Andrew Ellem wrote:
> > I'm trying to export a STL list to Python, but I'm having problems
> > when the list type is a pointer.  So, list<int> works, but list<int
> > *> causes the error:
> > TypeError: No to_python (by-value) converter found for C++ type: int*

Pointer is a foreign concept for Python, so you need help the BPL a little
bit.
Numbers in Python are immutable, unlike the int*, so bpl doesn't know enough
about your intents.

> > Is there something special I have to do with pointers?

Yes.  Generally you have to specify return_value_policy when returning a
pointer
to tell bpl how to handle it. See docs about it.

Answer the questions:
- who manages the memory,
- is that pointer an lvalue,
- how pointers shall be (if ever) copyed
to start with.

Try create your own type

struct IntP { int* pi; };

wrap it and see what happened.

HTH,
Mike




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