git merge smart_holder after PR #5257

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -312,11 +312,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         clang:
-          - 3.6
-          - 3.7
-          - 3.9
-          - 7
-          - 9
           - dev
         std:
           - 11
@@ -325,8 +320,6 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - clang: 5
             std: 14
-          - clang: 10
-            std: 17
           - clang: 11
             std: 20
           - clang: 12
@@ -504,10 +497,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - { gcc: 7, std: 11 }
-          - { gcc: 7, std: 17 }
-          - { gcc: 8, std: 14 }
-          - { gcc: 8, std: 17 }
           - { gcc: 9, std: 20 }
           - { gcc: 10, std: 17 }
           - { gcc: 10, std: 20 }
@@ -728,9 +717,9 @@ jobs:
 
   # This tests an "install" with the CMake tools
   install-classic:
-    name: "🐍 3.7 • Debian • x86 •  Install"
+    name: "🐍 3.9 • Debian • x86 •  Install"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: i386/debian:buster
+    container: i386/debian:bullseye
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1  # v1 is required to run inside docker
@@ -810,7 +799,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python:
-        - '3.7'
         - '3.8'
         - '3.9'
         - '3.10'
@@ -828,8 +816,6 @@ jobs:
             args: -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20
           - python: '3.8'
             args: -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
-          - python: '3.7'
-            args: -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14
 
 
     name: "🐍 ${{ matrix.python }} • MSVC 2019 • x86 ${{ matrix.args }}"

.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml

@@ -329,11 +329,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         clang:
-          - 3.6
-          - 3.7
-          - 3.9
-          - 7
-          - 9
           - dev
         std:
           - 11
@@ -342,8 +337,6 @@ jobs:
         include:
           - clang: 5
             std: 14
-          - clang: 10
-            std: 17
           - clang: 11
             std: 20
           - clang: 12
@@ -522,10 +515,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          - { gcc: 7, std: 11 }
-          - { gcc: 7, std: 17 }
-          - { gcc: 8, std: 14 }
-          - { gcc: 8, std: 17 }
           - { gcc: 9, std: 20 }
           - { gcc: 10, std: 17 }
           - { gcc: 10, std: 20 }
@@ -751,9 +740,9 @@ jobs:
 
   # This tests an "install" with the CMake tools
   install-classic:
-    name: "🐍 3.7 • Debian • x86 •  Install"
+    name: "🐍 3.9 • Debian • x86 •  Install"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    container: i386/debian:buster
+    container: i386/debian:bullseye
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v1  # v1 is required to run inside docker
@@ -834,7 +823,6 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         python:
-        - '3.7'
         - '3.8'
         - '3.9'
         - '3.10'
@@ -852,8 +840,6 @@ jobs:
             args: -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20
           - python: '3.8'
             args: -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
-          - python: '3.7'
-            args: -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14
 
 
     name: "🐍 ${{ matrix.python }} • MSVC 2019 • x86 ${{ matrix.args }}"

.github/workflows/ci_sh_def.yml.patch

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
---- ci.yml	2024-07-29 11:18:11.967568957 -0700
-+++ ci_sh_def.yml	2024-07-29 11:18:42.087538968 -0700
+--- ci.yml	2024-07-30 11:20:28.997003056 -0700
++++ ci_sh_def.yml	2024-07-30 11:21:39.724969167 -0700
 @@ -1,4 +1,16 @@
 -name: CI
 +# PLEASE KEEP THIS GROUP OF FILES IN SYNC AT ALL TIMES:
@@ -67,15 +67,15 @@
 
      - name: Build
        run: cmake --build build -j 2
-@@ -364,6 +381,7 @@
+@@ -357,6 +374,7 @@
          -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.std }}
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
 
      - name: Build
-@@ -393,7 +411,7 @@
+@@ -386,7 +404,7 @@
        run: apt-get update && DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get install -y cmake git python3-dev python3-pytest python3-numpy
 
      - name: Configure
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
      - name: Build
        run: cmake --build build -j2 --verbose
-@@ -481,7 +499,7 @@
+@@ -474,7 +492,7 @@
          cmake -S . -B build -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON \
                              -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 \
                              -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)") \
@@ -93,127 +93,127 @@
                              -DPYBIND11_TEST_FILTER="test_smart_ptr.cpp"
 
      - name: Build
-@@ -537,6 +555,7 @@
+@@ -526,6 +544,7 @@
          -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.std }}
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
 
      - name: Build
-@@ -559,6 +578,7 @@
+@@ -548,6 +567,7 @@
          -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.std }}
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
          "-DPYBIND11_TEST_OVERRIDE=test_call_policies.cpp;test_gil_scoped.cpp;test_thread.cpp"
 
-@@ -608,6 +628,7 @@
+@@ -597,6 +617,7 @@
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON     \
          -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=OFF    \
          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11             \
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"  \
          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which icpc)  \
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
 
-@@ -640,6 +661,7 @@
+@@ -629,6 +650,7 @@
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON     \
          -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=OFF    \
          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17             \
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"  \
          -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$(which icpc)  \
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
 
-@@ -711,6 +733,7 @@
+@@ -700,6 +722,7 @@
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
 
      - name: Build
-@@ -761,6 +784,7 @@
+@@ -750,6 +773,7 @@
          cmake ../pybind11-tests
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
        working-directory: /build-tests
 
-@@ -864,6 +888,7 @@
+@@ -850,6 +874,7 @@
          -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/GR /EHsc /DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          ${{ matrix.args }}
      - name: Build C++11
        run: cmake --build build -j 2
-@@ -918,6 +943,7 @@
+@@ -904,6 +929,7 @@
          -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/GR /EHsc /DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          ${{ matrix.args }}
      - name: Build C++11
        run: cmake --build build --config Debug -j 2
-@@ -960,6 +986,7 @@
+@@ -946,6 +972,7 @@
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/GR /EHsc /DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
 
      - name: Build C++20
        run: cmake --build build -j 2
-@@ -980,6 +1007,7 @@
+@@ -966,6 +993,7 @@
          -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
          -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=20
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="/GR /EHsc /DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          "-DPYBIND11_TEST_OVERRIDE=test_call_policies.cpp;test_gil_scoped.cpp;test_thread.cpp"
 
      - name: Build C++20 - Exercise cmake -DPYBIND11_TEST_OVERRIDE
-@@ -1032,6 +1060,7 @@
+@@ -1018,6 +1046,7 @@
        run: >-
          cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=11 -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          -S . -B build
 
      - name: Build C++11
-@@ -1053,6 +1082,7 @@
+@@ -1039,6 +1068,7 @@
        run: >-
          cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=14 -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          -S . -B build2
 
      - name: Build C++14
-@@ -1074,6 +1104,7 @@
+@@ -1060,6 +1090,7 @@
        run: >-
          cmake -G "MinGW Makefiles" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17 -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON -DDOWNLOAD_CATCH=ON
          -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
 +        -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
          -S . -B build3
 
      - name: Build C++17
-@@ -1141,6 +1172,7 @@
+@@ -1127,6 +1158,7 @@
            -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
 +          -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
 
        - name: Build
          run: cmake --build . -j 2
-@@ -1206,6 +1238,7 @@
+@@ -1192,6 +1224,7 @@
            -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
 +          -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-DPYBIND11_USE_SMART_HOLDER_AS_DEFAULT"
            -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(python3 -c "import sys; print(sys.executable)")
 
        - name: Build
-@@ -1229,6 +1262,7 @@
+@@ -1215,6 +1248,7 @@
            -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
            -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
            -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17

.github/workflows/configure.yml

@@ -40,22 +40,22 @@ jobs:
 
         - runs-on: macos-13
           arch: x64
-          cmake: "3.7"
+          cmake: "3.8"
 
         - runs-on: windows-2019
           arch: x64 # x86 compilers seem to be missing on 2019 image
           cmake: "3.18"
 
-    name: 🐍 3.7 • CMake ${{ matrix.cmake }} • ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+    name: 🐍 3.8 • CMake ${{ matrix.cmake }} • ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Setup Python 3.7
+    - name: Setup Python 3.8
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
-        python-version: 3.7
+        python-version: 3.8
         architecture: ${{ matrix.arch }}
 
     - name: Prepare env

.github/workflows/emscripten.yaml

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ jobs:
         submodules: true
         fetch-depth: 0
 
-    - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.19
+    - uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.20
       env:
         PYODIDE_BUILD_EXPORTS: whole_archive
         CFLAGS: -fexceptions

.pre-commit-config.yaml

@@ -32,15 +32,15 @@ repos:
 
 # Ruff, the Python auto-correcting linter/formatter written in Rust
 - repo: https://github.com/astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit
-  rev: v0.5.0
+  rev: v0.5.6
   hooks:
   - id: ruff
     args: ["--fix", "--show-fixes"]
   - id: ruff-format
 
 # Check static types with mypy
 - repo: https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-mypy
-  rev: "v1.10.1"
+  rev: "v1.11.1"
   hooks:
   - id: mypy
     args: []
@@ -144,14 +144,14 @@ repos:
 
 # PyLint has native support - not always usable, but works for us
 - repo: https://github.com/PyCQA/pylint
-  rev: "v3.2.4"
+  rev: "v3.2.6"
   hooks:
   - id: pylint
     files: ^pybind11
 
 # Check schemas on some of our YAML files
 - repo: https://github.com/python-jsonschema/check-jsonschema
-  rev: 0.28.6
+  rev: 0.29.1
   hooks:
   - id: check-readthedocs
   - id: check-github-workflows

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -156,11 +156,11 @@ set(PYBIND11_HEADERS
     include/pybind11/detail/internals.h
     include/pybind11/detail/native_enum_data.h
     include/pybind11/detail/smart_holder_poc.h
-    include/pybind11/detail/smart_holder_sfinae_hooks_only.h
-    include/pybind11/detail/smart_holder_type_casters.h
+    include/pybind11/detail/try_as_void_ptr_capsule_get_pointer.h
     include/pybind11/detail/type_caster_base.h
     include/pybind11/detail/type_caster_odr_guard.h
     include/pybind11/detail/typeid.h
+    include/pybind11/detail/using_smart_holder.h
     include/pybind11/detail/value_and_holder.h
     include/pybind11/attr.h
     include/pybind11/buffer_info.h