[python-uk] Boost.Python

Andy Robinson andy at reportlab.com
Fri Dec 19 08:17:42 EST 2003


I can't help but you could always email David Abrahams, he's
usually happy to chat about Boost.Python...

- Andy

> -----Original Message-----
> From: python-uk-bounces at python.org
> [mailto:python-uk-bounces at python.org]On Behalf Of Phil Hornby
> Sent: 19 December 2003 13:01
> To: Python UK
> Subject: [python-uk] Boost.Python
>
>
> Hi out there....
>
> Okay wondering if any of the UK Pythoneers have played with Boost.Python??
> If so do you mind if I pick your brain as the
> documentation/examples leave a
> little to be desired in my opinion.
>
> The trivial examples they give for things are fine but I am
> working on some
> code that I have been using in a C++ way (I'm kinda in a half-way house
> between C and C++ trying to be good and do one or the other but
> it is always
> tempting to use the old tried and tested stuff) and well the
> simple approach
> just doesn't work...or I am doing something really simply wrong...
>
> I have a constructor that I pass an (unsigned char *) to the function with
> an (unsigned char) to indicate the length of the data of interest - but I
> know the pointer is always to an 8 byte array - I just ignore any bytes
> after the value of my length. Boost.Python seems to let me create the code
> and compile but when I try to use it in python I'm not sure what
> to pass in.
> I have tried a tuple but it just laughs at me....
>
> Also I have an array of (unsigned char) as a public member
> variable but when
> I tell Boost.Python about it like below it won't compile...
>
> >> .def_readwrite("data", &CcanMsg::data)
>
> Any one know the solution?? Or do I need to start swamping my e-mail with
> the main Python list....?
>
> Thanks...
> --
> Phil Hornby
> Accutest Ltd.
> (01457) 891121
> mailto::phil.hornby at accutest.co.uk
>
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