On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 13:44 -0800, TP wrote: > Doesn't the first example in The Boost.Python Tutorial > (http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_42_0/libs/python/doc/tutorial/doc/html/index.html) > show it making a simple C function available to Python? > > I want to be able to use the open source, Leptonica C Image Processing > Library (available at http::/leptonica.com) from Python, preferably > without having to make any changes to it. But again, handling the > PIX** parameter seems problematic. > > I was hoping to avoid writing C++ wrapper classes (but Stefan > Seefeld's answer on this list) does have a nice short example of what > I would have to do. > > Using SWIG was my last choice (well, the last choice is directly using > the C Api). > > I have also looked at pybindgen, but Gustavo Carneiro tells me at > https://answers.launchpad.net/pybindgen/+question/101056 that it is > currently unable to easily handle parameters of the form SOMETYPE**. > > Other options I will investigate are: ctypes, Cython, expy, and SIP > (the last only because the ultiate goal is to use Leptonica Image > Processing routines inside a PyQt-based app). > _______________________________________________ > Cplusplus-sig mailing list > Cplusplus-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/cplusplus-sig hi, i am new to this list, but i have been exposed to c++ with some intensity and have benefitted greatly from the loki library provided by Andrei Alexandrescu, author of Modern C++ Design. His class template SmartPtr provides everything you'd ever want in a wrapper class, memory management included.Also the library is completely free <loki-lib.SF> I hope this helps, because i plan to integrate some python stuff with c ++ best regards joop
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