Dan <d_zakaib@yahoo.com> writes:

I am exposing a C++ class to python that takes a reference to a std::istream object and operates on it. It looks something like this:

class StreamReader { public: StreamReader(std::istream& strm);

private: std::istream& strm_; }

I would like to expose this class to python allowing a python client to pass in any python file type object (regular file object, StringIO object, stdin, etc.), as a C++ client would be able to pass any std::istream derived object.

Now it seems to me that someone must have encountered this problem before, but I haven't seen any references as to how to make this work.

Any ideas on the best way to proceed would be appreciated.

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