On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 3:12 PM, Thomas Berg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Nov 2, 2008 at 2:11 PM, David Abrahams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> on Sat Nov 01 2008, Paul Melis <paul-AT-pecm.nl> wrote: >> >>> Gustavo Carneiro wrote: >>>> >>>> There's an interesting question about whether it's better to use >>>> boost.python or SWIG. I've been using boost.python for years, so I >>>> have a lot invested in it, but if I were starting from scratch, I >>>> might consider using SWIG because it gives you the flexibility to >>>> generate wrappers for languages other than Python. >>>> >>>> >>>> On the other hand, SWIG generates ugly and inneficient code, at least >>>> for the Python case. >>> I'd like to see proof of the claim that SWIG's wrapper code is >>> inefficient. In my experience it is not more inefficient than what, for >>> example, boost.python via Py++ provides. >> >> I doubt that SWIG generates less efficient code. However, I would be >> surprised if SWIG's is as careful about dealing with lifetime and >> ownership issues that are crucial to writing Pythonic and un-crashable >> bindings as Boost.Python is. >> >> -- >> Dave Abrahams >> BoostPro Computing >> http://www.boostpro.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Cplusplus-sig mailing list >> Cplusplus-sig@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cplusplus-sig >> > > > At the Europython 2004 conference, there was a talk with the topic > "Python Wrapper Tools: A Performance Study". I'm unable to find the > pdf online now, it used to be located here: > http://people.web.psi.ch/geus/talks/europython2004_geus.pdf > > It contains results from benchmarking wrapped calls with the different > tools. Things may have changed now, of course, but SWIG was found to > have larger overhead than the other alternatives. Also, SIP was found > to be faster than boost python. I still have the pdf if anyone is > interested. >
it's available on web.archive.org http://web.archive.org/web/20070703071726/http://people.web.psi.ch/geus/talks/europython2004_geus.pdf 2cts -- Mathieu _______________________________________________ Cplusplus-sig mailing list Cplusplus-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cplusplus-sig
