Raise an exception when conversion to CyObject fail

Cython/Compiler/Nodes.py

@@ -1657,12 +1657,19 @@ class CppClassNode(CStructOrUnionDefNode, BlockNode):
         # some types have not yet resolved that they can coerce to PyObject
         # in particular, any cypclass not yet examined ?
 
+        if cfunc_return_type.is_cyp_class:
+            if cfunc_return_type.templates:
+                return # only skip templated cypclasses for now
+        
         # we pass the global scope as argument, should not affect the result (?)
-        if not cfunc_return_type.can_coerce_to_pyobject(env.global_scope()):
+        elif not cfunc_return_type.can_coerce_to_pyobject(env.global_scope()):
             return # skip c methods with Python-incompatible return types
 
         for argtype in cfunc_type.args:
-            if not argtype.type.can_coerce_to_pyobject(env.global_scope()):
+            if argtype.type.is_cyp_class:
+                if argtype.type.templates:
+                    return # only skip templated cypclasses for now
+            elif not argtype.type.can_coerce_to_pyobject(env.global_scope()):
                 return # skip c methods with Python-incompatible argument types
 
         from .CypclassWrapper import underlying_name

Cython/Compiler/PyrexTypes.py

@@ -4158,6 +4158,8 @@ class CypClassType(CppClassType):
     def from_py_call_code(self, source_code, result_code, error_pos, code,
                           from_py_function=None, error_condition=None):
         extra_args = [self.wrapper_type.typeptr_cname if self.wrapper_type else None]
+        if not error_condition:
+            error_condition = "!%s" % result_code
         return self._assign_from_py_code(
             source_code, result_code, error_pos, code, from_py_function, error_condition, extra_args=extra_args)
 

Cython/Utility/CyObjects.cpp

@@ -190,6 +190,10 @@
      *  - borrow an Python reference
      *  - return a new atomic reference
      * 
+     * In case of conversion failure:
+     *  - raise an exception
+     *  - return NULL
+     * 
      * template:
      *  - W: the type of the extension type wrapper
      *  - U: the type of the underlying cypclass
@@ -198,13 +202,20 @@
     template <typename W, typename U>
     static inline U* __Pyx_PyObject_AsCyObject(PyObject * ob, PyTypeObject * type) {
         // the PyObject is not of the expected type
-        if (ob->ob_type != type)
+        if (ob->ob_type != type) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Conversion Error: Could not convert to CyObject");
             return NULL;
+        }
+
         W * wrapper = (W *)ob;
         U * underlying = dynamic_cast<U *>(wrapper->nogil_cyobject);
+
         // no underlying cyobject: shouldn't happen, playing it safe for now
-        if (underlying == NULL)
+        if (underlying == NULL) {
+            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Conversion Error: CyObject wrapper has no underlying CyObject");
             return NULL;
+        }
+
         // return a new atomic reference
         underlying->CyObject_INCREF();
         return underlying;