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+/*
+    tests/test_alias_initialization.cpp -- test cases and example of different trampoline
+    initialization modes
+
+    Copyright (c) 2016 Wenzel Jakob <wenzel.jakob@epfl.ch>, Jason Rhinelander <jason@imaginary.ca>
+
+    All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+    BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+*/
+
+#include "pybind11_tests.h"
+
+test_initializer alias_initialization([](py::module &m) {
+    // don't invoke Python dispatch classes by default when instantiating C++ classes that were not
+    // extended on the Python side
+    struct A {
+        virtual ~A() {}
+        virtual void f() { py::print("A.f()"); }
+    };
+
+    struct PyA : A {
+        PyA() { py::print("PyA.PyA()"); }
+        ~PyA() { py::print("PyA.~PyA()"); }
+
+        void f() override {
+            py::print("PyA.f()");
+            PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(void, A, f);
+        }
+    };
+
+    auto call_f = [](A *a) { a->f(); };
+
+    py::class_<A, PyA>(m, "A")
+        .def(py::init<>())
+        .def("f", &A::f);
+
+    m.def("call_f", call_f);
+
+
+    // ... unless we explicitly request it, as in this example:
+    struct A2 {
+        virtual ~A2() {}
+        virtual void f() { py::print("A2.f()"); }
+    };
+
+    struct PyA2 : A2 {
+        PyA2() { py::print("PyA2.PyA2()"); }
+        ~PyA2() { py::print("PyA2.~PyA2()"); }
+        void f() override {
+            py::print("PyA2.f()");
+            PYBIND11_OVERLOAD(void, A2, f);
+        }
+    };
+
+    py::class_<A2, PyA2>(m, "A2")
+        .def(py::init_alias<>())
+        .def("f", &A2::f);
+
+    m.def("call_f", [](A2 *a2) { a2->f(); });
+
+});
+