[C++-sig] Is boost::python good for scripting?

[Stefan Seefeld]

Simon Pickles wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a c++ game engine. I also use a lot of python, mainly for my own 
> tools and small apps.
> 
> I'm hoping I can use Python as a scripting language in my c++ engine 
> (which is already well developed).
> 
> Looking at boost::python, its main emphasis seems to be on exposing c++ 
> to python. However, I am looking to do the reverse.
> 
> Ideally, I'd like to be able to write small modules in Python, 
> effectively functions loaded and run at call-time by the c++ engine, to 
> which I could pass c++ data structures for processing.
> 
> Could anyone give me a pointer to getting started using python in c++?

http://boost.org/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/python/embedding.html

You might also want to look into the test/exec.cpp and test/import_.cpp
files for inspiration that are part of the boost source package.

HTH,
		Stefan

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