Implementation for casting from const std::unique_ptr&

... forwarding to type_caster_base<T>::cast(T*)

Author: rhaschke

include/pybind11/detail/smart_holder_type_casters.h

@@ -698,6 +698,15 @@ struct smart_holder_type_caster<std::unique_ptr<T, D>> : smart_holder_type_caste
 
         return inst.release();
     }
+    static handle cast(const std::unique_ptr<T, D> &src, return_value_policy policy, handle parent) {
+        if (!src)
+            return none().release();
+        if (policy == return_value_policy::automatic)
+            policy = return_value_policy::reference_internal;
+        if (policy != return_value_policy::reference_internal)
+            throw cast_error("Invalid return_value_policy for unique_ptr&");
+        return type_caster_base<T>::cast(src.get(), policy, parent);
+    }
 
     template <typename>
     using cast_op_type = std::unique_ptr<T, D>;