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Exposing a C++ API to Python
I'm currently working on a project were I had to wrap the C++ classes with Python to be able to script the program. So my specific experience also involved embedding the Python interpreter in our ...
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help needed with boost python
Hai friends,
I've installed boost python from ubuntu 9.04 repositories.. I've successfully run the
Build a Simple Program Using Boost
from the tutorial ...
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how to extract a unicode string with boost.python
It seems that the code will crash when I do extract<const char*>("a unicode string")
Anyone know how to solve this?
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BoostBuild: patchlevel.h does not exist
I'm trying to compile a C++ project using bjam on Ubuntu 11.04. I keep getting the following error:
../../libraries/boost_1_44_0/boost/python/detail/wrap_python.hpp:75:24: fatal error: patchlevel.h: ...
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9
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Boost.Python: Callbacks to class functions
I have an EventManager class written in C++ and exposed to Python. This is how I intended for it to be used from the Python side:
class Something:
def __init__(self):
...
8
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Python-style pickling for C++?
Does anyone know of a "language level" facility for pickling in C++? I don't want something like Boost serialization, or Google Protocol Buffers. Instead, something that could automatically ...
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Boost.Python call by reference : TypeError: No to_python (by-value) converter found for C++ type:
I'm trying to expose my C++ Classes to Python using Boost.Python. Here is a simplyfied version of what i'm trying to do:
I have a class A deriving from boost::noncopyable and a second class B with a ...
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Boost::python Exposing C++ functions using and returning templates
I need to build python bindings for a C++ codebase. I use boost::python and I ran into problems trying to expose classes containing functions using and returning templates. Here is a typical example
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Need help getting started with Boost.Python
I'm trying to build my first Boost.Python example.
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/python.hpp>
using namespace boost::python;
class Hello {
public:
std::string greet() {
...
6
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Boost::Python- possible to automatically convert from dict --> std::map?
I've got a C++ class, with a member function that can take a small-to-large number of parameters. Lets name those parameters, a-f. All parameters have default values. As a part of the python ...
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Exposing a pointer in Boost.Python
I have this very simple C++ class:
class Tree {
public:
Node *head;
};
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(myModule)
{
class_<Tree>("Tree")
.def_readwrite("head",&Tree::head)
;
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6
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passing C++ classes instances to python with boost::python
I have a library which creates objects (instances of class A) and pass them to a python program which should be able to call their methods.
Basically I have C++ class instances and I want to use them ...
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boost::python: Python list to std::vector
Finally I'm able to use std::vector in python using the [] operator. The trick is to simple provide a container in the boost C++ wrapper which handles the internal vector stuff:
#include ...
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2answers
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SWIG, boost shared pointers and inheritance
I'm having trouble with SWIG, shared pointers, and inheritance.
I am creating various c++ classes which inherit from one another, using
Boost shared pointers to refer to them, and then wrapping these ...
