[pypy-dev] Boost.Python and PyPy -- status?

[Toby St Clere Smithe]

Hi Ryan,

Ryan Gonzalez <rymg19 at gmail.com> writes:
> Shiboken was written for the official Python Qt bindings(PySide). They
> actually were originally using Boost::Python, but they switched to Shiboken
> because the binaries were a lot smaller. Unfortunately, there isn't too
> much documentation. Here are some links:
>
> http://seanfisk.com/pyside-docs/shiboken/ - The docs for Shiboken itself
> http://seanfisk.com/pyside-docs/apiextractor/ - The docs for the typesystem
> files that describe the bindings to be made
> http://lynxline.com/superhybrids-part-2-now-qt-pyside/
> http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_Binding_Generation_Tutorial
> http://qt-project.org/wiki/PySide_Shiboken_Tutorial - Short but a tad
> helpful
> https://qt.gitorious.org/pyside/shiboken/source/a527dd51e69b80c2d5be3a1d8cd60ab2b2616fa5:tests
> -
> The tests. Folders that begin with "lib" are the C++ code that will be
> bound, the ones ending in "binding" are the actual bindings. Note that one
> of these is VERY long!
> https://qt.gitorious.org/pyside/pyside/source/d2a47ab8f27af7e74d34797464da85c128c17c37:PySide
> -
> The best(and largest) example of all: PySide itself.

Thanks! That's all very handy. I'll dive in :)

Cheers,

Toby