[C++-sig] Executing python code from C++

[Stefan Seefeld]

On 02/07/2010 05:22 AM, Murray Cumming wrote:
> In Glom, to execute arbitrary Python code, I use PyRun_String() to parse
> the Python code, PyDict_GetItemString() and PyObject_Call() to get a
> callable object for that code, and then PyObject_CallObject() to
> actually execute the code and get a return value. This was the result of
> experimentation and code archeology:
> http://git.gnome.org/browse/glom/tree/glom/python_embed/glom_python.cc?h=glom-1-12#n269
>
> Is there anything in boost::python that wraps this, so I can make the
> code nicer?
>    

Yes. Please read the Boost.Python documentation, specifically on Embedding:
http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/embedding.html

     Stefan

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