RE: [Boost-Users] Q: Boost Python / weave / swig

From: Aleksey Gurtovoy (alexy_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-13 03:39:04

Claudius Schnörr wrote:
> I would like to build a python-interface for a C++-template library I
> wrote.
> 
> After looking around a bit, besides Boost-python I found swig 
> and weave, which seem to have a similar purpose in mind!?!
> 
> I would appreciate it if someone could provide some comparing
> hints/links/information about these various solutions (I'm new to all
> these packages).
> How do they differ in terms of
> - the learning curve,
> - their capabilities and
> - their foci ?
> 

Have you seen this one -
http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/comparisons.html? It's more than 1 year
old, though, so things might have changed since then.

In general, it's better to ask Boost.Python-related questions here -
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/c++-sig. For one, you are much
likely to get a quicker response :).

Aleksey