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Boost.Python
C++ 03 Added in Boost 1.29.0
Categories: Inter-language

The Boost Python Library is a framework for interfacing Python and C++. It allows you to quickly and seamlessly expose C++ classes functions and objects to Python, and vice-versa, using no special tools -- just your C++ compiler.

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Dave Abrahams
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Stefan Seefeld
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Welcome to Boost.Python, a C++ library which enables seamless interoperability between C++ and the Python programming language. The library includes support for:

  • References and Pointers
  • Globally Registered Type Coercions
  • Automatic Cross-Module Type Conversions
  • Efficient Function Overloading
  • C++ to Python Exception Translation
  • Default Arguments
  • Keyword Arguments
  • Manipulating Python objects in C++
  • Exporting C++ Iterators as Python Iterators
  • Documentation Strings

See the Boost.Python documentation for details.

Hint : Check out the development version of the documentation to see work in progress.

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While Boost.Python is part of the Boost C++ Libraries super-project, and thus can be compiled as part of Boost, it can also be compiled and installed stand-alone, i.e. against a pre-installed Boost package.

Prerequisites

Build

Run

faber

to build the library.

Test

Run

faber test.report

to run the tests.

Build docs

Run

faber doc.html

to build the documentation.

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