Re: [Swig-user] What replaced -shadow?

[Josh C. <jc...@nc...>]

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009, Ted Ross wrote:

> Thanks for the quick responses.  I was confused by the fact that swig 
> generates Python code as well as the C++ code.  The generated Python proxy 
> class is only needed in the "Python-owned" case.  The "C++-owned" case is 
> covered by not using the proxy class but using the pointer (actually a 
> PyObject) directly.

You should get back a proxy class instance when a function returns a 
pointer to a C++ class instance (or a reference, or an instance).  It's 
not a question of necessity but of desirability.  You shouldn't see a 
"raw" pointer (a PySwigObject) unless the class is not properly wrapped, 
in which case the proxy class will not exist.

Josh