Overload -> operator to forward member-access through Proxy

Question

I\'m trying to wrap a Python PyObject* in an Object class. In Python, everything is a PyObject*. A list is a PyObject*, a

Answer 1

If you can change Object, you may add

class Object {
public:
    // other code
    const Object* operator -> () const { return this; }
    Object* operator -> () { return this; }
};

And for your Proxy

Object operator->() { return container[key]; }

So, for example

myObj[42]->myFoo = ...

is mostly equivalent to

Proxy proxy = myObj[42];
Object obj = proxy.operator ->();
Object* pobj = obj.operator ->(); // so pobj = &obj;
pobj->myFoo = ...