[python-win32] C extension class wrapping and sequence questi ons

[Andrew MacIntyre]

> From: Mark English
> Sent: Monday, 8 December 2003 11:03 PM
> Subject: [python-win32] C extension class wrapping and sequence
> questions

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> There are a lot of messages and associated structures, currently
> implemented in C++. The C++ is actually auto-generated from a
> proprietary format. There has been an earlier attempt to wrap the
> messages in Python which works to some extent, although it requires a
> fairly high-level interface that runs in an executable with Python
> embedded in it, and is ultimately pretty difficult to use. It's also
> hand-coded, and therefore error-prone.
> 
> I'd like to auto-generate my code, and have some experience of Python,
> and plenty of experience with C++, mostly under Windows. I have very
> little experience with writing Python C extensions.

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Given the depth of C++ involved, have you looked at Boost.Python?
(http://www.boost.org/)

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