[SciPy-user] FYI: C++ Extensions for Python

[David Grant]

Prabhu Ramachandran wrote:

>>>>>>"DG" == David Grant <david.grant at telus.net> writes:
>>>>>>            
>>>>>>
>
>[...]
>    DG> weave - was going to write a python routine which had some
>    DG> small piece weave code.  The weave code would be talking to a
>    DG> C++ library or compiled python extension or something.  I was
>    DG> able to make a C++ library containing all my C++ code but then
>    DG> abandoned it after that, to see if there were simpler methods
>
>This is a common thing you'd need to do with any other approach as
>well since all of them would link to your C++ code.  Plus, building a
>library out of .o's is straightforward. 
>
Actually you're probably right.  I was trying to do it with full 
automake/autoconf/configure support and that was what I was getting 
bogged down in.  I guess making a library is the same as is done with 
swig right?  Just call g++ with the -shared argument?

> I also recommend using SCons
>to build your code.
>
>    DG> swig - at first it seemed like a lot of work to copy
>[...]
>
>In my experience SWIG "just works" and works fast and well.  Oh, BTW,
>if you do have SWIG wrapped code you can weave SWIG wrapped objects
>too!  Look at weave/examples/swig2_example.py and read the
>docstrings. 
>
>  
>
I'll check that out!

>cheers,
>prabhu
>
>
>
>  
>


-- 
David J. Grant
http://www.davidgrant.ca:81

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: david.grant.vcf
Type: text/x-vcard
Size: 200 bytes
Desc: not available
URL: <http://mail.scipy.org/pipermail/scipy-user/attachments/20041101/c7a7ccd1/attachment.vcf>