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<p>
You can easily rename functions, classes, member functions, attributes, etc. Just use the
function <tt>rename</tt>, like this:</p>
<code><pre>
<span class=identifier>World </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Class</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;World&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;hello.h&quot;</span><span class=special>)
</span><span class=identifier>rename</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;IWorld&quot;</span><span class=special>)
</span><span class=identifier>show </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Function</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;choice&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;hello.h&quot;</span><span class=special>)
</span><span class=identifier>rename</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>show</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;Show&quot;</span><span class=special>)
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You can rename member functions and attributes using this syntax:</p>
<code><pre>
<span class=identifier>rename</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;Greet&quot;</span><span class=special>)
</span><span class=identifier>rename</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>set</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;Set&quot;</span><span class=special>)
</span><span class=identifier>choice </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Enum</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=string>&quot;choice&quot;</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;hello.h&quot;</span><span class=special>)
</span><span class=identifier>rename</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>choice</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>red</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;Red&quot;</span><span class=special>)
</span><span class=identifier>rename</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>choice</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>blue</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=string>&quot;Blue&quot;</span><span class=special>)
</span></pre></code>
<p>
You can exclude functions, classes, member functions, attributes, etc, in the same way,
with the function <tt>exclude</tt>:</p>
<code><pre>
<span class=identifier>exclude</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>greet</span><span class=special>)
</span><span class=identifier>exclude</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>World</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>msg</span><span class=special>)
</span></pre></code>
<p>
To access the operators of a class, access the member <tt>operator</tt> like this
(supposing that <tt>C</tt> is a class being exported):</p>
<code><pre>
<span class=identifier>exclude</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>C</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>[</span><span class=literal>'+'</span><span class=special>])
</span><span class=identifier>exclude</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>C</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>[</span><span class=literal>'*'</span><span class=special>])
</span><span class=identifier>exclude</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>C</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=keyword>operator</span><span class=special>[</span><span class=literal>'&lt;&lt;'</span><span class=special>])
</span></pre></code>
<p>
The string inside the brackets is the same as the name of the operator in C++.<br></p>
<a name="virtual_member_functions"></a><h2>Virtual Member Functions</h2><p>
Pyste automatically generates wrappers for virtual member functions, but you may
want to disable this behaviour (for performance reasons, for instance) if you do
not plan to override the functions in Python. To do this, use the function
<tt>final</tt>:</p>
<code><pre>
<span class=identifier>C </span><span class=special>= </span><span class=identifier>Class</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=literal>'C'</span><span class=special>, </span><span class=literal>'C.h'</span><span class=special>)
</span><span class=identifier>final</span><span class=special>(</span><span class=identifier>C</span><span class=special>.</span><span class=identifier>foo</span><span class=special>) </span>##<span class=identifier>C</span><span class=special>::</span><span class=identifier>foo </span><span class=identifier>is </span><span class=identifier>a </span><span class=keyword>virtual </span><span class=identifier>member </span><span class=identifier>function
</span></pre></code>
<p>
No virtual wrapper code will be generated for the virtual member function
C::foo that way.</p>
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