I have; but if I recall correctly, it does not solve the problem of distributing code that uses it, or does it?
On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Toby St Clere Smithe < pyvienn...@tsmithe.net> wrote: > Hi, > > Eelco Hoogendoorn <hoogendoorn.ee...@gmail.com> writes: > > Thanks for the heads up, I wasn't aware of this project. While > boost.python > > is a very nice package, its distributability is nothing short of > > nonexistent, so its great to have a pure python binding generator. > > > > One thing which I have often found frustrating is natural ndarray interop > > between python and C++. Is there a (planned) mechanism for mapping > > arbitrary strided python ndarrays to boost arrays? > > Have you tried boost.numpy? > > https://github.com/ndarray/Boost.NumPy > > I have a fork which builds against Python 3, as well -- though it's > mainly used for PyViennaCL, and might need a bit of cleaning. > > Cheers, > > Toby > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 1:24 AM, Anthony Scopatz <scop...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > >> Hello All, > >> > >> I am *extremely *pleased to be able to announce the version 0.4 release > >> of xdress. This version contains much anticipated full support for > Clang > >> as a parser! This is almost entirely due to the efforts of Geoffrey > >> Irving. Please thank him the next time you get a chance :) > >> > >> This release also contains a lot of other goodies that you can read > about > >> in the release notes below. > >> > >> Happy Generating! > >> Anthony > >> > >> XDress 0.4 Release Notes< > http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#xdress-0-4-release-notes > > > >> > >> XDress is a numpy-aware automatic wrapper generator for C/C++ written in > >> pure Python. Currently, xdress may generate Python bindings (via Cython) > >> for C++ classes, functions, and certain variable types. It also contains > >> idiomatic wrappers for C++ standard library containers (sets, vectors, > >> maps). In the future, other tools and bindings will be supported. > >> > >> The main enabling feature of xdress is a dynamic type system that was > >> designed with the purpose of API generation in mind. > >> > >> Release highlights: > >> > >> > >> - Clang support! All kudos to Geoffrey Irving! > >> - NumPy dtypes may be created independently of C++ STL vectors > >> - A complete test suite refactor > >> - Arbitrary source code locations > >> - Global run control files > >> - A plethora of useful bug fixes > >> > >> This version of xdress is *not* 100% backwards compatible with previous > >> versions of xdress. We apologize in the name of progress. It represents > ans > >> impressive 245 files changed, 44917 aggregate line insertions (+), and > 7893 > >> deletions (-). > >> > >> Please visit the website for more information: http://xdress.org/ > >> > >> Ask questions on the mailing list: > >> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xdress > >> > >> Download the code from GitHub: http://github.com/xdress/xdress > >> > >> XDress is free & open source (BSD 2-clause license) and requires Python > >> 2.7+, NumPy 1.5+, Cython 0.19+, and optionally Clang, GCC-XML, > pycparser, > >> dOxygen, or lxml. > >> New Features< > http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#new-features> > >> Clang Support< > http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#clang-support> > >> > >> Through the herculean efforts of Geoffrey Irving xdress finally has > full, > >> first-class Clang/LLVM support! This is major advancement as it allows > >> xdress to wrap more modern versions of C++ than GCC-XML can handle. > Because > >> of deficiencies in the existing libclang and Python bindings it was > >> necessary for us to fork libclang for xdress in the short term. We hope > to > >> integrate these changes upstream. Clang versions 3.2 - 3.4 are > supported. > >> Independent NumPy Dtypes< > http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#independent-numpy-dtypes > > > >> > >> In previous versions of xdress, to create a dtype of type T the user > >> needed to declare the desire for a wrapper of an STL vector of type T. > >> These two desires have now been separated. It is now possible to create > a > >> dtype via the dtypes run control parameter. STL vectors are still > wrapped > >> via dtypes. See the dtypes module for more information. > >> Shiny New Test Suite< > http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#shiny-new-test-suite> > >> > >> The xdress test suite has been completely revamped to include both unit > >> and integration tests which are run for all available parsers. The > >> integration tests are accomplished though two fake projects - cproj and > >> cppproj - on which the xdress CLI is run. These tests are now fully > >> platform independent, unlike the previous BASH-based test suite. > >> Source Paths< > http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#source-paths> > >> > >> Source file paths are now given by either their absolute or relative > path. > >> This allows source code to be located anywhere on the user's file system > >> and enable the wrapping of dependencies or externally supplied > libraries as > >> needed. The run control parametersourcedir has been deprecated. > >> Global Run Control Files< > http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#global-run-control-files > > > >> > >> It is sometimes useful to be able to set system-wide run control > >> parameters. XDress will now search the following files in order of > >> increasing precedence. > >> > >> - $HOME/.xdressrc > >> - $HOME/.xdressrc.py > >> - $HOME/.config/xdressrc > >> - $HOME/.config/xdressrc.py > >> > >> $HOME is the user's home directory. Settings in the project run control > >> file take precedence over the values here. > >> Major Bug Fixes< > http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#major-bug-fixes> > >> > >> - Debug file now always written when in debug mode. > >> - STL sets of custom types now allowed. > >> - Template parameters now allowed to be enum values. > >> - Allow classes with no default constructor. > >> > >> Join in the Fun!< > http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#join-in-the-fun> > >> > >> If you are interested in using xdress on your project (and need help), > >> contributing back to xdress, starting up a development team, or writing > >> your own code generation plugin tool, please let us know. Participation > is > >> very welcome! > >> Authors <http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#authors> > >> > >> - Anthony Scopatz <http://scopatz.com/> > >> - Geoffrey Irving * > >> - James Casbon * > >> - Kevin Tew * > >> - Spencer Lyon > >> - John Wiggins > >> - Matt McCormick > >> - Brad Buran > >> - Chris Harris * > >> - Gerald Dalley * > >> - Micky Latowicki * > >> - Mike C. Fletcher * > >> - Robert Schwarz * > >> > >> An * indicates a first time contributor. > >> Links <http://xdress.org/previous/0.4_release_notes.html#links> > >> > >> 1. Homepage - http://xdress.org/ > >> 2. Mailing List - https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/xdress > >> 3. 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