python bindings don't allow shared_ptr<Grid>
A Grid
can not be copied and as such has to be passed around either by reference or as a shared_ptr
. The python bindings use the default holder type, which is unique_ptr
. This makes it really difficult to pass a Grid constructed via the python
bindings to existing code that stores the grid as a shared_ptr
. I assume it would work with a reference, but the bindings should be flexible enough to work with different (reasonable) usage patterns.
We should switch the holder type of the Grid
to shared_ptr
. For other types like GridView
I guess unique_ptr
is OK, as we nowadays encourage people to copy a GridView
, as it is supposed to be light weight.