Using C++ and ctypes together: a vast conspiracy? ;)

Kay Schluehr kay at fiber-space.de
Wed Jun 3 00:52:22 EDT 2009


On 3 Jun., 05:51, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <l... at geek-
central.gen.new_zealand> wrote:
> In message <h04bjd$n9... at hoshi.visyn.net>, Sebastian Wiesner wrote:
>
> > <Nick Craig-Wood – Mittwoch, 3. Juni 2009 00:29>
>
> >> That said I've used C++ with ctypes loads of times, but I always wrap
> >> the exported stuff in extern "C" { } blocks.
>
> > No wonder, you have never actually used C++ with C types.  An extern "C"
> > clause tells the compiler to generate C functions (more precisely,
> > functions that conform to the C ABI conventions), so effectively you're
> > calling into C, not into C++.
>
> Seems like the only sane way to do it. In all other directions lies madness.

Yes but creating C stubs is also hard in presence of everything that
is not basic C++. How would you wrap the STL? I suspect one ends up in
creating a variant of SWIG and I wonder if it's not a good idea to
just use SWIG then.



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