Robert Dailey schrieb: > Hi, > > I'm interested in making a C++ library of mine usable through python. > Python does a similar thing with Expat (the non-validating XML > parser). I notice that with Expat, python is importing a C++ header > file into a PY file and the interface is available to python. I've > read through the python documentation as well as done a little bit of > google research and I've not been able to find a tutorial of some sort > on how to do this. Perhaps I just don't know the right words to search > for. > > If anyone could lead me in the right direction (possibly an article, > tutorial, etc) I would greatly appreciate it.
The best thing to do is to offer your C++-lib with a C-style interface. Then you can use python's ctypes (included since python2.5) to access the shared library. If you insist on using C++, you can expose the lib using several available wrapper generators. I know of three: SIP, Swig & Boost::Python. The first I've got some very good first-hand experience. The second is somewhat primitive IHMO. The third I never used. Use these to google in this group, you'll find plenty of stuff. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
