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Added sections for SWIG and boost.python
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@@ -40,3 +40,67 @@ Struct Equivalents
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class my_struct(ctypes.Structure):
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_fields_ = [("a", c_int),
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("b", c_int)]
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SWIG
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----
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`SWIG <http://www.swig.org>`_, though not strictly Python focused (it supports a
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large number of scripting languages), is a tool for generating bindings for
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interpreted languages from C/C++ header files. It is extremely simple to use:
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the consumer simply needs to define an interface file (detailed in the
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tutorial and documentations), include the requisite C/C++ headers, and run
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the build tool against them. While it does have some limits, (it currently
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seems to have issues with a small subset of newer C++ features, and getting
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template-heavy code to work can be a bit verbose), it provides a great deal
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of power and exposes lots of features to Python with little effort.
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Additionally, you can easily extend the bindings SWIG creates (in the
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interface file) to overload operators and built-in methods, effectively re-
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cast C++ exceptions to be catchable by Python, etc.
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Example: Overloading __repr__
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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:file:`MyClass.h`
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.. code-block:: c++
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:linenos:
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#include <string>
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class MyClass {
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private:
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std::string name;
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public:
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std::string getName();
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};
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:file:`myclass.i`
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.. code-block:: c++
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:linenos:
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%include "string.i"
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%module myclass
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%{
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#include <string>
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#include "MyClass.h"
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%}
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%extend MyClass {
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std::string __repr__()
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{
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return $self->getName();
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}
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}
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%include "MyClass.h"
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Boost.Python
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------------
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`Boost.Python <http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_59_0/libs/python/doc/>`_
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requires a bit more manual work to expose C++ object functionality, but
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it is capable of providing all the same features SWIG does, and then some,
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to include providing wrappers to access PyObjects in C++, extracting SWIG-
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wrapper objects, and even embedding bits of Python into your C++ code.
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