fix: use std::addressof in type_caster_base.h

include/pybind11/detail/type_caster_base.h

@@ -1107,11 +1107,11 @@ class type_caster_base : public type_caster_generic {
             || policy == return_value_policy::automatic_reference) {
             policy = return_value_policy::copy;
         }
-        return cast(&src, policy, parent);
+        return cast(std::addressof(src), policy, parent);
     }
 
     static handle cast(itype &&src, return_value_policy, handle parent) {
-        return cast(&src, return_value_policy::move, parent);
+        return cast(std::addressof(src), return_value_policy::move, parent);
     }
 
     // Returns a (pointer, type_info) pair taking care of necessary type lookup for a

tests/pybind11_tests.h

@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include <pybind11/eval.h>
 #include <pybind11/pybind11.h>
 
+#include <memory>
+
 namespace py = pybind11;
 using namespace pybind11::literals;
 
@@ -52,6 +54,17 @@ union IntFloat {
     float f;
 };
 
+class UnusualOpRef {
+public:
+    using NonTrivialType = std::shared_ptr<int>; // Almost any non-trivial type will do.
+    // Overriding operator& should not break pybind11.
+    NonTrivialType operator&() { return non_trivial_member; }
+    const NonTrivialType operator&() const { return non_trivial_member; }
+
+private:
+    NonTrivialType non_trivial_member;
+};
+
 /// Custom cast-only type that casts to a string "rvalue" or "lvalue" depending on the cast
 /// context. Used to test recursive casters (e.g. std::tuple, stl containers).
 struct RValueCaster {};

tests/test_copy_move.cpp

@@ -157,6 +157,13 @@ struct type_caster<CopyOnlyInt> {
 PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(detail)
 PYBIND11_NAMESPACE_END(pybind11)
 
+namespace {
+
+py::object CastUnusualOpRefConstRef(const UnusualOpRef &cref) { return py::cast(cref); }
+py::object CastUnusualOpRefMovable(UnusualOpRef &&mvbl) { return py::cast(std::move(mvbl)); }
+
+} // namespace
+
 TEST_SUBMODULE(copy_move_policies, m) {
     // test_lacking_copy_ctor
     py::class_<lacking_copy_ctor>(m, "lacking_copy_ctor")
@@ -293,6 +300,11 @@ TEST_SUBMODULE(copy_move_policies, m) {
 
     // Make sure that cast from pytype rvalue to other pytype works
     m.def("get_pytype_rvalue_castissue", [](double i) { return py::float_(i).cast<py::int_>(); });
+
+    py::class_<UnusualOpRef>(m, "UnusualOpRef");
+    m.def("CallCastUnusualOpRefConstRef",
+          []() { return CastUnusualOpRefConstRef(UnusualOpRef()); });
+    m.def("CallCastUnusualOpRefMovable", []() { return CastUnusualOpRefMovable(UnusualOpRef()); });
 }
 
 /*

tests/test_copy_move.py

@@ -132,3 +132,9 @@ def test_pytype_rvalue_cast():
 
     value = m.get_pytype_rvalue_castissue(1.0)
     assert value == 1
+
+
+def test_unusual_op_ref():
+    # Merely to test that this still exists and built successfully.
+    assert m.CallCastUnusualOpRefConstRef().__class__.__name__ == "UnusualOpRef"
+    assert m.CallCastUnusualOpRefMovable().__class__.__name__ == "UnusualOpRef"