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+//
+// Copyright 2017 Ettus Research (National Instruments)
+//
+// This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <boost/python.hpp>
+#include <boost/python/stl_iterator.hpp>
+#include <vector>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace bp = boost::python;
+
+template<typename MapType>
+struct map_to_python_dict
+{
+    static PyObject* convert(MapType const& input_map)
+    {
+        bp::dict py_dict;
+        for (const auto& element: input_map){
+            py_dict[element.first] = element.second;
+        }
+        return bp::incref(py_dict.ptr());
+    }
+
+};
+
+template<typename Container>
+struct iterable_to_python_list
+{
+    static PyObject* convert(Container const& input)
+    {
+        bp::list py_list;
+        for (const auto& element: input){
+            py_list.append(element);
+        }
+        return bp::incref(py_list.ptr());
+    }
+};
+
+// Converter for std::vector / std::list arguments from python iterables
+struct iterable_converter
+{
+  template <typename Container>
+  iterable_converter&
+  from_python()
+  {
+    bp::converter::registry::push_back(
+      &iterable_converter::convertible,
+      &iterable_converter::construct<Container>,
+      bp::type_id<Container>());
+    return *this;
+  }
+
+  static void* convertible(PyObject* object)
+  {
+    return PyObject_GetIter(object) ? object : NULL;
+  }
+
+  template <typename Container>
+  static void construct(
+    PyObject* object,
+    bp::converter::rvalue_from_python_stage1_data* data)
+  {
+    // Object is a borrowed reference, so create a handle indicting it is
+    // borrowed for proper reference counting.
+    bp::handle<> handle(bp::borrowed(object));
+
+    // Obtain a handle to the memory block that the converter has allocated
+    // for the C++ type.
+    typedef bp::converter::rvalue_from_python_storage<Container>
+                                                                storage_type;
+    void* storage = reinterpret_cast<storage_type*>(data)->storage.bytes;
+
+    typedef bp::stl_input_iterator<typename Container::value_type>
+                                                                    iterator;
+
+    // Allocate the C++ type into the converter's memory block, and assign
+    // its handle to the converter's convertible variable.  The C++
+    // container is populated by passing the begin and end iterators of
+    // the python object to the container's constructor.
+    new (storage) Container(
+      iterator(bp::object(handle)), // begin
+      iterator());                      // end
+    data->convertible = storage;
+  }
+};
+
+void export_converter(){
+    // LIBMPM_BOOST_PREAMBLE("helper")
+    bp::to_python_converter<std::vector< std::string >, iterable_to_python_list<std::vector< std::string > >, false>();
+}