In article <78lit5f1mvib...@mid.uni-berlin.de>, "Diez B. Roggisch" <de...@nospam.web.de> wrote:
> > More seriously -- how difficult is it to use ctypes instead of saying, > > boost::python, and why isn't this in a FAQ somewhere? ;) > > Because it's much more needed than name-mangling. Name mangling is > (amongst other things) one thing to prevent > C++-inter-compiler-interoperability which results from differing C++ ABIs. Indeed. Name mangling is the most trivial way in which different C++ compilers do not interoperate. Some other thorny issues include exception handling, template instantiation, physical layout of struct and class elements (i.e. padding/alignment), and how references are returned (i.e. Return Value Optimization). I'm sure I've left out several critical items. It's an ugly world out there. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
