[Python-Dev] Ctypes and the stdlib (was Re: LZMA compression support in 3.3)

[Nick Coghlan]

On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 12:27 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> I wonder if for
> this particular purpose SWIG isn't the better match. (If SWIG weren't
> universally hated, even by its original author. :-)

SWIG is nice when you control the C/C++ side of the API as well and
can tweak it to be SWIG-friendly. I shudder at the idea of using it to
wrap arbitrary C++ code, though.

That said, the idea of using SWIG to emit Cython code rather than
C/API code may be one well worth exploring.

Cheers,
Nick.

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