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PyCXX is designed to make it easier to extend Python with C++
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CXX/Objects is a set of C++ facilities to make it easier to write
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Python extensions. The chief way in which PyCXX makes it easier to
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write Python extensions is that it greatly increases the probability
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that your program will not make a reference-counting error and
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will not have to continually check error returns from the Python C
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API. CXX/Objects integrates Python with C++ in these ways:
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C++ exception handling is relied on to detect errors and clean
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up. In a complicated function this is often a tremendous problem when
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writing in C. With PyCXX, we let the compiler keep track of what
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objects need to be dereferenced when an error occurs.
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The Standard Template Library (STL) and its many algorithms plug and
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play with Python containers such as lists and tuples.
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The optional CXX/Extensions facility allows you to replace the clumsy C
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tables with objects and method calls that define your modules and
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extension objects.
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The original source will install CXX source code needed to help
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building python/C++ extension under /usr/share/python2.6/CXX
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which is a standard Debian directory. As Slackware does not have
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/usr/share/python2.6, I patched the installer to use /usr/share/CXX in
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order to follow the style of stock python packages like pygobject or
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pygtk. Be aware, though, that python packages that will use PyCXX will
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probably look for the needed files under the Debian standard path! You
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should investigate if their setup.py accept any switch to setup a
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different search path otherwise you will have to patch them.
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