From 3bb804eeafb8e0173af59e3f594ec446fa82015a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christopher Lackner <clackner@cerbsim.com>
Date: Fri, 31 May 2024 13:23:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add dict constructor of flags for implicit convertion back

---
 libsrc/core/python_ngcore_export.cpp | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/libsrc/core/python_ngcore_export.cpp b/libsrc/core/python_ngcore_export.cpp
index a30e7f1b..d8666e6a 100644
--- a/libsrc/core/python_ngcore_export.cpp
+++ b/libsrc/core/python_ngcore_export.cpp
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ PYBIND11_MODULE(pyngcore, m) // NOLINT
   py::class_<Flags>(m, "Flags")
     .def(py::init<>())
     .def("__str__", &ToString<Flags>)
+    .def(py::init([](py::dict kwargs) {
+          Flags flags;
+          for (auto d : kwargs)
+            SetFlag(flags, d.first.cast<string>(), d.second.cast<py::object>());
+          return flags;
+    }), "Create flags from dict")
     .def(py::init([](py::kwargs kwargs) {
           Flags flags;
           for (auto d : kwargs)