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

[Toby St Clere Smithe]

Hi Amaury,

Thanks for responding.

"Amaury Forgeot d'Arc" <amauryfa at gmail.com> writes:
> I just did it again, with Boost 1.55:
>
> - Apply the patch in
>
> https://bitbucket.org/pypy/pypy/src/default/pypy/module/cpyext/patches/boost.patch
>
> - EXCEPT the "using python" part, which should be something like:
>
> using python : 2.7
>              : $(PYPY_HOME)/bin/pypy
>              : $(PYPY_HOME)/include
>              : : : .pypy-22 ;
>
> Then I got the test in "libs/python/example/tutorial" work correctly.
> I get segfaults in other example, investigating.

This does indeed seem promising! Keep me posted :) I'll have a look when
I get some free time over the next weeks. It would be very cool to get
PyViennaCL[1] working on PyPy.

[1] http://viennacl.sourceforge.net/

Cheers,

Toby