Lou Pecora wrote: > I > would recommend using the C API I would recommend against this -- there is a lot of code to write in extensions to make sure you do reference counting, etc, and it is hard to get right.
Much of it is also boiler-plate code, so it makes more sense to have that code auto-generated. There are just too many good tools to do this for you to do it by hand. The problem is that there is an embarrassment of riches -- if only one or tow of the C/C++ interface tools were out there, it would be a whole lot easier to choose! My take: ctypes -- best if you have dll-type interface already defined, and particularly if there are a smallish number of functions you want to call. Can it call C++ directly at all? pyrex -- best if you want to implement some custom functions in C from scratch. Also pretty good for calling external C code. Only supports calling C++ code that's not too fancy -- i.e. stuff that can be called from C -- pyrex has no explicit support for C++ SWIG -- best if you have a lot of code to wrap that shares similar interfaces - once you write the typemaps, the rest is automatic. Also best choice if you want to support more than one scripting language, or you want to integrate with other packages built with SWIG (wxPython, GDAL, VTK, ...). Bill's numpy-swig typemaps make it easy to deal with classic C-style pointers to data blocks. It also comes with built-in wrappers for std:vector, though not numpy integration for those. SIP -- built for pyQT -- folks seem to like it. I don't know if anyone has done anything for numpy with it. Boost::python -- best for writing custom extensions in C++ -- also can be used for interfacing with legacy C++. There were boost array classes for numpy -- are these being maintained? Any of these can do that job -- so it's hard to choose, but maybe the above helps focus your search. -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R (206) 526-6959 voice 7600 Sand Point Way NE (206) 526-6329 fax Seattle, WA 98115 (206) 526-6317 main reception [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Numpy-discussion mailing list Numpy-discussion@scipy.org http://projects.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
