[capi-sig] Problem with reference

[Gustavo Carneiro]

2009/3/3 M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com>

> On 2009-03-03 10:38, Stefan Behnel wrote:
> > Hrvoje Niksic wrote:
> >> Stefan Behnel writes:
> >>> pycnweb wrote:
> >>>> I am now writing a python extension, but I confuse with the reference.
> >>> If you care more about working code than fighting confusion, Cython
> >>> might be worth a look.
> >> Stefan, please stop doing this.  This list is about helping people
> >> using Python/C, not Cython advocacy.
> >
> > Where is the difference?
>
> The list would be called cython-sig otherwise :-)
>
> There are many other alternatives to approaching Python extension writing
> in C/C++:
>
>  * use ctypes
>  * use Boost.Python
>  * use SWIG
>  * use sip
>  * use PyCXX
>  * use PyRex/Cython
>  * use Robin
>  * ...


   And,

    * PyBindGen

:-)

And Cython *is* a wrapper generator.  I clearly remember seeing (ugly) C
code generated by Cython, before I decided to write PyBindGen.


>
> (there are lots more)
>
> However, this list is about the layer underneath all of those.
> It's about the Python C API and there are many good reasons
> to use it directly rather than using one of the above wrappers
> or wrapper generators.


Agreed!


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Gustavo J. A. M. Carneiro
INESC Porto, Telecommunications and Multimedia Unit
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