Hi Boost/Python developers, at first I have to say that I am no boost nor a python expert. I've searched for hours now on the web for my problem but was unable to find some solution for my problem: Currently I am working on the possibility that an python-script is called by an existing c++ object. This was "easy" to do with and without the boost python-classes. To make this more complicate, the script must be able to call some member functions of this object. So to make this possible I created an BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE() containing the class and the to be called member function-definitions. Now it is possible to create new instances of the class and call them from python. It is also possible to do the following in my c++ object-code: "ret = boost::python::call<int>(PyFunction.ptr(), this );" But now my problem: boost copies the object and passes only that copy to the function. Is it and how is it possible to make the object accessible to the function within the python-script? I have found some hints in the boost-source for using smartptr but I was unable to use them as an parameter for call(): "TypeError: No to_python (by-value) converter found for C++ type: class boost::shared_ptr<TYPE>". I am also don't known if this is the right way to do. Thanks for help! Marco Borm