boost::python::container_utils Namespace Reference

Functions
template<typename Container >
void	extend_container (Container &container, object l)

Function Documentation

template<typename Container >

void boost::python::container_utils::extend_container	(	Container &	container,
		object	l
	)

Definition at line 18 of file container_utils.hpp.

    {
        typedef typename Container::value_type data_type;
        
        //  l must be a list or some container

        for (int i = 0; i < l.attr("__len__")(); i++)
        {
            object elem(l[i]);
            extract<data_type const&> x(elem);
            //  try if elem is an exact data_type type
            if (x.check())
            {
                container.push_back(x());
            }
            else
            {
                //  try to convert elem to data_type type
                extract<data_type> x(elem);
                if (x.check())
                {
                    container.push_back(x());
                }
                else
                {
                    PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Incompatible Data Type");
                    throw_error_already_set();
                }
            }
        }          
    }