python and C++?

[Totte Karlsson]

Thanks I'll test boost,
How about SWIG? is boost preferable? any opinions?
I read that you can't wrap C++ functions which return pointers? sounds like
a big limitation to me. My classes return pointers all the time.. is there a
workaround?
I want to use the simplest and most versatile..
/totte

"David Abrahams" <david.abrahams at rcn.com> wrote in message
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> "Totte Karlsson" <mtk at u.washington.edu> wrote in message
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> > Hi,
> > Is there any good texts about how to interface to a windows dll with
> python?
> > I'm a total beginner of python.
> > I'm a C++ programmer and what I want is to make a DLL and interface to
> that
> > one with python.
> > Say for example, I have a C++ class, called mtkMatrix. Is it then
possible
> > to allocate a mtkMatrix in a python script and acess its class member
> > functions?
> > thanks
> > /totte
>
> Boost.Python was specifically designed to address your needs
> (www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/). If you need help getting started, please
> direct further questions to the C++-sig:
> http://www.python.org/sigs/c++-sig/.
>
> HTH,
> Dave
>
> P.S. I strongly recommend using the latest boost CVS state
> (http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=7586) rather than the current
release
> version.
>
>