From 65ecd5ad19472fb4a5198bf43027ad76096aa38f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Koubaa <koubaa@github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:54:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] add runsettings to gitignore

---
 .gitignore | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cc7e4a65..3b988c9e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ coverage.xml
 *.vcxproj.filters
 *.userprefs
 *.DotSettings.user
+.runsettings
 
 # Build results
 [Bb]in/

From 603f33246a60650be9576951a64f62de9f9e5250 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Koubaa <koubaa@github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:55:00 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Add optional argument to wrap interface in ToPython

This is used by ToPythonAs in this fork. In the upstream pythonnet,
it is effectively always true
---
 src/runtime/Converter.cs | 12 ++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/runtime/Converter.cs b/src/runtime/Converter.cs
index 5971ff6a..6b939c62 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Converter.cs
+++ b/src/runtime/Converter.cs
@@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ private static Func<object, bool> GetIsTransparentProxy()
 
         internal static NewReference ToPythonDetectType(object? value)
             => value is null ? new NewReference(Runtime.PyNone) : ToPython(value, value.GetType());
-        internal static NewReference ToPython(object? value, Type type)
+
+
+        internal static NewReference ToPython(object? value, Type type, bool wrapInterface = false)
         {
             if (value is PyObject pyObj)
             {
@@ -144,6 +146,12 @@ internal static NewReference ToPython(object? value, Type type)
                 return CLRObject.GetReference(value, type);
             }
 
+            if (wrapInterface && type.IsInterface)
+            {
+                var ifaceObj = (InterfaceObject)ClassManager.GetClassImpl(type);
+                return ifaceObj.TryWrapObject(value);
+            }
+
             // it the type is a python subclass of a managed type then return the
             // underlying python object rather than construct a new wrapper object.
             if (value is IPythonDerivedType pyderived)
@@ -979,7 +987,7 @@ public static PyObject ToPython(this object? o)
         public static PyObject ToPythonAs<T>(this T? o)
         {
             if (o is null) return Runtime.None;
-            return Converter.ToPython(o, typeof(T)).MoveToPyObject();
+            return Converter.ToPython(o, typeof(T), true).MoveToPyObject();
         }
     }
 }

From f2df77865591bcb99f4229556b33d1f54cfdbdbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohamed Koubaa <koubaa@github.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:58:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] update readme

---
 README.rst | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.rst b/README.rst
index 00d4c722..4b78594c 100644
--- a/README.rst
+++ b/README.rst
@@ -3,5 +3,7 @@ Ansys fork of `pythonnet <https://github.com/pythonnet/pythonnet>`_.
 We will try to keep this up-to-date with pythonnet and upstream changes that might benefit the pythonnet community
 
 Changes relative to pythonnet:
-- Revert of `#1240 <https://github.com/pythonnet/pythonnet/pull/1240>`_.
-- Enum REPR `#2239 <https://github.com/pythonnet/pythonnet/pull/2239>` is included in this release of version 3.0.2, but is unreleased in pythonnet
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+
+* Revert of `#1240 <https://github.com/pythonnet/pythonnet/pull/1240>`_.
+* Enum REPR `#2239 <https://github.com/pythonnet/pythonnet/pull/2239>` is included in this release of version 3.0.2, but is unreleased in pythonnet
+* Opt-into explicit interface wrapping, `#19 <https://github.com/ansys/ansys-pythonnet/pull/19>`. This opts into the behavior that became the default in #1240 if ToPythonAs<T> is explicitly used
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