functional.h: support more kinds of Python functions

Author: Wenzel Jakob

include/pybind11/functional.h

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ template <typename Return, typename... Args> struct type_caster<std::function<Re
 public:
 
     bool load(PyObject *src_, bool) {
-        if (!PyFunction_Check(src_))
+        src_ = detail::get_function(src_);
+        if (!src_ || !(PyFunction_Check(src_) || PyCFunction_Check(src_)))
             return false;
         object src(src_, true);
         value = [src](Args... args) -> Return {

include/pybind11/pytypes.h

@@ -94,6 +94,18 @@ class iterator : public object {
 };
 
 NAMESPACE_BEGIN(detail)
+inline PyObject *get_function(PyObject *value) {
+    if (value == nullptr)
+        return nullptr;
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
+    if (PyInstanceMethod_Check(value))
+        value = PyInstanceMethod_GET_FUNCTION(value);
+#endif
+    if (PyMethod_Check(value))
+        value = PyMethod_GET_FUNCTION(value);
+    return value;
+}
+
 class accessor {
 public:
     accessor(PyObject *obj, PyObject *key, bool attr)
@@ -346,16 +358,8 @@ class function : public object {
     PYBIND11_OBJECT_DEFAULT(function, object, PyFunction_Check)
 
     bool is_cpp_function() {
-        PyObject *ptr = m_ptr;
-        if (ptr == nullptr)
-            return false;
-#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION >= 3
-        if (PyInstanceMethod_Check(ptr))
-            ptr = PyInstanceMethod_GET_FUNCTION(ptr);
-#endif
-        if (PyMethod_Check(ptr))
-            ptr = PyMethod_GET_FUNCTION(ptr);
-        return PyCFunction_Check(ptr);
+        PyObject *ptr = detail::get_function(m_ptr);
+        return ptr != nullptr && PyCFunction_Check(ptr);
     }
 };