Surprisingly (embarrassingly?) I cannot get the syntax of the static_const of a const member function right. In short (details below) if the member function is not marked const I use:
static_cast<std::vector<double> (mymodule::Foo::*)(const std::vector<double>&)>(&mymodule::Foo::bar)
but marking the member function Foo::bar(...) const the compiler does not know what to do:
error: address of overloaded function 'bar' cannot be static_cast to type 'std::vector<double> (mymodule::Foo::*)(const std::vector<double> &)'
Where should I put the function's constness?
Details
I'm trying to create Python binding for the following module:
namespace mymodule {
class Foo
{
public:
Foo() = default;
template <class T>
T bar(const T& a) const
{
T ret = a;
for (auto& i : ret) {
i *= 2.0;
}
return ret;
}
template <class T>
T bar(const T& a, double f) const
{
T ret = a;
for (auto& i : ret) {
i *= f;
}
return ret;
}
};
} // namespace mymodule
whereby I write the Python bindings with pybind11:
#include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
namespace py = pybind11;
PYBIND11_MODULE(example, m)
{
py::class_<mymodule::Foo>(m, "Foo")
.def(py::init<>())
.def("bar",
static_cast<std::vector<double> (mymodule::Foo::*)(const std::vector<double>&)>(&mymodule::Foo::bar),
py::arg("a"))
.def("bar",
static_cast<std::vector<double> (mymodule::Foo::*)(const std::vector<double>&, double)>(&mymodule::Foo::bar),
py::arg("a"),
py::arg("f"));
}
which fails to compile:
.../example.cpp:54:14: error: address of overloaded function 'bar' cannot be static_cast to type 'std::vector<double> (mymodule::Foo::*)(const std::vector<double> &)'
static_cast<std::vector<double> (mymodule::Foo::*)(const std::vector<double>&)>(&mymodule::Foo::bar),
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.../example.cpp:19:7: note: candidate function template
T bar(const T& a) const
^
.../example.cpp:29:7: note: candidate function template
T bar(const T& a, double f) const
^
.../example.cpp:58:14: error: address of overloaded function 'bar' cannot be static_cast to type 'std::vector<double> (mymodule::Foo::*)(const std::vector<double> &, double)'
static_cast<std::vector<double> (mymodule::Foo::*)(const std::vector<double>&, double)>(&mymodule::Foo::bar),
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
.../example.cpp:19:7: note: candidate function template
T bar(const T& a) const
^
.../example.cpp:29:7: note: candidate function template
T bar(const T& a, double f) const
^
2 errors generated.