// In Python, this should be a class attribute set to the Doodad

// type object.

typedef basics::Doodad Item;

// No need to make a class attribute for this.

typedef std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Item>>::const_iterator iterator;

// Transform to __len__ in Python.

std::size_t size() const { return _items.size(); }

// Transform to __iter__ in Python (while being careful about dangling

// pointers.)

iterator begin() const { return _items.begin(); }

iterator end() const { return _items.end(); }

// In Python, this should return as a new list that contains the original

// items, and should be renamed to "as_list()"".

std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Item>> as_vector() const { return _items; }

// In Python, this should accept any Python sequence.

void assign(std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Item>> const & items) {

_items = items;

}

// This should accept any Python Doodad, including Thingamajigs.

void add(std::shared_ptr<Item> item);

// This should accept a (str, int) tuple (or other sequence).

// There should be a single add_item Python method that accepts both

// Doodads and tuples.

void add(basics::WhatsIt const & it);

// This should be transformed into a Python dict on return, and renamed

// to "as_dict()".

std::map<std::string,std::shared_ptr<Item>> as_map() const;

std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Item>> _items;