Type conversion

Pyd provides a series of template functions for converting types to and from Python. Template arguments are in boldface, function arguments are in italics.

PyObject* _py(T) (T t);

Converts D item t of type T to a PyObject. The returned pointer is a new, owned reference. The following conversions are possible:

D type	Python type
bool	bool
C_long (usually `int`)	int
C_longlong (usually `long`)	long
double	float
idouble, cdouble	complex
char[] (as ASCII string)	str
dynamic array	list
associative array	dict
delegate or function pointer	A callable object
A wrapped class	The wrapped type
A wrapped struct	The wrapped type
Pointer-to-wrapped-struct	The wrapped type
PydObject	The wrapped object's type
PyObject*	The object's type

This function will set a Python RuntimeError and return null if the conversion is not possible.

PydObject py(T) (T t);

Converts D item t of type T to a PyObject with the _py function (above), and returns a PydObject wrapping that PyObject. This will throw a wrapped Python RuntimeError if the conversion is not possible.

T d_type(T) (PyObject* o);


Attempts to convert Python object o to the D type T. Note that this means you must call this function with both the template and function arguments. The following conversions are possible:


Python type     D type                              
Any type        PyObject*                           
Any type        PydObject
Wrapped struct  Wrapped struct
Wrapped struct  Pointer to wrapped struct
Wrapped class  Wrapped class
Any callable    delegate                            
Any iterable    dynamic array                       
str             char[]                              
complex         cdouble                             
float           double                              
long            C_longlong (usually long)  
int             C_long (usually int)       
bool            bool                                


This function will throw a PydConversionException if the conversion is not possible.

Python type	D type
Any type	PyObject*
Any type	PydObject
Wrapped struct	Wrapped struct
Wrapped struct	Pointer to wrapped struct
Wrapped class	Wrapped class
Any callable	delegate
Any iterable	dynamic array
str	char[]
complex	cdouble
float	double
long	C_longlong (usually `long`)
int	C_long (usually `int`)
bool	bool