On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 7:29 PM, John Ollinger <ollinger@wisc.edu> wrote:
Fernando,
When I wrap a C package I spend 95% of my time modifying the package to run as a library and 5% of the time hand-wrapping it for python. I find that hand-wrapping makes me more aware of the interface than using swig, so I can recode portions of the library to make the overall package work better. A quick look at the cyrex documentation makes me wonder if it is primarily written for those who haven't written much C-code.. Is this an accurate impression?
No. Using Cython or Pyrex eliminates an enormous amount of the boilerplate involved in writing a C extension especially when it comes to implementing types. They are definitely not the same kind of tool that SWIG is. Instead, they are tools to make hand-wrapping less painful, perhaps even pleasant. -- Robert Kern "I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." -- Umberto Eco