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| author | DongHun Kwak <dh0128.kwak@samsung.com> | 2016-10-06 10:33:54 +0900 |
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diff --git a/libs/python/doc/html/building/background.html b/libs/python/doc/html/building/background.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..a7aca7f031 --- /dev/null +++ b/libs/python/doc/html/building/background.html @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +<html> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> +<title>Background</title> +<link rel="stylesheet" href="../boostbook.css" type="text/css"> +<meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.78.1"> +<link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="Boost.Python"> +<link rel="up" href="../building.html" title="Chapter 1. Building and Testing"> +<link rel="prev" href="../building.html" title="Chapter 1. Building and Testing"> +<link rel="next" href="no_install_quickstart.html" title="No-Install Quickstart"> +</head> +<body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> +<table cellpadding="2" width="100%"><tr><td valign="top"><img alt="" width="" height="" src="../images/boost.png"></td></tr></table> +<hr> +<div class="spirit-nav"> +<a accesskey="p" href="../building.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../building.html"><img src="../images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html"><img src="../images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="no_install_quickstart.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> +</div> +<div class="section"> +<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"> +<a name="building.background"></a><a class="link" href="background.html" title="Background">Background</a> +</h3></div></div></div> +<p> + There are two basic models for combining C++ and Python: + </p> +<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> +<li class="listitem"> + <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/intro.html" target="_top">extending</a>, + in which the end-user launches the Python interpreter executable and + imports Python “extension modules” written in C++. Think of taking + a library written in C++ and giving it a Python interface so Python programmers + can use it. From Python, these modules look just like regular Python + modules. + </li> +<li class="listitem"> + <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/embedding.html" target="_top">embedding</a>, + in which the end-user launches a program written in C++ that in turn + invokes the Python interpreter as a library subroutine. Think of adding + scriptability to an existing application. + </li> +</ul></div> +<p> + The key distinction between extending and embedding is the location of the + C++ <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span></code> + function: in the Python interpreter executable, or in some other program, + respectively. Note that even when embedding Python in another program, <a href="http://www.python.org/doc/current/ext/extending-with-embedding.html" target="_top">extension + modules are often the best way to make C/C++ functionality accessible to + Python code</a>, so the use of extension modules is really at the heart + of both models. + </p> +<p> + Except in rare cases, extension modules are built as dynamically-loaded libraries + with a single entry point, which means you can change them without rebuilding + either the other extension modules or the executable containing <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">main</span><span class="special">()</span></code>. + </p> +</div> +<table xmlns:rev="http://www.cs.rpi.edu/~gregod/boost/tools/doc/revision" width="100%"><tr> +<td align="left"></td> +<td align="right"><div class="copyright-footer">Copyright © 2002-2015 David + Abrahams, Stefan Seefeld<br>Copyright © 2002-2015 David Abrahams, Stefan Seefeld<p> + Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying + file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) + </p> +</div></td> +</tr></table> +<hr> +<div class="spirit-nav"> +<a accesskey="p" href="../building.html"><img src="../images/prev.png" alt="Prev"></a><a accesskey="u" href="../building.html"><img src="../images/up.png" alt="Up"></a><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html"><img src="../images/home.png" alt="Home"></a><a accesskey="n" href="no_install_quickstart.html"><img src="../images/next.png" alt="Next"></a> +</div> +</body> +</html> |