[QUESTION]: Nanobind Python Stubs

[nyckmaia]

Problem description

I would like to build a C++/nanobind library that contains Python stubs, to be able to easy to use it, like the great native Python libraries (example: pandas, numpy, os, etc)

01 - Auto-complete drop down menu

The main idea is to get the auto-complete drop down inside code editors like VS Code.

Example:

import myLib

obj  = myLib.MyClass()
obj. # here will show the drop down menu showing the MyClass public methods

02 - C++ Function Signatures in Python environment

Another thing is to have the functions signatures to be able to see in VS Code how many input arguments each C++ function expect.

Example:

import myLib

obj = myLib.myClass()
obj.foo(    # here the editor shows the function signature

Question

Is there a way to get these 2 features above using nanobind?

Thank you,

Reproducible example code

No response

[nyckmaia]

Can I use pybind11-stubgen (link here) to generate Python stubs in a C++ project that uses nanobind?

[wjakob]

Stub generation is not a core feature of nanobind. If there is such an external tool for pybind11, it would likely also work for nanobind (or at least, with only small modifications). I am closing this ticket since it is not an issue, but you could feel free to open a discussion.