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Synopsis
Welcome to version 2 of Boost.Python, a C++ library which enables
seamless interoperability between C++ and the Python programming language. The new version
has been rewritten from the ground up, with a more convenient and
flexible interface, and many new capabilities, including 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
The development of these features was funded in part by grants to Boost Consulting from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories
and by the Computational Crystallography
Initiative at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.
Note for Python 2.3 users
This is a bugfix release only, and is not compatible with
Python 2.3. Boost 1.31.0, which will be compatible with Python
2.3, is due out shortly. In the meantime, if you need Python 2.3
compatibility, we suggest you get a CVS snapshot, either from the
SourceForge anonymous
CVS or from our mirror, updated nightly:
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@boost-consulting.com:/boost login
no password; just hit return
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@boost-consulting.com:/boost co boost
Contents
- Tutorial Introduction
- Building and Testing
- Reference Manual
- Configuration Information
- Known Working Platforms and
Compilers
- Definitions
- Projects using Boost.Python
- Support Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Pyste (Boost.Python code generator)
- News/Change Log
- LLNL Progress Reports
- Acknowledgments
Revised
4 August, 2003
© Copyright Dave
Abrahams 2002. All Rights Reserved.