But if the constructor modifies the non-const std::vector, the values will not be reflected back into the Python list. That's because the typemaps don't support this behaviour for Python lists.

serialized_pb=b'\n\tast.proto\x12\x0b\x63lif.protos"\xcc\x01\n\x03\x41ST\x12\x0e\n\x06source\x18\x01 \x01(\t\x12\x19\n\x11usertype_includes\x18\x02 \x03(\t\x12 \n\x05 ...

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