(in Boost::Python)How can I instantiate an object of a class defined in a python module and invoke its methods from C++

Question

Assume I have a class defined in a python module:

class A(object):
    def __init__(self):
        print 'init'
    def method(self):
        print 'method'

I'd like to instantiate an object of that class with boost::python. I tried it the following way:

namespace py = boost::python;

// importing the module and extracting its namespace to
// the variable `ns`
...

py::object a = py::exec("A()", ns)
a.attr("method")()

which prints init and then crashes. I observed that after executing

py::object a = py::exec("A()", ns)

printing the string representation of a with

std::cout << std::string(py::extract<std::string>(py::str(a))) << std::endl;

prints None. So something went wrong. How do I do this right?

I found the answer myself (but I can not answer my question myself yet, so I post it as a comment): use eval instead of exec. — Christian
– Christian, Commented Mar 4, 2011 at 8:27

Christian · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-15 16:00:04Z

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I found the answer myself: use eval instead of exec.

answered Mar 15, 2011 at 16:00

Christian

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