ctypes and swig for me On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Ulrich Eckhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> 一首诗 wrote: > > I read this interesting post comparing Boost.Python with Pyd: > > > > http://pyd.dsource.org/vsboost.html > > > > What's your opinion about it? > > > > What's your first choice when you have write a C/C++ module for Python? > > There is no such thing as a C/C++ language. Seriously, both are really > different and require different approaches. That said, when writing a C++ > module I use Boost.Python, for one because Boost is already part of many > C++ projects but also because it is simply very easy and convenient to use. > > There is another alternative, ctypes, which also works but it IMHO brings > many of the disadvantages of C to Python. In particular those are manual > resource management and lack of exceptions. Looking at Boost.Python though, > you can simply throw a C++ exception and it gets mapped to a Python > exception, and resource management is also a non issue since you can make > ownership transfers explicit. > > Now, concerning pyd, I think you are comparing apples to oranges. If you > had > asked which language I would chose to write a Python plugin, that would > have been a totally different thing. To that, the answer is in order of > preference: > 1. Python ;) > 2. C++ with Boost.Python > 3. C with ctypes > > cheers > > Uli > > > -- > Sator Laser GmbH > Geschäftsführer: Thorsten Föcking, Amtsgericht Hamburg HR B62 932 > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://www.goldwatches.com/
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