ceph/src/boost/libs/python/doc/preface.qbk

   1 [preface Introduction
   2 [quickbook 1.6]
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   5 [section Synopsis]
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   7 Welcome to version 2 of Boost.Python, a C++ library which enables seamless interoperability between C++ and the Python programming language. The new version has been rewritten from the ground up, with a more convenient and flexible interface, and many new capabilities, including support for:
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   9     * References and Pointers
  10     * Globally Registered Type Coercions
  11     * Automatic Cross-Module Type Conversions
  12     * Efficient Function Overloading
  13     * C++ to Python Exception Translation
  14     * Default Arguments
  15     * Keyword Arguments
  16     * Manipulating Python objects in C++
  17     * Exporting C++ Iterators as Python Iterators
  18     * Documentation Strings
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  20 The development of these features was funded in part by grants to Boost Consulting from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories and by the Computational Crystallography Initiative at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories.
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  22 [endsect]
  23 [section Articles]
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  25 "Building Hybrid Systems With Boost Python", by Dave Abrahams and Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve (PDF)
  26 [endsect]