pythonnet · filmor · Jul 7, 2021 · Oct 17, 2020
diff --git a/src/runtime/pyiter.cs b/src/runtime/pyiter.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,22 @@ public PyIter(IntPtr ptr) : base(ptr)
        {
        }

+        /// <summary>
+        /// Creates new <see cref="PyIter"/> from an untyped reference to Python object.
+        /// The object must support iterator protocol.
+        /// </summary>
+        public PyIter(PyObject pyObject) : base(FromPyObject(pyObject)) { }
+        static BorrowedReference FromPyObject(PyObject pyObject) {
+            if (pyObject is null) throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(pyObject));
+
+            if (!Runtime.PyIter_Check(pyObject.Reference))
+                throw new ArgumentException("Object does not support iterator protocol");
+
+            return pyObject.Reference;
+        }
+
+        internal PyIter(BorrowedReference reference) : base(reference) { }
+
        /// <summary>
        /// PyIter factory function.
        /// </summary>