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--- a/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst
+++ b/sources/shiboken2/ApiExtractor/doc/typesystem_specifying_types.rst
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ typesystem
.. code-block:: xml
- <typesystem package="..." default-superclass="...">
+ <typesystem package="..." default-superclass="..." exception-handling="...">
</typesystem>
The **package** attribute is a string describing the package to be used,
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ typesystem
The *optional* **default-superclass** attribute is the canonical C++ base class
name of all objects, e.g., "object".
+ The *optional* **exception-handling** attribute specifies the default exception
+ handling mode of all objects (see :ref:`modify-function`).
+
load-typesystem
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -216,6 +219,7 @@ value-type
<typesystem>
<value-type name="..." since="..."
copyable="yes | no"
+ exception-handling="..."
hash-function="..."
stream="yes | no"
default-constructor="..."
@@ -243,6 +247,9 @@ value-type
The **revision** attribute can be used to specify a revision for each type, easing the
production of ABI compatible bindings.
+ The *optional* **exception-handling** attribute specifies the default exception
+ handling mode of all functions (see :ref:`modify-function`).
+
.. _object-type:
object-type
@@ -258,6 +265,7 @@ object-type
<object-type name="..."
since="..."
copyable="yes | no"
+ exception-handling="..."
hash-function="..."
stream="yes | no"
revision="..." />
@@ -278,6 +286,9 @@ object-type
The **revision** attribute can be used to specify a revision for each type, easing the
production of ABI compatible bindings.
+ The *optional* **exception-handling** attribute specifies the default exception
+ handling mode of all functions (see :ref:`modify-function`).
+
interface-type
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -329,6 +340,38 @@ container-type
The *optional* **since** value is used to specify the API version of this container.
+typedef-type
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+ The typedef-type allows for specifying typedefs in the typesystem. They
+ are mostly equivalent to spelling out the typedef in the included header, which
+ is often complicated when trying to wrap libraries whose source code cannot be
+ easily extended.
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <typesystem>
+ <typedef-type name="..."
+ source="..."
+ since="..."
+ </typesystem>
+
+ The **source** attribute is the source. Example:
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <namespace-type name='std'>
+ <value-type name='optional' generate='no'/>\n"
+ </namespace-type>
+ <typedef-type name="IntOptional" source="std::optional&lt;int&gt;"/>
+
+ is equivalent to
+
+ .. code-block:: c++
+
+ typedef std::optional<int> IntOptional;
+
+ The *optional* **since** value is used to specify the API version of this type.
.. _custom-type:
@@ -348,6 +391,26 @@ custom-type
The **name** attribute is the name of the custom type, e.g., "PyObject".
+.. _smart-pointer-type:
+
+smart-pointer-type
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+ The smart pointer type node indicates that the given class is a smart pointer
+ and requires inserting calls to **getter** to access the pointeee.
+ Currently, only the **type** *shared* is supported and the usage is limited
+ to function return values.
+ **ref-count-method** specifies the name of the method used to do reference counting.
+
+ .. code-block:: xml
+
+ <typesystem>
+ <smart-pointer-type name="..."
+ since="..."
+ type="..."
+ getter="..."
+ ref-count-method="..."/>
+ </typesystem>
.. _function: