[C++-sig] Exposing classes

[Ira Holtzer]

OK, I'm new at this so please bear with me.

First off, I'm using boost::python so what low level functions do you mean
(can you give me one name so I know where to start looking)?

Second, what I did is the following:
Created an exe file (SimplePython.exe ) what has a standard greet() function
and the boost::python declaration:
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(hello)
{
    def("greet", greet);
}

I run the exe which feeds the interpreter with the script (via
PyRun_String):
import hello
print hello.greet()

To which the interpreter returns an exception saying "ImportError: No module
named hello.

Can this be a path problem, do I somehow need to specify a dll/exe that has
c++ exported symbols?

Thanks,
Ira

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pierre Barbier de Reuille" <pierre.barbier at cirad.fr>
Newsgroups: gmane.comp.python.c++
Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2005 10:02 AM
Subject: Re: Exposing classes


Well, don't know for windows, but for Linux if your symbols are defined
inside your executable file, it works well ! Even your whole module can
be defined in your executable file. You just have to initialise it from
the C API with the low level functions (i.e. the ones who won't try to
look for a file named after your module name ...). Also, once your
module is loaded, every other "normal" import will just work !

Pierre

Ira a écrit :
> A question on basics...
>
> Do all my exposed C++ symbols need to be in .dll format (win32 of course)?
>
> What I mean is, can I have an exe running a python intrpreter where
exposed
> symbols are compiled *inside* the exe and somehow be able to access them
> from the python scripts?
>
> How would I import the modules in such a case?
>
> Thanks,
> Ira
>
>
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