This is essentially why C++ is here to stay. I've wasted a lot of time fiddling with bindings despite knowing C++, and ultimately the best answer is to just do

This is essentially why C++ is here to stay. I've wasted a lot of time fiddling with bindings despite knowing C++, and ultimately the best answer is to just do most of your work in C++, and write application-specific bindings for Python/Lua/whatever if you really need to.