Rustom Mody schrieb: > I used python extensive 3-5 years back. Coming back I find some > changes. Trying to understand whats new and would appreciate any > help/comments/pointers. > > Earlier there were basically two options: > SWIG: convenient but inefficient > Native (Extending/Embedding): an efficient way of getting a headache! > (Boost being ignored because not using C++) > > Now it seems there are more possibilities: > > -- Sip seems to be more efficient than swig and easier than native but > not well documented > -- pyrex could be considered > -- I know someone who uses pygtk to make wrappings > > But most interesting is ctype. I wonder if having ctype in the core > language changes the ease of use of the native wrapping model and > thereby makes sip/swig etc less necessary? > > Your views and/or experience appreciated.
ctypes is for C. Where it is great to use. If you need C++-wrapping, I recommend SIP. While the docs for SIP aren't overwhelming, I consider them accurate and complete. Best thing to do is to take a SIP-based project (most probably PyQt itself) and wheneever a question appears, rummage through it. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
