geometry: make object implicitly_convertible

Author: jcarpent

include/eigenpy/angle-axis.hpp

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ namespace eigenpy
   struct call< Eigen::AngleAxis<Scalar> >
   {
     typedef Eigen::AngleAxis<Scalar> AngleAxis;
+    
     static inline void expose()
     {
       AngleAxisVisitor<AngleAxis>::expose();
@@ -46,6 +47,7 @@ namespace eigenpy
     typedef typename AngleAxis::Matrix3 Matrix3;
 
     typedef typename Eigen::Quaternion<Scalar,0> Quaternion;
+    typedef Eigen::RotationBase<AngleAxis,3> RotationBase;
 
   public:
 
@@ -136,6 +138,9 @@ namespace eigenpy
                             "AngleAxis representation of a rotation.\n\n",
                             bp::no_init)
       .def(AngleAxisVisitor<AngleAxis>());
+      
+      // Cast to Eigen::RotationBase and vice-versa
+      bp::implicitly_convertible<AngleAxis,RotationBase>();
     }
 
   };

include/eigenpy/quaternion.hpp

@@ -263,9 +263,11 @@ namespace eigenpy
                              "'q*v' (rotating 'v' by 'q'), "
                              "'q==q', 'q!=q', 'q[0..3]'.",
                              bp::no_init)
-      .def(QuaternionVisitor<Quaternion>())
-      ;
-   
+      .def(QuaternionVisitor<Quaternion>());
+      
+      // Cast to Eigen::QuaternionBase and vice-versa
+      bp::implicitly_convertible<Quaternion,QuaternionBase >();
+      bp::implicitly_convertible<QuaternionBase,Quaternion >();
     }
 
   };