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| 26 | <h1 align="center"><a href="index.html">Boost.Python</a></h1> |
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| 27 | |
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| 28 | <h2 align="center">News/Change Log</h2> |
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| 31 | </table> |
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| 32 | <hr> |
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| 33 | |
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| 34 | <dl class="page-index"> |
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| 35 | <dt>Current CVS</dt> |
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| 36 | |
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| 37 | <dd> |
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| 38 | <ul> |
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| 39 | <li>C++ signatures are now automatically appended to the |
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| 40 | docstrings. |
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| 41 | |
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| 42 | <li>New <a href="v2/docstring_options.html" |
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| 43 | ><code>docstring_options.hpp</code></a> header to |
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| 44 | control the content of docstrings. |
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| 45 | |
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| 46 | <li>Support for converting <code>void*</code> to/from python, |
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| 47 | with <code><a |
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| 48 | href="v2/opaque.html">opaque_pointer_converter</a></code> |
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| 49 | as the return value policy. Thanks to Niall Douglas for the |
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| 50 | initial patch. |
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| 51 | </ul> |
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| 52 | </dd> |
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| 53 | |
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| 54 | <dt>19 October 2005 - 1.33.1 release</dt> |
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| 55 | |
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| 56 | <dd> |
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| 57 | <ul> |
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| 58 | <li><code>wrapper<T></code> can now be used as expected with a |
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| 59 | held type of <i>some-smart-pointer</i><code><T></code></li> |
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| 60 | |
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| 61 | <li>The build now assumes Python 2.4 by default, rather than 2.2</li> |
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| 62 | |
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| 63 | <li>Support Python that's built without Unicode support</li> |
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| 64 | |
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| 65 | <li>Support for wrapping classes with overloaded address-of |
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| 66 | (<code>&</code>) operators</li> |
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| 67 | </ul> |
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| 68 | </dd> |
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| 69 | |
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| 70 | <dt>14 August 2005 - 1.33 release</dt> |
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| 71 | |
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| 72 | <dd> |
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| 73 | <ul> |
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| 74 | <li>Support for docstrings on nonstatic properties.</li> |
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| 75 | |
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| 76 | <li>We now export the client-provided docstrings for |
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| 77 | <code>init<optional<> ></code> and |
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| 78 | <i>XXX</i><code>_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS()</code> for only the last |
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| 79 | overload.</li> |
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| 80 | |
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| 81 | <li>Fixed some support for Embedded VC++ 4</li> |
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| 82 | |
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| 83 | <li>Better support for rvalue from-python conversions of shared_ptr: |
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| 84 | always return a pointer that holds the owning python object *unless* |
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| 85 | the python object contains a NULL shared_ptr holder of the right |
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| 86 | type.</li> |
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| 87 | |
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| 88 | <li>Support for exposing <code>vector<T*></code> with the |
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| 89 | indexing suite.</li> |
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| 90 | |
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| 91 | <li>Support for GCC-3.3 on MacOS.</li> |
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| 92 | |
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| 93 | <li>updated visual studio project build file to include two new files |
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| 94 | (slice.cpp and wrapper.cpp)</li> |
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| 95 | |
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| 96 | <li>Added search feature to the index page.</li> |
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| 97 | |
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| 98 | <li>Numerous fixes to the tutorial</li> |
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| 99 | |
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| 100 | <li>Numerous workarounds for MSVC 6 and 7, GCC 2.96, and EDG |
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| 101 | 2.45</li> |
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| 102 | </ul> |
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| 103 | </dd> |
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| 104 | |
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| 105 | <dt>11 March 2005</dt> |
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| 106 | |
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| 107 | <dd> |
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| 108 | <ul> |
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| 109 | <li>Added a hack that will fool PyDoc into working with Boost.Python, |
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| 110 | thanks to Nick Rasmussen</li> |
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| 111 | </ul> |
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| 112 | </dd> |
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| 113 | |
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| 114 | <dt>19 November 2004 - 1.32 release</dt> |
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| 115 | |
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| 116 | <dd> |
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| 117 | <ul> |
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| 118 | <li>Updated to use the Boost Software License.</li> |
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| 119 | |
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| 120 | <li>A new, <a href= |
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| 121 | "tutorial/doc/html/python/exposing.html#python.class_virtual_functions"> |
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| 122 | better method of wrapping classes with virtual functions</a> has been |
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| 123 | implemented.</li> |
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| 124 | |
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| 125 | <li>Support for upcoming GCC symbol export control features have been |
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| 126 | folded in, thanks to Niall Douglas.</li> |
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| 127 | |
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| 128 | <li>Improved support for <code>std::auto_ptr</code>-like types.</li> |
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| 129 | |
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| 130 | <li>The Visual C++ bug that makes top-level <i>cv-qualification</i> |
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| 131 | of function parameter types part of the function type has been worked |
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| 132 | around.</li> |
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| 133 | |
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| 134 | <li>Components used by other libraries have been moved out of |
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| 135 | <code>python/detail</code> and into <code>boost/detail</code> to |
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| 136 | improve dependency relationships.</li> |
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| 137 | |
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| 138 | <li>Miscellaneous bug fixes and compiler workarounds.</li> |
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| 139 | </ul> |
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| 140 | </dd> |
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| 141 | |
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| 142 | <dt>8 Sept 2004</dt> |
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| 143 | |
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| 144 | <dd>Support for Python's Bool type, thanks to <a href= |
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| 145 | "mailto:dholth-at-fastmail.fm">Daniel Holth</a>.</dd> |
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| 146 | |
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| 147 | <dt>11 Sept 2003</dt> |
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| 148 | |
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| 149 | <dd> |
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| 150 | <ul> |
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| 151 | <li>Changed the response to multiple to-python converters being |
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| 152 | registered for the same type from a hard error into warning; |
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| 153 | Boost.Python now reports the offending type in the message.</li> |
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| 154 | |
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| 155 | <li>Added builtin <code>std::wstring</code> conversions</li> |
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| 156 | |
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| 157 | <li>Added <code>std::out_of_range</code> => Python |
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| 158 | <code>IndexError</code> exception conversion, thanks to <a href= |
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| 159 | "mailto:RaoulGough-at-yahoo.co.uk">Raoul Gough</a></li> |
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| 160 | </ul> |
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| 161 | </dd> |
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| 162 | |
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| 163 | <dt>9 Sept 2003</dt> |
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| 164 | |
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| 165 | <dd>Added new <code><a href="v2/str.html#str-spec">str</a></code></dd> |
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| 166 | |
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| 167 | <dt>constructors which take a range of characters, allowing strings |
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| 168 | containing nul (<code>'\0'</code>) characters.</dt> |
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| 169 | |
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| 170 | <dt>8 Sept 2003</dt> |
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| 171 | |
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| 172 | <dd>Added the ability to create methods from function objects (with an |
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| 173 | <code>operator()</code>); see the <a href= |
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| 174 | "v2/make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function</a> docs for |
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| 175 | more info.</dd> |
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| 176 | |
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| 177 | <dt>10 August 2003</dt> |
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| 178 | |
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| 179 | <dd>Added the new <code>properties</code> unit tests contributed by |
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| 180 | <a href="mailto:romany-at-actimize.com">Roman Yakovenko</a> and |
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| 181 | documented <code>add_static_property</code> at his urging.</dd> |
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| 182 | |
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| 183 | <dt>1 August 2003</dt> |
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| 184 | |
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| 185 | <dd> |
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| 186 | Added the new <code>arg</code> class contributed by <a href= |
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| 187 | "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a> which supplies the |
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| 188 | ability to wrap functions that can be called with ommitted arguments in |
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| 189 | the middle: |
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| 190 | <pre> |
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| 191 | void f(int x = 0, double y = 3.14, std::string z = std::string("foo")); |
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| 192 | |
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| 193 | BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(test) |
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| 194 | { |
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| 195 | def("f", f |
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| 196 | , (arg("x", 0), arg("y", 3.14), arg("z", "foo"))); |
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| 197 | } |
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| 198 | |
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| 199 | </pre>And in Python: |
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| 200 | <pre> |
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| 201 | >>> import test |
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| 202 | >>> f(0, z = "bar") |
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| 203 | >>> f(z = "bar", y = 0.0) |
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| 204 | </pre>Thanks, Nikolay! |
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| 205 | </dd> |
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| 206 | |
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| 207 | <dt>22 July 2003</dt> |
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| 208 | |
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| 209 | <dd>Killed the dreaded "bad argument type for builtin operation" error. |
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| 210 | Argument errors now show the actual and expected argument types!</dd> |
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| 211 | |
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| 212 | <dt>19 July 2003</dt> |
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| 213 | |
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| 214 | <dd>Added the new <code><a href= |
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| 215 | "v2/return_arg.html">return_arg</a></code> policy from <a href= |
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| 216 | "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a>. Thanks, Nikolay!</dd> |
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| 217 | |
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| 218 | <dt>18 March, 2003</dt> |
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| 219 | |
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| 220 | <dd><a href="mailto:Gottfried.Ganssauge-at-haufe.de">Gottfried |
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| 221 | Ganßauge</a> has contributed <a href= |
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| 222 | "v2/opaque.html">opaque pointer support</a>.<br> |
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| 223 | <a href="mailto:nicodemus-at-globalite.com.br">Bruno da Silva de |
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| 224 | Oliveira</a> has contributed the exciting <a href= |
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| 225 | "../pyste/index.html">Pyste</a> ("Pie-steh") package.</dd> |
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| 226 | |
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| 227 | <dt>24 February 2003</dt> |
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| 228 | |
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| 229 | <dd>Finished improved support for <code>boost::shared_ptr</code>. Now any |
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| 230 | wrapped object of C++ class <code>X</code> can be converted automatically |
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| 231 | to <code>shared_ptr<X></code>, regardless of how it was wrapped. |
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| 232 | The <code>shared_ptr</code> will manage the lifetime of the Python object |
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| 233 | which supplied the <code>X</code>, rather than just the <code>X</code> |
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| 234 | object itself, and when such a <code>shared_ptr</code> is converted back |
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| 235 | to Python, the original Python object will be returned.</dd> |
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| 236 | |
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| 237 | <dt>19 January 2003</dt> |
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| 238 | |
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| 239 | <dd>Integrated <code>staticmethod</code> support from <a href= |
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| 240 | "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a>. Thanks, Nikolay!</dd> |
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| 241 | |
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| 242 | <dt>29 December 2002</dt> |
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| 243 | |
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| 244 | <dd>Added Visual Studio project file and instructions from Brett Calcott. |
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| 245 | Thanks, Brett!</dd> |
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| 246 | |
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| 247 | <dt>20 December 2002</dt> |
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| 248 | |
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| 249 | <dd>Added automatic downcasting for pointers, references, and smart |
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| 250 | pointers to polymorphic class types upon conversion to python</dd> |
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| 251 | |
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| 252 | <dt>18 December 2002</dt> |
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| 253 | |
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| 254 | <dd>Optimized from_python conversions for wrapped classes by putting the |
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| 255 | conversion logic in the shared library instead of registering separate |
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| 256 | converters for each class in each extension module</dd> |
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| 257 | |
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| 258 | <dt>19 November 2002</dt> |
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| 259 | |
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| 260 | <dd>Removed the need for users to cast base class member function |
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| 261 | pointers when used as arguments to <a href= |
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| 262 | "v2/class.html#class_-spec-modifiers">add_property</a></dd> |
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| 263 | |
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| 264 | <dt>13 December 2002</dt> |
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| 265 | |
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| 266 | <dd>Allow exporting of <a href= |
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| 267 | "v2/enum.html#enum_-spec"><code>enum_</code></a> values into enclosing |
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| 268 | <a href="v2/scope.html#scope-spec"><code>scope</code></a>.<br> |
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| 269 | Fixed unsigned integer conversions to deal correctly with numbers that |
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| 270 | are out-of-range of <code>signed long</code>.</dd> |
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| 271 | |
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| 272 | <dt>14 November 2002</dt> |
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| 273 | |
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| 274 | <dd>Auto-detection of class data members wrapped with <a href= |
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| 275 | "v2/data_members.html#make_getter-spec"><code>make_getter</code></a></dd> |
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| 276 | |
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| 277 | <dt>13 November 2002</dt> |
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| 278 | |
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| 279 | <dd>Full Support for <code>std::auto_ptr<></code> added.</dd> |
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| 280 | |
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| 281 | <dt>October 2002</dt> |
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| 282 | |
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| 283 | <dd>Ongoing updates and improvements to tutorial documentation</dd> |
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| 284 | |
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| 285 | <dt>10 October 2002</dt> |
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| 286 | |
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| 287 | <dd>Boost.Python V2 is released!</dd> |
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| 288 | </dl> |
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| 289 | <hr> |
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| 291 | <p>Revised |
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| 293 | 19 November 2004 |
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| 296 | <p><i>© Copyright <a href="../../../people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave |
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| 297 | Abrahams</a> 2002-2003.</i></p> |
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