Re: [boost] Happy marriage of std::vector and Python array?

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2006-05-15 08:38:44

Nigel Stewart <ns_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> We're looking to share some heavy-weight numerical data in
> a mixed language C++/Python environment.
>
> boost::python::numeric::array provides a C++ binding
> for the Python numeric array.  However, we'd prefer to
> have an STL compatible (std::vector compatible) interface to
> the data, rather than python-ising our C++.
>
> The underlying runtime issue is to store one copy of the
> contiguous 1D data in a way that both C++ and Python can
> read and write, that will follow the Python memory
> management scheme.
>
> Has anyone come across a std::vector compatible wrapper
> for PyArrayObject? Any thoughts?

It's easy enough to write one.

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Dave Abrahams
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