i'm sure it doesnt answer all your questions, but here's how i built
and used the cpp example, it required some code changes.
i uploaded to wiki, but didnt link to it directly.
it has a Makefile and example usage script.

http://wiki.cython.org/WrappingCPlusPlus?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=cythoncpp.tgz

-brent

On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm trying to wrap some basic C++ code.  I tried to follow the
> directions on the wiki, but I found them to be unclear and incomplete.
>  I also noticed a thread about this on Cython-dev, but it doesn't seem
> to have been resolved.  As a total rookie with Cython and wrapping
> code in general, it would be nice to have a step by step example of
> the process that is illustrative of how to wrap a C++ library,
> including:
>
> 1)  Source of the header file (Rectangle.h)
> 2)  Source of the implementation file (Rectangle.cpp)
> 3)  Source of the setup file (setup.py)
> 4)  Source of the ??? file (Rectangle.pyx)
> 5)  shell commands necessary prior to being able to import the
> Rectangle class into python
> 6)  example of using the wrapped C++ library inside the python interpreter
>
> Things that were not helpful in the setup.py were things like:
>    include_dirs=[...],          # usual stuff
>    libraries=[...],             # ditto
>    extra_link_args=[...],       # if needed
>
> As an example of how to wrap a C++ class, I don't think extras that
> aren't well explained help the situation.  From the wiki, it wasn't
> clear what exactly belonged in the .pyx file.  It would be nice if
> this could be clarified.
>
> I think I can piece together steps 1), 2), 3) from the wiki and from
> the previous thread on the subject, but steps 4), 5), and 6) are still
> unclear to me.  It would be a great help if these steps could be shown
> explicitly.  Can anybody help me out on how to do this?
>
> Thanks,
> ~Luke
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