A Possible Bug in Call Policies

リンクされた pytest_isinstance_issue の再現から始め、2つの pytest ファイルを個別に実行してから、完全なテストスイートを実行します。callpolicies.cpp、overloading.cpp、test_callpolicies.py、および対応する overloading テストを読み、エクスポートされた Example クラスと factory の結果を比較します。Boost.Python、pytest、Python のいずれが誤ったクラスの返却を引き起こしているのかを特定し、その動作を文書化または修正できれば完了です。

Hi, I believe I just encountered a possible bug in boost-python...

First of all, the back story, I'm putting together a python-boost based example for my cmaketools project, which makes a cmake-based python package build as straight-forward as possible. I've taken the examples by TNG (who created his examples based off of the official documentation) and turned them into a package with modules with pytest tests. The modules based on his "09-Overloading" example is failing "08-CallPolicies" example in pytest only when they are run together.

Description

When there is a class with the same name but under different a module (in a same package?), return_value_policy<manage_new_object>() call (possibly?) picks a wrong class to instantiate under pytest running 2 test py files each testing one of the classes.

What is peculiar is that it works when only one test file is tested but fails when both are tested together. So, it could be a pytest issue (or Python's for that matter)...

Versions

Boost: 1.71 (official pre-built binary)
Boost Python DLL: boost_python37-vc142-mt-x64-1_71.dll
Python: 3.7.6 (conda)
Compiler: MSVC 2019 (16.6.1)
OS: Window 10

(Near) Minimal Example

Please find the entire example project at https://github.com/hokiedsp/pytest_isinstance_issue. Clone and run the following to reproduce (hopefully)

pip -e .
pytest tests/test_callpolicies.py # passes
pytest tests/test_nor.py # passes
pytest

Last pytest call fails with the assertion error:

    def test_callpolicies():
        f = policies.Example.factory()
>       assert isinstance(f, policies.Example) and str(f) == "factory"
E       AssertionError: assert (False)
E        +  where False = isinstance(<boost_python_example.overloading.Example object at 0x00000202D58B0300>, <class 'boost_python_example.callpolicies.Example'>)
E        +    where <class 'boost_python_example.callpolicies.Example'> = policies.Example

I'm anticipating f to be boost_python_example.callpolicies.Example but instead boost_python_example.overloading.Example.

Side Note: If CMake cannot find Boost, you need to modify Line 14 of setup.py

configure_opts = ['-DBOOST_ROOT=C:\\Users\\tikum\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\boost_1_71_0']

code snippets

Here are the sections of most relevant:

callpolicies.cpp

#include <sstream>
#include <string>

class Example {
    Example(std::string n) : mName(n) {}
    std::string mName;
public:
    std::string name() const { return mName; }
    static Example* factory()
    {
        return new Example("factory");
    }
// ... snip...
};

#include <boost/python.hpp>
using namespace boost::python;

BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(callpolicies)
{
    class_<Example>("Example", no_init)
        .def("__str__", &Example::name)
        .def("factory", &Example::factory,
            return_value_policy<manage_new_object>())
        .staticmethod("factory")
    ;
}	

overloading.cpp

#include <sstream>
#include <string>

class Example {
public:
    Example()
    {}
    // ... snip...
};

#include <boost/python.hpp>
using namespace boost::python;

BOOST_PYTHON_MEMBER_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS(makeIt_overloads, makeIt, 1, 3)
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(overloading)
{
    void        (Example::*d1)()             = &Example::doit;
    std::string (Example::*d2)(unsigned int) = &Example::doit;
    void        (Example::*d3)(std::string)  = &Example::doit;

    class_<Example>("Example")
        .def("__str__", &Example::print)
// ...snip...
    ; 
}	

test_callpolicies.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import pytest
from boost_python_example import callpolicies as policies

def test_callpolicies():
    # e = callpolicies.Example() # won't work, constructore not available from python
    f = policies.Example.factory()
    assert isinstance(f, policies.Example) and str(f) == "factory"