Hi,
Is there a C++ version of the C Python API packaged with python 2.5?
It would be nice to have a OOP approach to embedding python in C++. It
would also be a bonus if this C++ Python API cleaned up a lot of the
messy code involved in embedding python.
Thanks. 14 1647
On Fri, 19 Oct 2007 17:37:29 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
Hi,
Is there a C++ version of the C Python API packaged with python 2.5? It
would be nice to have a OOP approach to embedding python in C++. It
would also be a bonus if this C++ Python API cleaned up a lot of the
messy code involved in embedding python.
Thanks.
Perhaps, the remark about `C++ extensions`_ or `Embedding in C++`_ in the
`Extending and Embedding`_ docs (described on doc.python.org as a
"tutorial for C/C++ programmers") can help.
Depending on your level of embedding, those random annotations spread
over the extending docs, found with a little patience and ctrl+f, might
help:
* "In C++, the operators new and delete are used with essentially the
same meaning and we'll restrict the following discussion to the C case."
-- `1.10 Reference counts <http://docs.python.org/ext/refcounts.html>`_
* "Note that PyMODINIT_FUNC declares the function as void return type,
declares any special linkage declarations required by the platform, and
for C++ declares the function as extern "C"." -- `1.4 The Module's Method
Table and Initialization Function < http://docs.python.org/ext/
methodTable.html>`_
Cheers,
Stargaming
... _C++ extensions: http://docs.python.org/ext/cplusplus.html
... _Embedding in C++: http://docs.python.org/ext/embeddingInCplusplus.html
... _Extending and embedding: http://docs.python.org/ext/ext.html
Is there a C++ version of the C Python API packaged with python 2.5?
Stargaming has already mentioned the fine points; the first answer is:
yes, the API packaged python 2.5 can be used with C++. It is a C++
version of the same API as it adds proper extern "C" declarations around
all prototypes, and it was specifically cleaned up (ten years ago)
to work with C++.
This API does not make use of many of the C++ features, including
classes, templates, or overloading.
Regards,
Martin
Is there a C++ version of the C Python API packaged with python 2.5?
Stargaming has already mentioned the fine points; the first answer is:
yes, the API packaged python 2.5 can be used with C++. It is a C++
version of the same API as it adds proper extern "C" declarations around
all prototypes, and it was specifically cleaned up (ten years ago)
to work with C++.
This API does not make use of many of the C++ features, including
classes, templates, or overloading.
Regards,
Martin
On 10/21/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <ma****@v.loewis.dewrote:
Is there a C++ version of the C Python API packaged with python 2.5?
Stargaming has already mentioned the fine points; the first answer is:
yes, the API packaged python 2.5 can be used with C++. It is a C++
version of the same API as it adds proper extern "C" declarations around
all prototypes, and it was specifically cleaned up (ten years ago)
to work with C++.
This API does not make use of many of the C++ features, including
classes, templates, or overloading.
Regards,
Martin
Well C++ implicitly includes OOP since that is the foundation of the
language. I was more or less asking if there was an object oriented
version of the Python embedded API or perhaps an OO wrapper. However
it doesn't seem that way, so I may have to make my own.
Thanks for the responses.
Well C++ implicitly includes OOP since that is the foundation of the
language. I was more or less asking if there was an object oriented
version of the Python embedded API or perhaps an OO wrapper. However
it doesn't seem that way, so I may have to make my own.
I think you are misinterpreting what you are seeing. The Python C API
*is* object-oriented. It has all features of object-orientation:
classes, encapsulation, polymorphism, late binding, ...
As for "make your own": people have tried this before; there are
multiple C++ wrappers around the Python C API available.
Regards,
Martin
On 10/21/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <ma****@v.loewis.dewrote:
I think you are misinterpreting what you are seeing. The Python C API
*is* object-oriented. It has all features of object-orientation:
classes, encapsulation, polymorphism, late binding, ...
As for "make your own": people have tried this before; there are
multiple C++ wrappers around the Python C API available.
Regards,
Martin
Could you emphasize a little more? I haven't worked much at all with
the Python C API, so I may be misunderstanding. First of all, you say
that the "Python C API is object oriented", which is contradictory
because it should read "Python C++ API is object oriented". Perhaps
this is a typo, or maybe you're referencing some C++ wrapper for the
Python C API that you failed to mention the name of.
You also mentioned that there are "multiple C++ wrappers arround the
Python C API Available"... could you provide names for a few of the
popular ones?
Thanks again!
Could you emphasize a little more? I haven't worked much at all with
the Python C API, so I may be misunderstanding. First of all, you say
that the "Python C API is object oriented", which is contradictory
because it should read "Python C++ API is object oriented". Perhaps
this is a typo, or maybe you're referencing some C++ wrapper for the
Python C API that you failed to mention the name of.
No, I literally meant that the Python C API is object-oriented.
You don't need an object-oriented language to write object-oriented
code.
You also mentioned that there are "multiple C++ wrappers arround the
Python C API Available"... could you provide names for a few of the
popular ones?
The most popular ones are Boost.Python, CXX, and PySTL.
Regards,
Martin
On 10/21/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <ma****@v.loewis.dewrote:
No, I literally meant that the Python C API is object-oriented.
You don't need an object-oriented language to write object-oriented
code.
I disagree with this statement. C is not an object oriented language,
and I've seen attempts to make it somewhat object oriented, however it
failed miserably in readability and manageability overhead. However,
this isn't the place to discuss such a thing so I've got nothing more
to say than that.
I do appreciate you taking the time to respond to my inquiry and offer
a few C++ wrapper API's for the Python C API. Take care!
"Martin v. Löwis" <ma****@v.loewis.dewrote:
...
The most popular ones are Boost.Python, CXX, and PySTL.
I think SIP is also pretty popular (see
<http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/sip/>).
Alex
On Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:17:19 -0500, Robert Dailey wrote:
On 10/21/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <ma****@v.loewis.dewrote:
>No, I literally meant that the Python C API is object-oriented. You don't need an object-oriented language to write object-oriented code.
I disagree with this statement. C is not an object oriented language,
and I've seen attempts to make it somewhat object oriented, however it
failed miserably in readability and manageability overhead. However,
this isn't the place to discuss such a thing so I've got nothing more to
say than that.
What he means is that the C API provides a complete, if boilerplate-
heavy, interface to object oriented aspects of Python. I.e., you can
write Python types completely in C, including all the OOPy stuff like
inheritance and so on. You don't need a language with built-in support
of OOP to do that.
Now, a C++ API for CPython would necessarily be built on top of the C
API, which carries some limitations relative to the OOP abilities of C++
itself. I suspect all you'll get from a C++ binding is a slightly more
comfortable (to people who like C++) calling interface. It could help
bring some unity to your extension code, and maybe get rid of a few
typecasts and simplify function names. But you shouldn't expect anything
like the ability to freely inherit between C++ and Python classes.
Carl Banks
Robert Dailey wrote:
On 10/21/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <ma****@v.loewis.dewrote:
>No, I literally meant that the Python C API is object-oriented. You don't need an object-oriented language to write object-oriented code.
I disagree with this statement. C is not an object oriented language,
and I've seen attempts to make it somewhat object oriented, however it
failed miserably in readability and manageability overhead. However,
this isn't the place to discuss such a thing so I've got nothing more
to say than that.
Guess you haven't programmed in GTK+ on C, then. Very heavy in
object-oriented programmin. C++'s OOP stuff is just pure syntactic
sugar, nothing more, nothing less.
Python's OO nature is a bit deeper, since we're talking a dynamic
language. Scheme, another dynamic language, is not inherently OO or
non-OO. You can use it in either fashion.
>
I do appreciate you taking the time to respond to my inquiry and offer
a few C++ wrapper API's for the Python C API. Take care!
Any C++ version of the python API is by definition going to be a wrapper
around the C version. Even the C version is a wrapper around the python
object model.
In article <ma**************************************@python.o rg>,
Robert Dailey <rc******@gmail.comwrote:
> Is there a C++ version of the C Python API packaged with python 2.5? It would be nice to have a OOP approach to embedding python in C++. It would also be a bonus if this C++ Python API cleaned up a lot of the messy code involved in embedding python.
One other thing: you may get more advice from C++-sig and/or capi-sig;
mail.python.org has the info for subscribing to those.
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The best way to get information on Usenet is not to ask a question, but
to post the wrong information.
On 10/21/07, Carl Banks <pa************@gmail.comwrote:
Now, a C++ API for CPython would necessarily be built on top of the C
API, which carries some limitations relative to the OOP abilities of C++
itself.
It wouldn't have to be, although it'd be much more of a maintenance
nightmare if it poked into the Python internals.
But you shouldn't expect anything like the ability to freely inherit between
C++ and Python classes.
You can do this with Boost.Python.
--
Nick
On 10/21/07, Robert Dailey <rc******@gmail.comwrote:
On 10/21/07, "Martin v. Löwis" <ma****@v.loewis.dewrote:
No, I literally meant that the Python C API is object-oriented.
You don't need an object-oriented language to write object-oriented
code.
I disagree with this statement. C is not an object oriented language,
and I've seen attempts to make it somewhat object oriented, however it
failed miserably in readability and manageability overhead. However,
this isn't the place to discuss such a thing so I've got nothing more
to say than that.
Object-oriented programming is a design choice, not a language
feature. You can write straight procedural code in C++, and you can
write object oriented code in C. Sure, C++ has some language features
which facilitate object-oriented programming, but it doesn't magically
make your code object-oriented. You can certainly write basic
object-oriented code in C and hide most of the implementation in
preprocessor macros if you so desire.
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