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author | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-14 11:09:20 -0400 |
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committer | B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com> | 2022-03-17 12:37:56 -0400 |
commit | 449a4cec59ca569e102c15d570dea62292c06016 (patch) | |
tree | 11a8d620b6718608a0c334d35e59fdced0ec0363 /python/pycxx | |
parent | 8dc2c6fe2bdc797b79a0a4610409225f2d8b8bf4 (diff) |
python/pycxx: Wrap README at 72 columns.
Signed-off-by: B. Watson <yalhcru@gmail.com>
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1 files changed, 24 insertions, 21 deletions
diff --git a/python/pycxx/README b/python/pycxx/README index a51cf9848dfbb..7cc8f47993b0f 100644 --- a/python/pycxx/README +++ b/python/pycxx/README @@ -1,27 +1,30 @@ PyCXX is designed to make it easier to extend Python with C++ -CXX/Objects is a set of C++ facilities to make it easier to write Python -extensions. The chief way in which PyCXX makes it easier to write Python -extensions is that it greatly increases the probability that your program -will not make a reference-counting error and will not have to continually -check error returns from the Python C API. CXX/Objects integrates Python -with C++ in these ways: - + C++ exception handling is relied on to detect errors and clean up. In a - complicated function this is often a tremendous problem when writing in C. - With PyCXX, we let the compiler keep track of what objects need to be - dereferenced when an error occurs. - + The Standard Template Library (STL) and its many algorithms plug and +CXX/Objects is a set of C++ facilities to make it easier to write +Python extensions. The chief way in which PyCXX makes it easier to +write Python extensions is that it greatly increases the probability +that your program will not make a reference-counting error and +will not have to continually check error returns from the Python C +API. CXX/Objects integrates Python with C++ in these ways: + + C++ exception handling is relied on to detect errors and clean + up. In a complicated function this is often a tremendous problem when + writing in C. With PyCXX, we let the compiler keep track of what + objects need to be dereferenced when an error occurs. + + The Standard Template Library (STL) and its many algorithms plug and play with Python containers such as lists and tuples. - + The optional CXX/Extensions facility allows you to replace the clumsy C + + The optional CXX/Extensions facility allows you to replace the clumsy C tables with objects and method calls that define your modules and extension objects. -The original source will install CXX source code needed to help building -python/C++ extension under /usr/share/python2.6/CXX which is a standard -Debian directory. As Slackware does not have /usr/share/python2.6, I -patched the installer to use /usr/share/CXX in order to follow the style of -stock python packages like pygobject or pygtk. Be aware, though, that -python packages that will use PyCXX will probably look for the needed files -under the Debian standard path! You should investigate if their setup.py -accept any switch to setup a different search path otherwise you will have -to patch them. +The original source will install CXX source code needed to help +building python/C++ extension under /usr/share/python2.6/CXX +which is a standard Debian directory. As Slackware does not have +/usr/share/python2.6, I patched the installer to use /usr/share/CXX in +order to follow the style of stock python packages like pygobject or +pygtk. Be aware, though, that python packages that will use PyCXX will +probably look for the needed files under the Debian standard path! You +should investigate if their setup.py accept any switch to setup a +different search path otherwise you will have to patch them. |