10:13:30 -04:00
JYX
3df0ee6fe3
docs: typo in classes.rst (#2926) 2021-04-02 11:46:43 -04:00
Tom de Geus
9c0aa69937
Pointing out namespace in docs (#2874) 2021-02-25 07:25:50 -08:00
Yannick Jadoul
1faf4a8ae4
docs: the order of alternatives for variant types matters, and follows the same rules as overload resolution (#2784) 2021-01-13 23:17:27 -05:00
Andy Maloney
14b375123c
docs: fix example code in Exceptions section (match vs. matches) (#2781) 2021-01-13 23:14:45 -05:00
Antony Lee
d068ab286a
docs: pybind11/numpy.h does not require numpy at build time. (#2720)
This is nice enough to be mentioned explicitly in the docs.
2020-12-08 18:07:36 -05:00
Jean-Baptiste Lespiau
af8849f47e
docs: list all pybind11 exceptions (#2671)
* List all the pyind11 exceptions.

For curious readers, see `translate_exception` and
`PYBIND11_RUNTIME_EXCEPTION.
2020-11-19 10:11:55 -05:00
Henry Schreiner
f200832534 style: ssize_t -> py::ssize_t 2020-10-15 17:38:49 -04:00
Henry Schreiner
9a0c96dd4c
feat: py::prepend tag (#1131)
* feat: add a priority overload with py::prepend

* doc: fix wording as suggested by rwgk

* feat: add get_pointer

* refactor: is_prepended -> prepend (internal)

* docs: suggestion from @wjakob

* tests: add test covering get_pointer/set_pointer
2020-10-05 22:36:33 -04:00
Yannick Jadoul
1411207711
chore: drop support for PyPy < 7.3.1 and clean up old PyPy workarounds (#2456)
* Remove code inside 'PYPY_VERSION_NUM < 0x06000000' preprocessor if branch

* fix: more cleanup

* Remove more references to PyPy 5.7 and 5.9 in the docs

* Update comment on PyUnicode_UTF* in PyPy

Co-authored-by: Henry Schreiner <henryschreineriii@gmail.com>
2020-10-05 10:43:27 -04:00
Yannick Jadoul
b70894df52
docs: add std::valarray to docs/advanced/cast/stl.rst (#2547) 2020-10-04 09:52:55 -04:00
Henry Schreiner
6bcd220c8d
refactor: module -> module_ with typedef (#2544)
* WIP: module -> module_ without typedef

* refactor: allow py::module to work again
2020-10-03 13:38:03 -04:00
Henry Schreiner
dabbbf315d
fix: use OVERRIDE instead of OVERLOAD (#2490)
* fix: use OVERRIDE instead of OVERLOAD

* docs: more accurate statement
2020-09-15 12:10:31 -04:00
Yannick Jadoul
16f199f8d9
Change base parameter type in register_exception and exception constructor from PyObject* to handle (#2467)
* Change base parameter type in register_exception and excepion constructor from PyObject* to handle

* Fix compilation error passing `handle` to `PyObject*`
2020-09-15 10:24:39 -04:00
Yannick Jadoul
d65e34d61d
Resolve empty statement warning when using PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE_NAME and PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE (#2325)
* Wrap PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_NAME and PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE_NAME in do { ... } while (false), and resolve trailing semicolon

* Deprecate PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_* and get_overload in favor of PYBIND11_OVERRIDE_* and get_override

* Correct erroneous usage of 'overload' instead of 'override' in the implementation and internals

* Fix tests to use non-deprecated PYBIND11_OVERRIDE_* macros

* Update docs to use override instead of overload where appropriate, and add warning about deprecated aliases

* Add semicolons to deprecated PYBIND11_OVERLOAD macros to match original behavior

* Remove deprecation of PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_* macros and get_overload

* Add note to changelog and upgrade guide
2020-09-15 14:56:20 +02:00
Henry Schreiner
f12ec00d70
feat: py::type::of<T>() and py::type::of(h) (#2364)
* feat: type<T>()

* refactor: using py::type as class

* refactor: py::object as base

* wip: tigher api

* refactor: fix conversion and limit API further

* docs: some added notes from @EricCousineau-TRI

* refactor: use py::type::of
2020-09-14 18:06:26 -04:00
Boris Staletic
32bb9071aa
Avoid C-style casts for pointers in docs (#2487)
Why only for pointers? Because C casts are hard to grep for.
2020-09-14 20:07:29 +02:00
Holger Kohr
fbc7563623
Add py::object casting example to embedding docs (#2466)
* Add py::object casting example to embedding docs

* Move implicit cast example to object.rst

* Move to bottom and improve implicit casting text

* Fix xref

* Improve wording as per @bstaletic's suggestion
2020-09-09 10:39:20 -04:00
Henry Schreiner
37f845a1dc
ci: disallow some common capitalization mistakes (#2472)
* ci: only annotate linux for now

* style: block some common mistakes
2020-09-08 15:26:50 +02:00
michalsustr
3bd0d7a8d5
Add note about specifying custom base class for Exceptions. (#2465)
* Add note about specifying custom base.

* Update exception docs based on PR feedback.

* Fix trailing whitespace.

Co-authored-by: Michal Sustr <michal.sustr@aic.fel.cvut.cz>
2020-09-06 13:35:53 +02:00
Henry Schreiner
0dbda6e80b
feat: py::pos_only (#2459)
* feat: py::pos_only

* fix: review points from @YannickJadoul

* fix: review points from @bstaletic

* refactor: kwonly -> kw_only
2020-09-04 20:02:05 -04:00
Eric Cousineau
44fa79ca80
pytypes: Add Gotchas section about default-constructed wrapper types and py::none() (#2362) 2020-09-04 19:26:57 -04:00
Sergei Izmailov
4c36fb7b12
[DOC] avoid C++ types in docstrings (#2441)
* doc: avoid C++ types in docstrings

* A bit of rewording

* Another bit of rewording

* Third rewording
2020-09-01 14:56:43 +02:00
Yannick Jadoul
b3d8fec066
Adapt code example in advanced/classes.rst to new handling of forgetting to call the superclass __init__ (#2429) 2020-08-24 00:00:12 +02:00
Yannick Jadoul
4493751a5f
Fix new-style __init__ usage in numpy docs (#2426) 2020-08-23 18:35:51 +02:00
jbarlow83
b8863698d6
Improve documentation of Python and C++ exceptions (#2408)
The main change is to treat error_already_set as a separate category
of exception that arises in different circumstances and needs to be
handled differently. The asymmetry between Python and C++ exceptions
is further emphasized.
2020-08-23 00:11:09 +02:00
Henry Schreiner
a6887b604a docs: update changelog and versionadded 2020-08-20 14:42:00 -04:00
Henry Schreiner
1729aae96f
feat: new FindPython support (#2370)
* feat: FindPython support

* refactor: rename to PYBIND11_FINDPYTHON

* docs: Caps fixes

* feat: NOPYTHON mode

* test: check simple call

* docs: add changelog/upgrade guide

* feat: Support Python3 and Python2

* refactor: Use targets in tests

* fix: support CMake 3.4+

* feat: classic search also finds virtual environments

* docs: some updates from @wjakob's review

* fix: wrong name for QUIET mode variable, reported by @skoslowski

* refactor: cleaner output messaging

* fix: support debug Python's in FindPython mode too

* fixup! refactor: cleaner output messaging

* fix: missing pybind11_FOUND and pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR restored to subdir mode

* fix: nicer reporting of Python / PyPy

* fix: out-of-order variable fix

* docs: minor last-minute cleanup
2020-08-19 12:26:26 -04:00
James R. Barlow
3618bea2aa Add and document py::error_already_set::discard_as_unraisable()
To deal with exceptions that hit destructors or other noexcept functions.

Includes fixes to support Python 2.7 and extends documentation on
error handling.

@virtuald and @YannickJadoul both contributed to this PR.
2020-08-16 10:05:03 -07:00
Yannick Jadoul
3e448c0b5e
Enable py::ellipsis on Python 2 (#2360)
* Enable py::ellipsis on Python 2

* Enable py::ellipsis tests on Python 2 and mention `Ellipsis` in the docs
2020-08-04 14:45:55 +02:00
Boris Staletic
441e777040
Use new style __init__ in numpy docs (#2316) 2020-07-23 16:03:55 +02:00
Henry Schreiner
d8c7ee00a6
ci: GHA basic format & pre-commit (#2309) 2020-07-20 13:35:21 -04:00
Kota Yamaguchi
e248869893
Fix undefined memoryview format (#2223)
* Fix undefined memoryview format

* Add missing <algorithm> header

* Add workaround for py27 array compatibility

* Workaround py27 memoryview behavior

* Fix memoryview constructor from buffer_info

* Workaround PyMemoryView_FromMemory availability in py27

* Fix up memoryview tests

* Update memoryview test from buffer to check signedness

* Use static factory method to create memoryview

* Remove ndim arg from memoryview::frombuffer and add tests

* Allow ndim=0 memoryview and documentation fixup

* Use void* to align to frombuffer method signature

* Add const variants of frombuffer and frommemory

* Add memory view section in doc

* Fix docs

* Add test for null buffer

* Workaround py27 nullptr behavior in test

* Rename frombuffer to from_buffer
2020-07-15 08:50:43 -07:00
Dustin Spicuzza
1b0bf352fa
Throw TypeError when subclasses forget to call __init__ (#2152)
- Fixes #2103
2020-07-07 12:04:06 +02:00
Wenzel Jakob
fc3a4490b8 Minor clarification (@AntoinePrv, #2083) 2020-07-01 00:29:55 +02:00
Guilherme Dantas
8908552dfc typo 2020-07-01 00:12:33 +02:00
Matthijs van der Burgh
b524008967
Deepcopy documentation (#2242)
* (docs) convert note to real note

* (docs) Add information about (deep)copy
2020-06-10 13:30:41 +02:00
Wenzel Jakob
a54eab92d2 Revert "Change __init__(self) to __new__(cls)"
This reverts commit 9ed8b44033.
2020-04-26 22:53:50 +02:00
Sebastian Koslowski
a86ac538f5 rename args_kw_only to kwonly 2020-04-26 18:07:51 +02:00
Jason Rhinelander
be0d804523 Support keyword-only arguments
This adds support for a `py::args_kw_only()` annotation that can be
specified between `py::arg` annotations to indicate that any following
arguments are keyword-only.  This allows you to write:

    m.def("f", [](int a, int b) { /* ... */ },
          py::arg("a"), py::args_kw_only(), py::arg("b"));

and have it work like Python 3's:

    def f(a, *, b):
        # ...

with respect to how `a` and `b` arguments are accepted (that is, `a` can
be positional or by keyword; `b` can only be specified by keyword).
2020-04-26 18:07:51 +02:00
Dustin Spicuzza
0dfffcf257 Add is_final to disallow inheritance from Python
- Not currently supported on PyPy
2020-04-26 09:46:44 +02:00
Orell Garten
9ed8b44033 Change __init__(self) to __new__(cls)
__init__(self) cannot return values. According to https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2491819/how-to-return-a-value-from-init-in-python __new__(cls) should be used, which works.
2020-04-26 09:21:42 +02:00
Francesco Biscani
deb3cb238a Add exception translation for std::overflow_error. (#1977) 2019-11-14 08:56:58 +01:00
phil-zxx
c6b699d9c2 Added ability to convert from datetime.date to system_clock::time_point (#1848)
* Added ability to convert from Python datetime.date and datetime.time to C++ system_clock::time_point
2019-07-19 11:28:48 +02:00
Ian Bell
502ffe50a9 Add docs and tests for unary op on class (#1814) 2019-06-22 12:07:41 +02:00
Wenzel Jakob
51ca6b0832 Update docs on std::out_of_range exception mapping (#1254) 2019-06-11 23:28:58 +02:00
Roland Dreier
7a24bcf1f6 Fix malformed reST (#1802)
Commit 2b045757b5 ("Improve documentation related to inheritance. (#1676)") left off
a ':' from a hyperlink, which breaks the Travis CI build.
2019-06-11 10:57:49 +02:00
Ivor Wanders
2b045757b5 Improve documentation related to inheritance. (#1676)
* Adds section to the reference.
* Adds section to advanced classes page describing how to use `get_overload`.
2019-06-10 22:12:28 +02:00
Manuel Schneider
492da592c2 another typo (#1675) 2019-06-10 22:05:12 +02:00
Darius Arnold
09330b94ea Fix typos in documentation (#1635)
* Always capitalize Eigen

* Fix spelling
2019-06-10 21:57:00 +02:00
Omar Awile
ac6cb91a34 Fixed small typo (#1633)
I think this particular method binding should not be done with `PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE` but instead `PYBIND11_OVERLOAD`.
2019-06-10 21:56:17 +02:00
Sergei Izmailov
979d75de23 doc: Add note about casting from None to T* (#1760)
* doc: Add note about casting from `None` to `T*`

* doc: reword 'none-to-pointer' note message

* doc: mention opaque types in 'none-to-pointer' note message
2019-06-10 21:03:17 +02:00
Wenzel Jakob
64205140bd added std::deque to overview.rst
[ci skip]
2018-11-16 06:46:48 +01:00
voxmea
17983e7425 Adds type_caster support for std::deque. (#1609)
* Adds std::deque to the types supported by list_caster in stl.h.
* Adds a new test_deque test in test_stl.{py,cpp}.
* Updates the documentation to include std::deque as a default
  supported type.
2018-11-16 06:45:19 +01:00
Wenzel Jakob
d4b37a284a added py::ellipsis() method for slicing of multidimensional NumPy arrays
This PR adds a new py::ellipsis() method which can be used in
conjunction with NumPy's generalized slicing support. For instance,
the following is now valid (where "a" is a NumPy array):

py::array b = a[py::make_tuple(0, py::ellipsis(), 0)];
2018-08-28 23:22:55 +02:00
Thomas Hrabe
534b756cb3 Minor documentation clarification in numpy.rst (#1356) 2018-06-24 15:41:27 +02:00
Antony Lee
55dc131944 Clarify docs for functions taking bytes and not str. 2018-05-24 11:09:41 -03:00
François Becker
ce9d6e2c0d Fixed typo in classes.rst (#1388)
Fixed typos (erroneous `;`) in `classes.rst`.
2018-05-07 10:18:08 -03:00
luzpaz
4b874616b2 Misc. typos (#1384)
Found via `codespell`
2018-05-06 10:54:10 -03:00
Tom de Geus
a7ff616dfb Simplified example allowing more robust usage, fixed minor spelling issues 2018-05-06 10:48:54 -03:00
oremanj
fd9bc8f54d Add basic support for tag-based static polymorphism (#1326)
* Add basic support for tag-based static polymorphism

Sometimes it is possible to look at a C++ object and know what its dynamic type is,
even if it doesn't use C++ polymorphism, because instances of the object and its
subclasses conform to some other mechanism for being self-describing; for example,
perhaps there's an enumerated "tag" or "kind" member in the base class that's always
set to an indication of the correct type. This might be done for performance reasons,
or to permit most-derived types to be trivially copyable. One of the most widely-known
examples is in LLVM: https://llvm.org/docs/HowToSetUpLLVMStyleRTTI.html

This PR permits pybind11 to be informed of such conventions via a new specializable
detail::polymorphic_type_hook<> template, which generalizes the previous logic for
determining the runtime type of an object based on C++ RTTI. Implementors provide
a way to map from a base class object to a const std::type_info* for the dynamic
type; pybind11 then uses this to ensure that casting a Base* to Python creates a
Python object that knows it's wrapping the appropriate sort of Derived.

There are a number of restrictions with this tag-based static polymorphism support
compared to pybind11's existing support for built-in C++ polymorphism:

- there is no support for this-pointer adjustment, so only single inheritance is permitted
- there is no way to make C++ code call new Python-provided subclasses
- when binding C++ classes that redefine a method in a subclass, the .def() must be
  repeated in the binding for Python to know about the update

But these are not much of an issue in practice in many cases, the impact on the
complexity of pybind11's innards is minimal and localized, and the support for
automatic downcasting improves usability a great deal.
2018-04-14 02:13:10 +02:00
Antony Lee
8fbb5594fd Clarify error_already_set documentation. 2018-04-09 16:25:04 -03:00
Patrik Huber
41a4fd8ae9 Fix missing word typo
I think that there's the word "for" missing for that sentence to be correct.
Please double-check that the sentence means what it's supposed to mean. :-)
2018-04-02 21:10:38 -03:00
Jason Rhinelander
e88656ab45 Improve macro type handling for types with commas
- PYBIND11_MAKE_OPAQUE now takes ... rather than a single argument and
  expands it with __VA_ARGS__; this lets templated, comma-containing
  types get through correctly.
- Adds a new macro PYBIND11_TYPE() that lets you pass the type into a
  macro as a single argument, such as:

      PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(PYBIND11_TYPE(R<1,2>), PYBIND11_TYPE(C<3,4>), func)

  Unfortunately this only works for one macro call: to forward the
  argument on to the next macro call (without the processor breaking it
  up again) requires also adding the PYBIND11_TYPE(...) to type macro
  arguments in the PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_... macro chain.
- updated the documentation with these two changes, and use them at a couple
  places in the test suite to test that they work.
2018-03-10 14:24:23 -04:00
Tomas Babej
01fada7674 Minor typo 2018-02-27 22:46:29 -04:00
luz.paz
28cb6764fc misc. typos
Found via `codespell`
2018-01-11 16:39:50 -04:00
Bruce Merry
3b265787f2 Document using atexit for module destructors on PyPy (#1169)
None of the three currently recommended approaches works on PyPy, due to
it not garbage collecting things when you want it to. Added a note with
example showing how to get interpreter shutdown callbacks using the Python
atexit module.
2017-11-24 10:19:45 -04:00
Unknown
0b3f44ebdf Trivial typos
Non-user facing. 
Found using `codespell -q 3`
2017-11-01 22:48:36 -03:00
Ansgar Burchardt
a22dd2d1df correct stride in matrix example and test
This also matches the Eigen example for the row-major case.

This also enhances one of the tests to trigger a failure (and fixes it in the PR).  (This isn't really a flaw in pybind itself, but rather fixes wrong code in the test code and docs).
2017-09-21 18:07:48 -03:00
jbarlow83
9f82370e48 docs: Describe importing Python modules and Python methods (#1079)
* Expand documentation to include explicit example of py::module::import 
  where one would expect it.

* Describe how to use unbound and bound methods to class Python classes.

[skip ci]
2017-09-13 16:18:08 +02:00
Gunnar Läthén
c64e6b1670 Added function for reloading module (#1040) 2017-09-12 08:05:05 +02:00
Dean Moldovan
0991d7fba1 Remove deprecated placement-new constructor from docs
[skip ci]
2017-09-07 15:02:16 +02:00
Dean Moldovan
7939f4b3fe Fix application of keep_alive policy to constructors (regression) 2017-09-06 10:21:11 +02:00
Patrik Huber
1ad2227d3c Fixed typo in docs
[skip ci]
2017-09-04 23:00:19 +02:00
Bruce Merry
b490b44e34 Update documentation for keep_alive to match new implementation
PR #880 changed the implementation of keep_alive to avoid weak
references when the nurse is pybind11-registered, but the documentation
didn't get updated to match.
2017-09-01 21:38:16 +02:00
Dean Moldovan
1e5a7da30d Add py::pickle() adaptor for safer __getstate__/__setstate__ bindings
This is analogous to `py::init()` vs `__init__` + placement-new.
`py::pickle()` reuses most of the implementation details of `py::init()`.
2017-08-30 11:11:38 +02:00
Wenzel Jakob
8ed5b8ab55 make implicit conversions non-reentrant (fixes #1035) (#1037) 2017-08-28 16:34:06 +02:00
Dean Moldovan
93528f57f3 Document that type_caster requires default-constructible types
[skip ci]
2017-08-28 14:58:11 +02:00
Wenzel Jakob
5f317e60bd extended module destructor documentation (#1031) 2017-08-26 00:35:05 +02:00
Henry Schreiner
8b40505575 Utility for redirecting C++ streams to Python (#1009) 2017-08-25 02:12:43 +02:00
Wenzel Jakob
4336a7da4a support for brace initialization 2017-08-22 16:22:56 +02:00
Wenzel Jakob
fb276c661f minor text edits in advanced/classes.rst (unrelated to PR) 2017-08-22 16:22:56 +02:00
Dean Moldovan
234f7c39a0 Test and document binding protected member functions 2017-08-22 12:42:27 +02:00
Dean Moldovan
db46a89d96 Update changelog for v2.2.0
[skip ci]
2017-08-21 00:59:48 +02:00
Patrik Huber
d265933d85 Fix typos in Eigen documentation
Fixes one small variable name typo, and two instances where `py::arg().nocopy()` is used, where I think it should be `py::arg().noconvert()` instead. Probably `nocopy()` was the old/original name for it and then it was changed.
2017-08-19 15:31:32 -04:00
Jason Rhinelander
5e14aa6aa7 Allow module-local classes to be loaded externally
The main point of `py::module_local` is to make the C++ -> Python cast
unique so that returning/casting a C++ instance is well-defined.
Unfortunately it also makes loading unique, but this isn't particularly
desirable: when an instance contains `Type` instance there's no reason
it shouldn't be possible to pass that instance to a bound function
taking a `Type` parameter, even if that function is in another module.

This commit solves the issue by allowing foreign module (and global)
type loaders have a chance to load the value if the local module loader
fails.  The implementation here does this by storing a module-local
loading function in a capsule in the python type, which we can then call
if the local (and possibly global, if the local type is masking a global
type) version doesn't work.
2017-08-19 15:30:39 -04:00
Jason Rhinelander
464d98962d Allow binding factory functions as constructors
This allows you to use:

    cls.def(py::init(&factory_function));

where `factory_function` returns a pointer, holder, or value of the
class type (or a derived type).  Various compile-time checks
(static_asserts) are performed to ensure the function is valid, and
various run-time type checks where necessary.

Some other details of this feature:
- The `py::init` name doesn't conflict with the templated no-argument
  `py::init<...>()`, but keeps the naming consistent: the existing
  templated, no-argument one wraps constructors, the no-template,
  function-argument one wraps factory functions.
- If returning a CppClass (whether by value or pointer) when an CppAlias
  is required (i.e. python-side inheritance and a declared alias), a
  dynamic_cast to the alias is attempted (for the pointer version); if
  it fails, or if returned by value, an Alias(Class &&) constructor
  is invoked.  If this constructor doesn't exist, a runtime error occurs.
- for holder returns when an alias is required, we try a dynamic_cast of
  the wrapped pointer to the alias to see if it is already an alias
  instance; if it isn't, we raise an error.
- `py::init(class_factory, alias_factory)` is also available that takes
  two factories: the first is called when an alias is not needed, the
  second when it is.
- Reimplement factory instance clearing.  The previous implementation
  failed under python-side multiple inheritance: *each* inherited
  type's factory init would clear the instance instead of only setting
  its own type value.  The new implementation here clears just the
  relevant value pointer.
- dealloc is updated to explicitly set the leftover value pointer to
  nullptr and the `holder_constructed` flag to false so that it can be
  used to clear preallocated value without needing to rebuild the
  instance internals data.
- Added various tests to test out new allocation/deallocation code.
- With preallocation now done lazily, init factory holders can
  completely avoid the extra overhead of needing an extra
  allocation/deallocation.
- Updated documentation to make factory constructors the default
  advanced constructor style.
- If an `__init__` is called a second time, we have two choices: we can
  throw away the first instance, replacing it with the second; or we can
  ignore the second call.  The latter is slightly easier, so do that.
2017-08-17 09:33:27 -04:00
Jason Rhinelander
97aa54fefa Compile with hidden visibility always; set via cmake property rather than compiler flag
This updates the compilation to always apply hidden visibility to
resolve the issues with default visibility causing problems under debug
compilations.  Moreover using the cmake property makes it easier for a
caller to override if absolutely needed for some reason.

For `pybind11_add_module` we use cmake to set the property; for the
targets, we append to compilation option to non-MSVC compilers.
2017-08-14 11:44:17 -04:00
Dean Moldovan
7918bcc95b Add support for boost::variant in C++11 mode
In C++11 mode, `boost::apply_visitor` requires an explicit `result_type`.
This also adds optional tests for `boost::variant` in C++11/14, if boost
is available. In C++17 mode, `std::variant` is tested instead.
2017-08-12 21:27:44 +02:00
EricCousineau-TRI
e06077bf47 Document the requirement to explicitly initialize C++ bases (#986)
* Ensure :ref: for virtual_and_inheritance is parsed.

* Add quick blurb about __init__ with inherited types.

[skip ci]
2017-08-08 00:37:42 +02:00
Jason Rhinelander
ebd6ad588b Fix boost::variant example to not forward args
boost::apply_visitor accepts its arguments by non-const lvalue
reference, which fails to bind to an rvalue reference.  Change the
example to remove the argument forwarding.
2017-08-07 15:48:49 -04:00
Jason Rhinelander
4b159230d9 Made module_local types take precedence over global types
Attempting to mix py::module_local and non-module_local classes results
in some unexpected/undesirable behaviour:

- if a class is registered non-local by some other module, a later
  attempt to register it locally fails.  It doesn't need to: it is
  perfectly acceptable for the local registration to simply override
  the external global registration.
- going the other way (i.e. module `A` registers a type `T` locally,
  then `B` registers the same type `T` globally) causes a more serious
  issue: `A.T`'s constructors no longer work because the `self` argument
  gets converted to a `B.T`, which then fails to resolve.

Changing the cast precedence to prefer local over global fixes this and
makes it work more consistently, regardless of module load order.
2017-08-05 11:23:34 -04:00
Jason Rhinelander
7437c69500 Add py::module_local() attribute for module-local type bindings
This commit adds a `py::module_local` attribute that lets you confine a
registered type to the module (more technically, the shared object) in
which it is defined, by registering it with:

    py::class_<C>(m, "C", py::module_local())

This will allow the same C++ class `C` to be registered in different
modules with independent sets of class definitions.  On the Python side,
two such types will be completely distinct; on the C++ side, the C++
type resolves to a different Python type in each module.

This applies `py::module_local` automatically to `stl_bind.h` bindings
when the container value type looks like something global: i.e. when it
is a converting type (for example, when binding a `std::vector<int>`),
or when it is a registered type itself bound with `py::module_local`.
This should help resolve potential future conflicts (e.g. if two
completely unrelated modules both try to bind a `std::vector<int>`.
Users can override the automatic selection by adding a
`py::module_local()` or `py::module_local(false)`.

Note that this does mildly break backwards compatibility: bound stl
containers of basic types like `std::vector<int>` cannot be bound in one
module and returned in a different module.  (This can be re-enabled with
`py::module_local(false)` as described above, but with the potential for
eventual load conflicts).
2017-08-04 10:47:34 -04:00