Returning a Pointer From a Function

[Gregory Bayard]

Hello fellow swig enthusiasts,

If I extend a C++ class with a function that returns a pointer to a
newly instantiated object is there a way to force SWIG/Python to take
ownership of the object without me using ConvertPtr and returning a
PyObject* instead.  Here is my example:

%extend MyClass
{
   MyClassHelper* new_helper()
   {
      MyClassHelper *newHelper = new MyClassHelper();
      /* DO SOME IMPORTANT STUFF HERE*/
      return newHelper;
   }
}

It appears that these new helper objects never get deleted using this
code.  Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Greg

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[Josh Cherry]

On Tue, 3 Jun 2008, Gregory Bayard wrote:

> If I extend a C++ class with a function that returns a pointer to a
> newly instantiated object is there a way to force SWIG/Python to take
> ownership of the object without me using ConvertPtr and returning a
> PyObject* instead.

Have you tried %newobject (covered in the manual)?

Josh


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