[C++-sig] Re: Exposing C++ objects to Python at runtime

[Niall Douglas]

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On 24 Nov 2003 at 10:03, Jonathan Warrington wrote:

> > Boost.Python already does that.  Your module initialization function
> > executes at runtime.
> 
> Hmm, I don't think I made what I was looking for quite clear enough,
> sorry.  What I'd like to do, is register classes, and functions
> without using the Boost.Python macros, as I don't want to have
> Boost.Python dependencies in my other code.  I want to keep those
> dependencies in an wrapper, and not expose Python or anything to the
> other developers.
> 
> Hopefully this makes it a little more clear.  I'm having trouble
> expressing what I want as I'm not sure of the correct terminology for
> what I'm trying to do. :(

That's easy - you hatch out all the boost.python and python stuff 
into its own DLL. If you want an example, 
http://tnfox.sourceforge.net/ provides a TnFOX C++ library with no 
python knowledge and a wrapper DLL called TnFOX.pyd which provides 
python bindings for the C++ library.

Cheers,
Niall





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