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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 Python
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extensions. The chief way in which PyCXX makes it easier to write Python
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extensions is that it greatly increases the probability that your program
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will not make a reference-counting error and will not have to continually
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check error returns from the Python C API. CXX/Objects integrates Python
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with C++ in these ways:
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+ C++ exception handling is relied on to detect errors and clean up. In a
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complicated function this is often a tremendous problem when writing in C.
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With PyCXX, we let the compiler keep track of what objects need to be
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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 building
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python/C++ extension under /usr/share/python2.6/CXX which is a standard
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Debian directory. As Slackware does not have /usr/share/python2.6, I
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patched the installer to use /usr/share/CXX in order to follow the style of
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stock python packages like pygobject or pygtk. Be aware, though, that
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python packages that will use PyCXX will probably look for the needed files
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under the Debian standard path! You should investigate if their setup.py
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accept any switch to setup a different search path otherwise you will have
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to patch them.
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