Rustom Mody schrieb:
I used python extensive 3-5 years back. Coming back I find some
changes. Trying to understand whats new and would appreciate any
help/comments/pointers.
Earlier there were basically two options:
SWIG: convenient but inefficient
Native (Extending/Embedding): an efficient way of getting a headache!
(Boost being ignored because not using C++)
Now it seems there are more possibilities:
-- Sip seems to be more efficient than swig and easier than native but
not well documented
-- pyrex could be considered
-- I know someone who uses pygtk to make wrappings
But most interesting is ctype. I wonder if having ctype in the core
language changes the ease of use of the native wrapping model and
thereby makes sip/swig etc less necessary?
Your views and/or experience appreciated.
ctypes is for C. Where it is great to use.
If you need C++-wrapping, I recommend SIP.
While the docs for SIP aren't overwhelming, I consider them accurate and
complete. Best thing to do is to take a SIP-based project (most probably
PyQt itself) and wheneever a question appears, rummage through it.
Diez
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