Re: [Boost-users] [Python] Expose c++ instances to python

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Python] Expose c++ instances to python
From: Germán Diago (germandiago_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-02-04 19:56:14

2009/2/5 Emil Dotchevski <emildotchevski_at_[hidden]>:
> On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Germán Diago <germandiago_at_[hidden]> wrote:
>> Hello. I'm trying to embed python to an application. I did that with success and
>> I'm using boost.python to make some bindings to my API.
>>
>> What I would like, is that the interpreter has access to my objects at runtime,
>> namely, I don't want to create objects from python code but to use the
>> c++ objects,
>> created in my c++ application, from python (and I have wrappers for
>> those in boost.python).
>
> If you're not limited to using Python, Lua has a very flexible binding
> system. It has a userdata type that can be made to access C/C++ data
> members or functions.
>
I've used python because there is boost.python for it. And, by the
way, I managed
to make it work :-). Now I can access my objects. It was not very difficult. And
very useful. Anyway, thanks for the piece of advice, I also considered
lua some time
ago.

> Emil Dotchevski
> Reverge Studios, Inc.
> http://www.revergestudios.com/reblog/index.php?n=ReCode
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