On Tuesday, October 16, 2012 10:11:52 AM UTC+2, aaron.l...@gmail.com wrote: > Hi, > > > > I have a C++ module where I have a defined, working type. How would I make a > wrapper for this type to be able to be used in Python? I am familiar(-ish) > with the C-API for functions but I can't see concretely how one would include > an interface to a type. > > > > Is it this? http://docs.python.org/release/2.7.3/extending/newtypes.html > > > > Regards, > > Aaron
Hi Aaron, There are a few ways of doing this. At least three come to my mind: 1. Wrap the C++ type yourself by using handcrafted code implemented with the Python C API 2. Use SWIG to wrap the C++ code and (semi) automatically create the wrapper (http://www.swig.org/) 3. Use BOOST Python to wrap the C++ code (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_51_0/libs/python/doc/index.html) I would highly discourage (1) unless you are very brave and curious. Ofcourse it is a nice excercise, but if you want something to work quickly I would recommend to use either (2) or (3). I have used both SWIG and BOOST Python and either of them worked pretty well for me. In the end I selected BOOST Python, because I was only interested in the Python wrapping (SWIG could generate many other wrappers as well). Regards, Marco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
