SWIG and Callbacks

[Michael 'Mickey' Lauer]

David Abrahams <david.abrahams at rcn.com> wrote:
> > "Michael 'Mickey' Lauer" <mickey at tm.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de> wrote in
> message news:3d0a8b6e at nntp.server.uni-frankfurt.de...
> 
> 
>> I had a quick look at the other wrappers (SILOON, GRAD, CXX, etc.)
>> but most look either outdated or not appropriate for this task.
>> Do you know an (automatic) wrapper generator which has this feature?
>>
>> I know sip can do this for c++ libraries - can sip also be used
>> to wrap plain c-libs without "handwriting" code?
> 
> On most platforms, Boost.Python would work for you. The determining issue is
> whether or not the C++ compiler treats "C" and "C++" linkage function
> pointers the same way. If the appended program will compile with your C++
> compiler, you're probably OK:

The attached program compiles fine here. However, regarding boost.python I
thought this was more of a c++ library for handcrafting tightly integrated
bindings rather than an automatic wrapper generator? Is this understanding wrong?

Yours,

:M: