On 19 Mar, 16:40, "Shawn McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 19, 12:00 pm, "Shawn McGrath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I forgot to mention, getname is defined as: > > const std::string &Entity::getName() const; > > After more reading I found the copy_const_reference, and replaced: > boost::python::return_internal_reference<>()); > with: > > boost::python::return_value_policy<boost::python::copy_const_reference>()); > > and it fixed my problem. Is there any downside to using > copy_const_reference over return_internal_reference?
You might get some answers here; if not, can I suggest http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/c++-sig ? I think a lot of the Boost.Python developers hang around on that list. hth, Jon. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list