[book Boost.Python

[quickbook 1.7]

[authors [Abrahams, David], [Seefeld, Stefan]]

[copyright 2002 - 2015 David Abrahams, Stefan Seefeld]

[category inter-language support]

[id python]

[purpose

Reflects C++ classes and functions into Python

]

[license

Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.

(See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at

[@http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt])

]

]

[def _boost_ [@http://www.boost.org Boost]]

[def _bb_ [@http://www.boost.org/build Boost.Build]]

[def _bb_list_ [@http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm#jamboost Boost.Build mailing list]]

[def _bp_list_ [@http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm#cplussig Boost.Python mailing list]]

[def _tutorial_ [@tutorial/index.html Tutorial]]

[def _reference_ [@reference/index.html Reference Manual]]

[def _gsg_ Boost [@http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/ Getting Started Guide]]

[def _extending_ [@https://docs.python.org/2/extending/extending.html extending]]

[def _embedding_ [@https://docs.python.org/2/extending/embedding.html embedding]]

[h2 Synopsis]

Welcome to Boost.Python, a C++ library which enables seamless interoperability between C++ and the Python programming language. The library includes support for:

* References and Pointers

* Globally Registered Type Coercions

* Automatic Cross-Module Type Conversions

* Efficient Function Overloading

* C++ to Python Exception Translation

* Default Arguments

* Keyword Arguments

* Manipulating Python objects in C++

* Exporting C++ Iterators as Python Iterators

* Documentation Strings

The development of these features was funded in part by grants to `Boost Consulting` from the [@http://www.llnl.gov Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories] and by the [@http://cci.lbl.gov Computational Crystallography Initiative] at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.

[section Contents]

* _tutorial_

* [link building Building and Testing]

* _reference_

* [link configuration Configuration Information]

* [link glossary Glossary]

* [link support Support Resources]

* [link faq Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)]

[endsect]

[h2 Articles]

[@article.html Building Hybrid Systems With Boost Python], by Dave Abrahams and Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve

[include building.qbk]

[include configuration.qbk]

[include support.qbk]

[include faq.qbk]

[include glossary.qbk]