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<P><FONT SIZE=2>+5 from me :)</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: pyrex-bounces@lists.copyleft.no</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>[<A HREF="mailto:pyrex-bounces@lists.copyleft.no">mailto:pyrex-bounces@lists.copyleft.no</A>]On Behalf Of David McNab</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: 08 October 2005 13:30</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: pyrex@lists.copyleft.no</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [Pyrex] Please support C++</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi Greg et al,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Unless things have been happening quietly, the issue of C++ support for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Pyrex unfortunately seems to have slipped between the cracks.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I'm writing to ask if there might be any conceivable way to persuade</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>you, Greg, and any other Pyrex devs to seriously consider bumping C++</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>support a bit higher onto the Pyrex TODO list.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Wouldn't need too much fancy stuff - really just wanting the basics:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> - instantiating 3rd party classes</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> - accessing methods/attribs on 3rd party objects</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> - overriding C++ methods in python/pyrex</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> - raising and catching C++ exceptions</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>At present, unless one is willing to face the brain-pain of SWIG or</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Boost, the only ways to interface Python to C++ are:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> 1. hand-code a wrapper as a python extension type, or</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> 2. write a C shim atop the C++ interface, then interface to this</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> in Pyrex</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>So how about it, guys?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-- </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Cheers</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>David</FONT>
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