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				| Classes | |
| ####### | |
|  | |
| This section presents advanced binding code for classes and it is assumed | |
| that you are already familiar with the basics from :doc:`/classes`. | |
|  | |
| .. _overriding_virtuals: | |
|  | |
| Overriding virtual functions in Python | |
| ====================================== | |
|  | |
| Suppose that a C++ class or interface has a virtual function that we'd like to | |
| to override from within Python (we'll focus on the class ``Animal``; ``Dog`` is | |
| given as a specific example of how one would do this with traditional C++ | |
| code). | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     class Animal { | |
|     public: | |
|         virtual ~Animal() { } | |
|         virtual std::string go(int n_times) = 0; | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
|     class Dog : public Animal { | |
|     public: | |
|         std::string go(int n_times) override { | |
|             std::string result; | |
|             for (int i=0; i<n_times; ++i) | |
|                 result += "woof! "; | |
|             return result; | |
|         } | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
| Let's also suppose that we are given a plain function which calls the | |
| function ``go()`` on an arbitrary ``Animal`` instance. | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     std::string call_go(Animal *animal) { | |
|         return animal->go(3); | |
|     } | |
| 
 | |
| Normally, the binding code for these classes would look as follows: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     PYBIND11_MODULE(example, m) { | |
|         py::class_<Animal> animal(m, "Animal"); | |
|         animal | |
|             .def("go", &Animal::go); | |
| 
 | |
|         py::class_<Dog>(m, "Dog", animal) | |
|             .def(py::init<>()); | |
| 
 | |
|         m.def("call_go", &call_go); | |
|     } | |
| 
 | |
| However, these bindings are impossible to extend: ``Animal`` is not | |
| constructible, and we clearly require some kind of "trampoline" that | |
| redirects virtual calls back to Python. | |
|  | |
| Defining a new type of ``Animal`` from within Python is possible but requires a | |
| helper class that is defined as follows: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     class PyAnimal : public Animal { | |
|     public: | |
|         /* Inherit the constructors */ | |
|         using Animal::Animal; | |
| 
 | |
|         /* Trampoline (need one for each virtual function) */ | |
|         std::string go(int n_times) override { | |
|             PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE( | |
|                 std::string, /* Return type */ | |
|                 Animal,      /* Parent class */ | |
|                 go,          /* Name of function in C++ (must match Python name) */ | |
|                 n_times      /* Argument(s) */ | |
|             ); | |
|         } | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
| The macro :func:`PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE` should be used for pure virtual | |
| functions, and :func:`PYBIND11_OVERLOAD` should be used for functions which have | |
| a default implementation.  There are also two alternate macros | |
| :func:`PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE_NAME` and :func:`PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_NAME` which | |
| take a string-valued name argument between the *Parent class* and *Name of the | |
| function* slots, which defines the name of function in Python. This is required  | |
| when the C++ and Python versions of the | |
| function have different names, e.g.  ``operator()`` vs ``__call__``. | |
|  | |
| The binding code also needs a few minor adaptations (highlighted): | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
|     :emphasize-lines: 2,4,5 | |
|  | |
|     PYBIND11_MODULE(example, m) { | |
|         py::class_<Animal, PyAnimal /* <--- trampoline*/> animal(m, "Animal"); | |
|         animal | |
|             .def(py::init<>()) | |
|             .def("go", &Animal::go); | |
|  | |
|         py::class_<Dog>(m, "Dog", animal) | |
|             .def(py::init<>()); | |
|  | |
|         m.def("call_go", &call_go); | |
|     } | |
|  | |
| Importantly, pybind11 is made aware of the trampoline helper class by | |
| specifying it as an extra template argument to :class:`class_`. (This can also | |
| be combined with other template arguments such as a custom holder type; the | |
| order of template types does not matter).  Following this, we are able to | |
| define a constructor as usual. | |
|  | |
| Bindings should be made against the actual class, not the trampoline helper class. | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<Animal, PyAnimal /* <--- trampoline*/> animal(m, "Animal"); | |
|         animal | |
|             .def(py::init<>()) | |
|             .def("go", &PyAnimal::go); /* <--- THIS IS WRONG, use &Animal::go */ | |
| 
 | |
| Note, however, that the above is sufficient for allowing python classes to | |
| extend ``Animal``, but not ``Dog``: see ref:`virtual_and_inheritance` for the | |
| necessary steps required to providing proper overload support for inherited | |
| classes. | |
|  | |
| The Python session below shows how to override ``Animal::go`` and invoke it via | |
| a virtual method call. | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: pycon | |
| 
 | |
|     >>> from example import * | |
|     >>> d = Dog() | |
|     >>> call_go(d) | |
|     u'woof! woof! woof! ' | |
|     >>> class Cat(Animal): | |
|     ...     def go(self, n_times): | |
|     ...             return "meow! " * n_times | |
|     ... | |
|     >>> c = Cat() | |
|     >>> call_go(c) | |
|     u'meow! meow! meow! ' | |
|  | |
| Please take a look at the :ref:`macro_notes` before using this feature. | |
|  | |
| .. note:: | |
|  | |
|     When the overridden type returns a reference or pointer to a type that | |
|     pybind11 converts from Python (for example, numeric values, std::string, | |
|     and other built-in value-converting types), there are some limitations to | |
|     be aware of: | |
|  | |
|     - because in these cases there is no C++ variable to reference (the value | |
|       is stored in the referenced Python variable), pybind11 provides one in | |
|       the PYBIND11_OVERLOAD macros (when needed) with static storage duration. | |
|       Note that this means that invoking the overloaded method on *any* | |
|       instance will change the referenced value stored in *all* instances of | |
|       that type. | |
|  | |
|     - Attempts to modify a non-const reference will not have the desired | |
|       effect: it will change only the static cache variable, but this change | |
|       will not propagate to underlying Python instance, and the change will be | |
|       replaced the next time the overload is invoked. | |
|  | |
| .. seealso:: | |
|  | |
|     The file :file:`tests/test_virtual_functions.cpp` contains a complete | |
|     example that demonstrates how to override virtual functions using pybind11 | |
|     in more detail. | |
|  | |
| .. _virtual_and_inheritance: | |
|  | |
| Combining virtual functions and inheritance | |
| =========================================== | |
|  | |
| When combining virtual methods with inheritance, you need to be sure to provide | |
| an override for each method for which you want to allow overrides from derived | |
| python classes.  For example, suppose we extend the above ``Animal``/``Dog`` | |
| example as follows: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     class Animal { | |
|     public: | |
|         virtual std::string go(int n_times) = 0; | |
|         virtual std::string name() { return "unknown"; } | |
|     }; | |
|     class Dog : public Animal { | |
|     public: | |
|         std::string go(int n_times) override { | |
|             std::string result; | |
|             for (int i=0; i<n_times; ++i) | |
|                 result += bark() + " "; | |
|             return result; | |
|         } | |
|         virtual std::string bark() { return "woof!"; } | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
| then the trampoline class for ``Animal`` must, as described in the previous | |
| section, override ``go()`` and ``name()``, but in order to allow python code to | |
| inherit properly from ``Dog``, we also need a trampoline class for ``Dog`` that | |
| overrides both the added ``bark()`` method *and* the ``go()`` and ``name()`` | |
| methods inherited from ``Animal`` (even though ``Dog`` doesn't directly | |
| override the ``name()`` method): | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     class PyAnimal : public Animal { | |
|     public: | |
|         using Animal::Animal; // Inherit constructors | |
|         std::string go(int n_times) override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE(std::string, Animal, go, n_times); } | |
|         std::string name() override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(std::string, Animal, name, ); } | |
|     }; | |
|     class PyDog : public Dog { | |
|     public: | |
|         using Dog::Dog; // Inherit constructors | |
|         std::string go(int n_times) override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE(std::string, Dog, go, n_times); } | |
|         std::string name() override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(std::string, Dog, name, ); } | |
|         std::string bark() override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(std::string, Dog, bark, ); } | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
| .. note:: | |
|  | |
|     Note the trailing commas in the ``PYBIND11_OVERLOAD`` calls to ``name()`` | |
|     and ``bark()``. These are needed to portably implement a trampoline for a | |
|     function that does not take any arguments. For functions that take | |
|     a nonzero number of arguments, the trailing comma must be omitted. | |
|  | |
| A registered class derived from a pybind11-registered class with virtual | |
| methods requires a similar trampoline class, *even if* it doesn't explicitly | |
| declare or override any virtual methods itself: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     class Husky : public Dog {}; | |
|     class PyHusky : public Husky { | |
|     public: | |
|         using Husky::Husky; // Inherit constructors | |
|         std::string go(int n_times) override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE(std::string, Husky, go, n_times); } | |
|         std::string name() override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(std::string, Husky, name, ); } | |
|         std::string bark() override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(std::string, Husky, bark, ); } | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
| There is, however, a technique that can be used to avoid this duplication | |
| (which can be especially helpful for a base class with several virtual | |
| methods).  The technique involves using template trampoline classes, as | |
| follows: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     template <class AnimalBase = Animal> class PyAnimal : public AnimalBase { | |
|     public: | |
|         using AnimalBase::AnimalBase; // Inherit constructors | |
|         std::string go(int n_times) override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD_PURE(std::string, AnimalBase, go, n_times); } | |
|         std::string name() override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(std::string, AnimalBase, name, ); } | |
|     }; | |
|     template <class DogBase = Dog> class PyDog : public PyAnimal<DogBase> { | |
|     public: | |
|         using PyAnimal<DogBase>::PyAnimal; // Inherit constructors | |
|         // Override PyAnimal's pure virtual go() with a non-pure one: | |
|         std::string go(int n_times) override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(std::string, DogBase, go, n_times); } | |
|         std::string bark() override { PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(std::string, DogBase, bark, ); } | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
| This technique has the advantage of requiring just one trampoline method to be | |
| declared per virtual method and pure virtual method override.  It does, | |
| however, require the compiler to generate at least as many methods (and | |
| possibly more, if both pure virtual and overridden pure virtual methods are | |
| exposed, as above). | |
|  | |
| The classes are then registered with pybind11 using: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<Animal, PyAnimal<>> animal(m, "Animal"); | |
|     py::class_<Dog, PyDog<>> dog(m, "Dog"); | |
|     py::class_<Husky, PyDog<Husky>> husky(m, "Husky"); | |
|     // ... add animal, dog, husky definitions | |
|  | |
| Note that ``Husky`` did not require a dedicated trampoline template class at | |
| all, since it neither declares any new virtual methods nor provides any pure | |
| virtual method implementations. | |
|  | |
| With either the repeated-virtuals or templated trampoline methods in place, you | |
| can now create a python class that inherits from ``Dog``: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: python | |
| 
 | |
|     class ShihTzu(Dog): | |
|         def bark(self): | |
|             return "yip!" | |
| 
 | |
| .. seealso:: | |
|  | |
|     See the file :file:`tests/test_virtual_functions.cpp` for complete examples | |
|     using both the duplication and templated trampoline approaches. | |
|  | |
| Extended trampoline class functionality | |
| ======================================= | |
|  | |
| The trampoline classes described in the previous sections are, by default, only | |
| initialized when needed.  More specifically, they are initialized when a python | |
| class actually inherits from a registered type (instead of merely creating an | |
| instance of the registered type), or when a registered constructor is only | |
| valid for the trampoline class but not the registered class.  This is primarily | |
| for performance reasons: when the trampoline class is not needed for anything | |
| except virtual method dispatching, not initializing the trampoline class | |
| improves performance by avoiding needing to do a run-time check to see if the | |
| inheriting python instance has an overloaded method. | |
|  | |
| Sometimes, however, it is useful to always initialize a trampoline class as an | |
| intermediate class that does more than just handle virtual method dispatching. | |
| For example, such a class might perform extra class initialization, extra | |
| destruction operations, and might define new members and methods to enable a | |
| more python-like interface to a class. | |
|  | |
| In order to tell pybind11 that it should *always* initialize the trampoline | |
| class when creating new instances of a type, the class constructors should be | |
| declared using ``py::init_alias<Args, ...>()`` instead of the usual | |
| ``py::init<Args, ...>()``.  This forces construction via the trampoline class, | |
| ensuring member initialization and (eventual) destruction. | |
|  | |
| .. seealso:: | |
|  | |
|     See the file :file:`tests/test_virtual_functions.cpp` for complete examples | |
|     showing both normal and forced trampoline instantiation. | |
|  | |
| .. _custom_constructors: | |
|  | |
| Custom constructors | |
| =================== | |
|  | |
| The syntax for binding constructors was previously introduced, but it only | |
| works when a constructor with the given parameters actually exists on the C++ | |
| side. To extend this to more general cases, let's take a look at what actually | |
| happens under the hood: the following statement | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<Example>(m, "Example") | |
|         .def(py::init<int>()); | |
| 
 | |
| is short hand notation for | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<Example>(m, "Example") | |
|         .def("__init__", | |
|             [](Example &instance, int arg) { | |
|                 new (&instance) Example(arg); | |
|             } | |
|         ); | |
| 
 | |
| In other words, :func:`init` creates an anonymous function that invokes an | |
| in-place constructor. Memory allocation etc. is already take care of beforehand | |
| within pybind11. | |
|  | |
| .. _classes_with_non_public_destructors: | |
|  | |
| Non-public destructors | |
| ====================== | |
|  | |
| If a class has a private or protected destructor (as might e.g. be the case in | |
| a singleton pattern), a compile error will occur when creating bindings via | |
| pybind11. The underlying issue is that the ``std::unique_ptr`` holder type that | |
| is responsible for managing the lifetime of instances will reference the | |
| destructor even if no deallocations ever take place. In order to expose classes | |
| with private or protected destructors, it is possible to override the holder | |
| type via a holder type argument to ``class_``. Pybind11 provides a helper class | |
| ``py::nodelete`` that disables any destructor invocations. In this case, it is | |
| crucial that instances are deallocated on the C++ side to avoid memory leaks. | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     /* ... definition ... */ | |
| 
 | |
|     class MyClass { | |
|     private: | |
|         ~MyClass() { } | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
|     /* ... binding code ... */ | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<MyClass, std::unique_ptr<MyClass, py::nodelete>>(m, "MyClass") | |
|         .def(py::init<>()) | |
| 
 | |
| .. _implicit_conversions: | |
|  | |
| Implicit conversions | |
| ==================== | |
|  | |
| Suppose that instances of two types ``A`` and ``B`` are used in a project, and | |
| that an ``A`` can easily be converted into an instance of type ``B`` (examples of this | |
| could be a fixed and an arbitrary precision number type). | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<A>(m, "A") | |
|         /// ... members ... | |
|  | |
|     py::class_<B>(m, "B") | |
|         .def(py::init<A>()) | |
|         /// ... members ... | |
|  | |
|     m.def("func", | |
|         [](const B &) { /* .... */ } | |
|     ); | |
| 
 | |
| To invoke the function ``func`` using a variable ``a`` containing an ``A`` | |
| instance, we'd have to write ``func(B(a))`` in Python. On the other hand, C++ | |
| will automatically apply an implicit type conversion, which makes it possible | |
| to directly write ``func(a)``. | |
|  | |
| In this situation (i.e. where ``B`` has a constructor that converts from | |
| ``A``), the following statement enables similar implicit conversions on the | |
| Python side: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::implicitly_convertible<A, B>(); | |
| 
 | |
| .. note:: | |
|  | |
|     Implicit conversions from ``A`` to ``B`` only work when ``B`` is a custom | |
|     data type that is exposed to Python via pybind11. | |
|  | |
| .. _static_properties: | |
|  | |
| Static properties | |
| ================= | |
|  | |
| The section on :ref:`properties` discussed the creation of instance properties | |
| that are implemented in terms of C++ getters and setters. | |
|  | |
| Static properties can also be created in a similar way to expose getters and | |
| setters of static class attributes. Note that the implicit ``self`` argument | |
| also exists in this case and is used to pass the Python ``type`` subclass | |
| instance. This parameter will often not be needed by the C++ side, and the | |
| following example illustrates how to instantiate a lambda getter function | |
| that ignores it: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<Foo>(m, "Foo") | |
|         .def_property_readonly_static("foo", [](py::object /* self */) { return Foo(); }); | |
| 
 | |
| Operator overloading | |
| ==================== | |
|  | |
| Suppose that we're given the following ``Vector2`` class with a vector addition | |
| and scalar multiplication operation, all implemented using overloaded operators | |
| in C++. | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     class Vector2 { | |
|     public: | |
|         Vector2(float x, float y) : x(x), y(y) { } | |
| 
 | |
|         Vector2 operator+(const Vector2 &v) const { return Vector2(x + v.x, y + v.y); } | |
|         Vector2 operator*(float value) const { return Vector2(x * value, y * value); } | |
|         Vector2& operator+=(const Vector2 &v) { x += v.x; y += v.y; return *this; } | |
|         Vector2& operator*=(float v) { x *= v; y *= v; return *this; } | |
| 
 | |
|         friend Vector2 operator*(float f, const Vector2 &v) { | |
|             return Vector2(f * v.x, f * v.y); | |
|         } | |
| 
 | |
|         std::string toString() const { | |
|             return "[" + std::to_string(x) + ", " + std::to_string(y) + "]"; | |
|         } | |
|     private: | |
|         float x, y; | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
| The following snippet shows how the above operators can be conveniently exposed | |
| to Python. | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     #include <pybind11/operators.h> | |
|  | |
|     PYBIND11_MODULE(example, m) { | |
|         py::class_<Vector2>(m, "Vector2") | |
|             .def(py::init<float, float>()) | |
|             .def(py::self + py::self) | |
|             .def(py::self += py::self) | |
|             .def(py::self *= float()) | |
|             .def(float() * py::self) | |
|             .def(py::self * float()) | |
|             .def("__repr__", &Vector2::toString); | |
|     } | |
| 
 | |
| Note that a line like | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|             .def(py::self * float()) | |
| 
 | |
| is really just short hand notation for | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     .def("__mul__", [](const Vector2 &a, float b) { | |
|         return a * b; | |
|     }, py::is_operator()) | |
| 
 | |
| This can be useful for exposing additional operators that don't exist on the | |
| C++ side, or to perform other types of customization. The ``py::is_operator`` | |
| flag marker is needed to inform pybind11 that this is an operator, which | |
| returns ``NotImplemented`` when invoked with incompatible arguments rather than | |
| throwing a type error. | |
|  | |
| .. note:: | |
|  | |
|     To use the more convenient ``py::self`` notation, the additional | |
|     header file :file:`pybind11/operators.h` must be included. | |
|  | |
| .. seealso:: | |
|  | |
|     The file :file:`tests/test_operator_overloading.cpp` contains a | |
|     complete example that demonstrates how to work with overloaded operators in | |
|     more detail. | |
|  | |
| Pickling support | |
| ================ | |
|  | |
| Python's ``pickle`` module provides a powerful facility to serialize and | |
| de-serialize a Python object graph into a binary data stream. To pickle and | |
| unpickle C++ classes using pybind11, two additional functions must be provided. | |
| Suppose the class in question has the following signature: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     class Pickleable { | |
|     public: | |
|         Pickleable(const std::string &value) : m_value(value) { } | |
|         const std::string &value() const { return m_value; } | |
| 
 | |
|         void setExtra(int extra) { m_extra = extra; } | |
|         int extra() const { return m_extra; } | |
|     private: | |
|         std::string m_value; | |
|         int m_extra = 0; | |
|     }; | |
| 
 | |
| The binding code including the requisite ``__setstate__`` and ``__getstate__`` methods [#f3]_ | |
| looks as follows: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<Pickleable>(m, "Pickleable") | |
|         .def(py::init<std::string>()) | |
|         .def("value", &Pickleable::value) | |
|         .def("extra", &Pickleable::extra) | |
|         .def("setExtra", &Pickleable::setExtra) | |
|         .def("__getstate__", [](const Pickleable &p) { | |
|             /* Return a tuple that fully encodes the state of the object */ | |
|             return py::make_tuple(p.value(), p.extra()); | |
|         }) | |
|         .def("__setstate__", [](Pickleable &p, py::tuple t) { | |
|             if (t.size() != 2) | |
|                 throw std::runtime_error("Invalid state!"); | |
| 
 | |
|             /* Invoke the in-place constructor. Note that this is needed even | |
|                when the object just has a trivial default constructor */ | |
|             new (&p) Pickleable(t[0].cast<std::string>()); | |
| 
 | |
|             /* Assign any additional state */ | |
|             p.setExtra(t[1].cast<int>()); | |
|         }); | |
| 
 | |
| An instance can now be pickled as follows: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: python | |
| 
 | |
|     try: | |
|         import cPickle as pickle  # Use cPickle on Python 2.7 | |
|     except ImportError: | |
|         import pickle | |
| 
 | |
|     p = Pickleable("test_value") | |
|     p.setExtra(15) | |
|     data = pickle.dumps(p, 2) | |
| 
 | |
| Note that only the cPickle module is supported on Python 2.7. The second | |
| argument to ``dumps`` is also crucial: it selects the pickle protocol version | |
| 2, since the older version 1 is not supported. Newer versions are also fine—for | |
| instance, specify ``-1`` to always use the latest available version. Beware: | |
| failure to follow these instructions will cause important pybind11 memory | |
| allocation routines to be skipped during unpickling, which will likely lead to | |
| memory corruption and/or segmentation faults. | |
|  | |
| .. seealso:: | |
|  | |
|     The file :file:`tests/test_pickling.cpp` contains a complete example | |
|     that demonstrates how to pickle and unpickle types using pybind11 in more | |
|     detail. | |
|  | |
| .. [#f3] http://docs.python.org/3/library/pickle.html#pickling-class-instances | |
|  | |
| Multiple Inheritance | |
| ==================== | |
|  | |
| pybind11 can create bindings for types that derive from multiple base types | |
| (aka. *multiple inheritance*). To do so, specify all bases in the template | |
| arguments of the ``class_`` declaration: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<MyType, BaseType1, BaseType2, BaseType3>(m, "MyType") | |
|        ... | |
| 
 | |
| The base types can be specified in arbitrary order, and they can even be | |
| interspersed with alias types and holder types (discussed earlier in this | |
| document)---pybind11 will automatically find out which is which. The only | |
| requirement is that the first template argument is the type to be declared. | |
|  | |
| It is also permitted to inherit multiply from exported C++ classes in Python, | |
| as well as inheriting from multiple Python and/or pybind-exported classes. | |
|  | |
| There is one caveat regarding the implementation of this feature: | |
|  | |
| When only one base type is specified for a C++ type that actually has multiple | |
| bases, pybind11 will assume that it does not participate in multiple | |
| inheritance, which can lead to undefined behavior. In such cases, add the tag | |
| ``multiple_inheritance`` to the class constructor: | |
|  | |
| .. code-block:: cpp | |
| 
 | |
|     py::class_<MyType, BaseType2>(m, "MyType", py::multiple_inheritance()); | |
| 
 | |
| The tag is redundant and does not need to be specified when multiple base types | |
| are listed.
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