Boost.Python - 1.88.0 (original) (raw)

David Abrahams

Stefan Seefeld

Copyright © 2002-2015 David Abrahams, Stefan Seefeld

Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

Synopsis

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

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.

Contents

• Release Notes
• Tutorial
• Building and Testing
• Reference Manual
• Configuration Information
• Glossary
• Support Resources
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
• NumPy Extension Documentation

Articles

Building Hybrid Systems With Boost Python, by Dave Abrahams and Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve