[WIP] Add methods to already defined vector type

include/eigenpy/registration.hpp

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define __eigenpy_registration_hpp__
 
 #include "eigenpy/fwd.hpp"
+#include "eigenpy/registration_class.hpp"
 
 namespace eigenpy {
 
@@ -50,6 +51,25 @@ inline bool register_symbolic_link_to_registered_type() {
 
   return false;
 }
+
+/// Same as \see register_symbolic_link_to_registered_type() but apply \p
+/// visitor on \tparam T if it already exists
+template <typename T, typename Visitor>
+inline bool register_symbolic_link_to_registered_type(const Visitor& visitor) {
+  if (eigenpy::check_registration<T>()) {
+    const bp::type_info info = bp::type_id<T>();
+    const bp::converter::registration* reg =
+        bp::converter::registry::query(info);
+    bp::handle<> class_obj(reg->get_class_object());
+    bp::object object(class_obj);
+    bp::scope().attr(reg->get_class_object()->tp_name) = object;
+    registration_class<T> cl(object);
+    cl.def(visitor);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
 }  // namespace eigenpy
 
 #endif  // ifndef __eigenpy_registration_hpp__

include/eigenpy/registration_class.hpp

@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2023, INRIA
+ */
+
+#ifndef __eigenpy_registration_class_hpp__
+#define __eigenpy_registration_class_hpp__
+
+#include <boost/python/class.hpp>
+
+#include "eigenpy/fwd.hpp"
+
+namespace eigenpy {
+
+/*! Copy of the \see boost::python::class_
+ * This class allow to add methods to an existing class without registering it
+ * again.
+ **/
+template <class W>
+class registration_class {
+ public:
+  using self = registration_class;
+
+  /// \p object Hold the namespace of the class that will be modified
+  registration_class(bp::object object) : m_object(object) {}
+
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def(bp::def_visitor<Derived> const& visitor)
+  template <class Visitor>
+  self& def(Visitor const& visitor) {
+    visitor.visit(*this);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def(char const* name, F f)
+  template <class F>
+  self& def(char const* name, F f) {
+    def_impl(bp::detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0), name, f,
+             bp::detail::def_helper<char const*>(0), &f);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def(char const* name, A1 a1, A2 const& a2)
+  template <class A1, class A2>
+  self& def(char const* name, A1 a1, A2 const& a2) {
+    def_maybe_overloads(name, a1, a2, &a2);
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def(char const* name, Fn fn, A1 const& a1, A2
+  /// const& a2)
+  template <class Fn, class A1, class A2>
+  self& def(char const* name, Fn fn, A1 const& a1, A2 const& a2) {
+    def_impl(bp::detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0), name, fn,
+             bp::detail::def_helper<A1, A2>(a1, a2), &fn);
+
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def(char const* name, Fn fn, A1 const& a1, A2
+  /// const& a2, A3 const& a3)
+  template <class Fn, class A1, class A2, class A3>
+  self& def(char const* name, Fn fn, A1 const& a1, A2 const& a2, A3 const& a3) {
+    def_impl(bp::detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0), name, fn,
+             bp::detail::def_helper<A1, A2, A3>(a1, a2, a3), &fn);
+
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+ private:
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def_impl(T*, char const* name, Fn fn, Helper
+  /// const& helper, ...)
+  template <class T, class Fn, class Helper>
+  inline void def_impl(T*, char const* name, Fn fn, Helper const& helper, ...) {
+    bp::objects::add_to_namespace(
+        m_object, name,
+        make_function(fn, helper.policies(), helper.keywords(),
+                      bp::detail::get_signature(fn, (T*)0)),
+        helper.doc());
+
+    def_default(name, fn, helper,
+                boost::mpl::bool_<Helper::has_default_implementation>());
+  }
+
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def_default(char const* name, Fn, Helper
+  /// const& helper, boost::mpl::bool_<true>)
+  template <class Fn, class Helper>
+  inline void def_default(char const* name, Fn, Helper const& helper,
+                          boost::mpl::bool_<true>) {
+    bp::detail::error::virtual_function_default<
+        W, Fn>::must_be_derived_class_member(helper.default_implementation());
+
+    bp::objects::add_to_namespace(
+        m_object, name,
+        make_function(helper.default_implementation(), helper.policies(),
+                      helper.keywords()));
+  }
+
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def_default(char const*, Fn, Helper const&,
+  /// boost::mpl::bool_<false>)
+  template <class Fn, class Helper>
+  inline void def_default(char const*, Fn, Helper const&,
+                          boost::mpl::bool_<false>) {}
+
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def_maybe_overloads(char const* name, SigT
+  /// sig,OverloadsT const& overloads,bp::detail::overloads_base const*)
+  template <class OverloadsT, class SigT>
+  void def_maybe_overloads(char const* name, SigT sig,
+                           OverloadsT const& overloads,
+                           bp::detail::overloads_base const*)
+
+  {
+    bp::detail::define_with_defaults(name, overloads, *this,
+                                     bp::detail::get_signature(sig));
+  }
+
+  /// \see boost::python::class_::def_maybe_overloads(char const* name, Fn fn,
+  /// A1 const& a1, ...)
+  template <class Fn, class A1>
+  void def_maybe_overloads(char const* name, Fn fn, A1 const& a1, ...) {
+    def_impl(bp::detail::unwrap_wrapper((W*)0), name, fn,
+             bp::detail::def_helper<A1>(a1), &fn);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  bp::object m_object;
+};
+
+}  // namespace eigenpy
+
+#endif  // ifndef __eigenpy_registration_class_hpp__

include/eigenpy/std-vector.hpp

@@ -360,14 +360,40 @@ struct EmptyPythonVisitor
   void visit(classT &) const {}
 };
 
+/// \brief Add standard method to a std::vector.
+template <typename Container, bool NoProxy = false>
+struct add_std_method_to_std_vector
+    : public boost::python::def_visitor<
+          add_std_method_to_std_vector<Container> > {
+  typedef typename Container::value_type value_type;
+  typedef typename Container::value_type data_type;
+  typedef size_t index_type;
+
+  typedef StdContainerFromPythonList<Container, NoProxy>
+      FromPythonListConverter;
+
+  template <class Class>
+  void visit(Class &cl) const {
+    details::overload_base_get_item_for_std_vector<Container> get_item_visitor;
+    cl.def("tolist", &FromPythonListConverter::tolist, bp::arg("self"),
+           "Returns the std::vector as a Python list.")
+        .def(get_item_visitor)
+        .def("reserve", &Container::reserve,
+             (bp::arg("self"), bp::arg("new_cap")),
+             "Increase the capacity of the vector to a value that's greater "
+             "or equal to new_cap.")
+        .def(CopyableVisitor<Container>());
+  }
+};
+
 ///
 /// \brief Expose an std::vector from a type given as template argument.
 ///
 /// \tparam T Type to expose as std::vector<T>.
 /// \tparam Allocator Type for the Allocator in std::vector<T,Allocator>.
-/// \tparam NoProxy When set to false, the elements will be copied when returned
-/// to Python. \tparam EnableFromPythonListConverter Enables the conversion from
-/// a Python list to a std::vector<T,Allocator>
+/// \tparam NoProxy When set to false, the elements will be copied when
+/// returned to Python. \tparam EnableFromPythonListConverter Enables the
+/// conversion from a Python list to a std::vector<T,Allocator>
 ///
 /// \sa StdAlignedVectorPythonVisitor
 ///
@@ -388,18 +414,15 @@ struct StdVectorPythonVisitor
     expose(class_name, doc_string, EmptyPythonVisitor());
   }
 
-  template <typename VisitorDerived>
-  static void expose(
-      const std::string &class_name,
-      const boost::python::def_visitor<VisitorDerived> &visitor) {
+  template <typename Visitor>
+  static void expose(const std::string &class_name, const Visitor &visitor) {
     expose(class_name, "", visitor);
   }
 
-  template <typename VisitorDerived>
-  static void expose(
-      const std::string &class_name, const std::string &doc_string,
-      const boost::python::def_visitor<VisitorDerived> &visitor) {
-    if (!register_symbolic_link_to_registered_type<vector_type>()) {
+  template <typename Visitor>
+  static void expose(const std::string &class_name,
+                     const std::string &doc_string, const Visitor &visitor) {
+    if (!register_symbolic_link_to_registered_type<vector_type>(visitor)) {
       bp::class_<vector_type> cl(class_name.c_str(), doc_string.c_str());
       cl.def(StdVectorPythonVisitor())
 
@@ -409,20 +432,11 @@ struct StdVectorPythonVisitor
           .def(bp::init<const vector_type &>(bp::args("self", "other"),
                                              "Copy constructor"))
 
-          .def("tolist", &FromPythonListConverter::tolist, bp::arg("self"),
-               "Returns the std::vector as a Python list.")
           .def(visitor)
-          .def("reserve", &vector_type::reserve,
-               (bp::arg("self"), bp::arg("new_cap")),
-               "Increase the capacity of the vector to a value that's greater "
-               "or equal to new_cap.")
-          .def_pickle(PickleVector<vector_type>())
-          .def(CopyableVisitor<vector_type>());
-
-      // Register conversion
-      if (EnableFromPythonListConverter)
-        FromPythonListConverter::register_converter();
+          .def_pickle(PickleVector<vector_type>());
     }
+    // Register conversion
+    FromPythonListConverter::register_converter();
   }
 };
 
@@ -437,8 +451,7 @@ void exposeStdVectorEigenSpecificType(const char *name) {
   std::string full_name = "StdVec_";
   full_name += name;
   StdVectorPythonVisitor<VecMatType, false>::expose(
-      full_name.c_str(),
-      details::overload_base_get_item_for_std_vector<VecMatType>());
+      full_name.c_str(), add_std_method_to_std_vector<VecMatType, false>());
 }
 
 }  // namespace eigenpy

unittest/python/test_std_vector.py

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 l3.append(np.eye(2))
 l4 = [np.random.randn(3, 3).T for _ in range(3)]
 l4[-1] = l4[-1].T
+l5 = [np.random.randn(2, 2).T for _ in range(3)]
 
 
 def checkAllValues(li1, li2):
@@ -83,3 +84,12 @@ def checkZero(l):
 # vector.setZero(l4)
 # pprint.pprint(list(l4))
 # checkZero(l4)
+
+# TODO fail
+l5_copy = std_vector.StdVec_Mat2d(l5)
+
+# test l5 == l5_copy == l5_py
+l5_py = l5_copy.tolist()
+# Test l5[0] is zero
+l5[0].setZero()
+# TODO test

unittest/std_vector.cpp

@@ -49,4 +49,12 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(std_vector) {
   typedef Eigen::Ref<Eigen::MatrixXd> RefXd;
   StdVectorPythonVisitor<std::vector<RefXd>, true>::expose("StdVec_MatRef");
   bp::def("setZero", setZero<Eigen::MatrixXd>, "Sets the coeffs to 0.");
+
+  // Test matrix modification
+  // Mat2d don't have tolist, reserve, mutable __getitem__ and from list
+  // conversion exposeStdVectorEigenSpecificType must add those methods to Mat2d
+  bp::class_<std::vector<Eigen::Matrix2d> >("StdVec_Mat2d")
+      .def(boost::python::vector_indexing_suite<
+           std::vector<Eigen::Matrix2d> >());
+  exposeStdVectorEigenSpecificType<Eigen::Matrix3d>("Mat2d");
 }