Calling C++ Modules in Python

Benjamin Kaplan benjamin.kaplan at case.edu
Fri Mar 11 16:28:47 EST 2011


On Mar 11, 2011 4:23 PM, "Patrick" <zxpatric at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I saw in the Beginner document that "•Is easily extended by adding new
> modules implemented in a compiled language such as C or C++. ".
>
> While to my investigation, it seems not that easy or did I miss
> something?
>
> boost python (C++ libraries need to be re-compiled with written
> wrappers again?).
> SWIG  (It works by taking the declarations found in C/C++ header and
> using them to generate the wrapper code that scripting languages need
> to access the underlying C/C++ code).
>
> Thanks
> -Patrick
> --

I believe the document was referring to writing your  own python modules in
C, not wrapping existing libraries.
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