From 3b9ddc0f75634d57376ffa0517af5bed713ae403 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: pateldeev <pateldeev@nevada.unr.edu>
Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2026 17:50:37 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Support type casting of InlinedVector

---
 pybind11_abseil/BUILD          | 1 +
 pybind11_abseil/absl_casters.h | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pybind11_abseil/BUILD b/pybind11_abseil/BUILD
index 9f073e1..f67fbcc 100644
--- a/pybind11_abseil/BUILD
+++ b/pybind11_abseil/BUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ pybind_library(
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:btree",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:flat_hash_map",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:flat_hash_set",
+        "@com_google_absl//absl/container:inlined_vector",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:node_hash_map",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/container:node_hash_set",
         "@com_google_absl//absl/strings",
diff --git a/pybind11_abseil/absl_casters.h b/pybind11_abseil/absl_casters.h
index e021d79..6887840 100644
--- a/pybind11_abseil/absl_casters.h
+++ b/pybind11_abseil/absl_casters.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 // - absl::flat_hash_map- converts to/from python dict.
 // - absl::flat_hash_set- converst to/from python set.
 // - absl::btree_map- converts to/from python dict.
+// - absl::InlinedVector- converts to/from python list.
 //
 // For details, see the README.md.
 //
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 #include "absl/container/btree_map.h"
 #include "absl/container/flat_hash_map.h"
 #include "absl/container/flat_hash_set.h"
+#include "absl/container/inlined_vector.h"
 #include "absl/container/node_hash_map.h"
 #include "absl/container/node_hash_set.h"
 #include "absl/strings/cord.h"
@@ -598,6 +600,11 @@ template <typename Key, typename Hash, typename Equal, typename Alloc>
 struct type_caster<absl::node_hash_set<Key, Hash, Equal, Alloc>>
     : set_caster<absl::node_hash_set<Key, Hash, Equal, Alloc>, Key> {};
 
+// Convert between absl::InlinedVector and python list.
+template <typename T, size_t N, typename A>
+struct type_caster<absl::InlinedVector<T, N, A>>
+    : list_caster<absl::InlinedVector<T, N, A>, T> {};
+
 // Convert between absl::string_view and python.
 //
 // pybind11 supports std::string_view, and absl::string_view is meant to be a