Adding string constructor for enum

pybind · Sep 29, 2017 · f73bcd4 · f73bcd4
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diff --git a/include/pybind11/pybind11.h b/include/pybind11/pybind11.h
@@ -1358,7 +1358,7 @@ template <typename Type> class enum_ : public class_<Type> {
 
     template <typename... Extra>
     enum_(const handle &scope, const char *name, const Extra&... extra)
-      : class_<Type>(scope, name, extra...), m_entries(), m_parent(scope) {
+      : class_<Type>(scope, name, extra...), m_entries(), m_parent(scope), m_name(name) {
 
         constexpr bool is_arithmetic = detail::any_of<std::is_same<arithmetic, Extra>...>::value;
 
@@ -1377,6 +1377,15 @@ template <typename Type> class enum_ : public class_<Type> {
             return m;
         }, return_value_policy::copy);
         def(init([](Scalar i) { return static_cast<Type>(i); }));
+        def(init([this, m_entries_ptr](std::string value) -> Type {
+            for (const auto &kv : reinterpret_borrow<dict>(m_entries_ptr)) {
+                std::string key = cast<str>(kv.first);
+                if(value == key || key == m_name + "::" + value) {
+                    return cast<Type>(kv.second);
+                }
+            }
+            throw value_error("\"" + value + "\" is not a valid value for enum type " + m_name);
+        }));
         def("__int__", [](Type value) { return (Scalar) value; });
         #if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
             def("__long__", [](Type value) { return (Scalar) value; });
@@ -1436,6 +1445,7 @@ template <typename Type> class enum_ : public class_<Type> {
 private:
     dict m_entries;
     handle m_parent;
+    std::string m_name;
 };
 
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)

diff --git a/tests/test_enum.cpp b/tests/test_enum.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,22 @@ TEST_SUBMODULE(enums, m) {
         .value("ETwo", ETwo)
         .export_values();
 
+    // test_conversion_enum
+    enum class ConversionEnum {
+        Convert1 = 1,
+        Convert2
+    };
+
+    py::enum_<ConversionEnum>(m, "ConversionEnum", py::arithmetic())
+        .value("Convert1", ConversionEnum::Convert1)
+        .value("Convert2", ConversionEnum::Convert2)
+        ;
+    py::implicitly_convertible<py::str, ConversionEnum>();
+
+    m.def("test_conversion_enum", [](ConversionEnum z) {
+        return "ConversionEnum::" + std::string(z == ConversionEnum::Convert1 ? "Convert1" : "Convert2");
+    });
+
     // test_scoped_enum
     enum class ScopedEnum {
         Two = 2,

diff --git a/tests/test_enum.py b/tests/test_enum.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ def test_unscoped_enum():
 
     assert int(m.UnscopedEnum.ETwo) == 2
     assert str(m.UnscopedEnum(2)) == "UnscopedEnum.ETwo"
+    assert str(m.UnscopedEnum("ETwo")) == "UnscopedEnum.ETwo"
 
     # order
     assert m.UnscopedEnum.EOne < m.UnscopedEnum.ETwo
@@ -40,9 +41,17 @@ def test_unscoped_enum():
     assert not (m.UnscopedEnum.ETwo < m.UnscopedEnum.EOne)
     assert not (2 < m.UnscopedEnum.EOne)
 
+def test_converstion_enum():
+    assert m.test_conversion_enum(m.ConversionEnum.Convert1) == "ConversionEnum::Convert1"
+    assert m.test_conversion_enum(m.ConversionEnum("Convert1")) == "ConversionEnum::Convert1"
+    assert m.test_conversion_enum("Convert1") == "ConversionEnum::Convert1"
+    assert m.test_conversion_enum(m.ConversionEnum.Convert1) == "ConversionEnum::Convert1"
+
 
 def test_scoped_enum():
     assert m.test_scoped_enum(m.ScopedEnum.Three) == "ScopedEnum::Three"
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        m.test_scoped_enum("Three")
     z = m.ScopedEnum.Two
     assert m.test_scoped_enum(z) == "ScopedEnum::Two"