The C string converter now transforms a Python None in a C null pointer.

The conversion of '[const] char*' to C++ now accepts an None object
and gives back a NULL pointer.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/libshiboken/conversions.h b/libshiboken/conversions.h
index 47d7ef6a8..436ea3366 100644
--- a/libshiboken/conversions.h
+++ b/libshiboken/conversions.h
@@ -394,7 +394,11 @@ struct Converter_CString
             Py_RETURN_NONE;
         return PyString_FromString(cppobj);
     }
-    static inline CString toCpp(PyObject* pyobj) { return PyString_AsString(pyobj); }
+    static inline CString toCpp(PyObject* pyobj) {
+        if (pyobj == Py_None)
+            return 0;
+        return PyString_AsString(pyobj);
+    }
 };
 
 template <> struct Converter<char*> : Converter_CString<char*> {};