Because long is 32bit on Windows (like int), the
conversion from long to unsigned int was subject
to sign overflow. This was fixed by going to
unsigned int via unsigned long.
Reimplementing virtual functions with
"const &" arguments wasn't behaving as
expected because these arguments were
copied.
Now, "const &" for arguments (in virtual
function reimplementation) is not implemented
as a copy.
In addition, now it's possible to declare
results as references always (also if const &).
See gsiTest.cc:1078 for example:
// gsi::arg_make_reference makes the function's return value
// always being taken as a reference
gsi::method<C_P, const CopyDetector &, const CopyDetector &, gsi::arg_make_reference> ("pass_cd_cref_as_ref", &C_P::pass_cd_cref)
Needed to refactor the class hierarchy of the Python classes.
Basically the module specific base class was removed as it does
not provide any benefit. The object layout of the PyObject
specialization was modified such that the payload is attached
to the end. This is compatible with the hidden extensions
which Python adds to normal objects.
The fix consisted of introducing "factory" type virtual
methods which ensure that a reference is held to the
returned object. This is important for implementing
factory methods in Python. Without this, the object
get destroyed before we have a chance to increment the
reference count.
- Include a copy of the unit test framework so we're no longer
depending on incompatible versions for Ruby 1 and 2.
- Avoid duplication of path entries in unit tests
Matthias Koefferlein