/* example/example9.cpp -- Example 9: nested modules and internal references Copyright (c) 2015 Wenzel Jakob All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file. */ #include "example.h" void submodule_func() { std::cout << "submodule_func()" << std::endl; } class A { public: A(int v) : v(v) { std::cout << "A constructor" << std::endl; } ~A() { std::cout << "A destructor" << std::endl; } A(const A&) { std::cout << "A copy constructor" << std::endl; } std::string toString() { return "A[" + std::to_string(v) + "]"; } private: int v; }; class B { public: B() { std::cout << "B constructor" << std::endl; } ~B() { std::cout << "B destructor" << std::endl; } B(const B&) { std::cout << "B copy constructor" << std::endl; } A &get_a1() { return a1; } A &get_a2() { return a2; } A a1{1}; A a2{2}; }; void init_ex9(py::module &m) { py::module m_sub = m.def_submodule("submodule"); m_sub.def("submodule_func", &submodule_func); py::class_(m_sub, "A") .def(py::init()) .def("__repr__", &A::toString); py::class_(m_sub, "B") .def(py::init<>()) .def("get_a1", &B::get_a1, "Return the internal A 1", py::return_value_policy::reference_internal) .def("get_a2", &B::get_a2, "Return the internal A 2", py::return_value_policy::reference_internal) .def_readwrite("a1", &B::a1) // def_readonly uses an internal reference return policy by default .def_readwrite("a2", &B::a2); }