[Python-Dev] Ctypes and the stdlib (was Re: LZMA compression support in 3.3)

[Jeremy Sanders]

Dan Stromberg wrote:

> SIP's approach of using something close to, but not identical to, the .h's
> sounds like it might be pretty productive - especially if the derivative
> of the .h's could be automatically derived using a python script, with
> minor
> tweaks to the inputs on .h upgrades.  But sip itself is apparently
> C++-only.

http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip/intro

"What is SIP?

One of the features of Python that makes it so powerful is the ability to 
take existing libraries, written in C or C++, and make them available as 
Python extension modules. Such extension modules are often called bindings 
for the library.

SIP is a tool that makes it very easy to create Python bindings for C and 
C++ libraries. It was originally developed to create PyQt, the Python 
bindings for the Qt toolkit, but can be used to create bindings for any C or 
C++ library. "


It's not C++ only. The code for SIP is also in C.

Jeremy