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(See accompanying --> -<!-- file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) --> -<html> -<head> - <meta name="generator" content= - "HTML Tidy for Cygwin (vers 1st September 2004), see www.w3.org"> - <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> - <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="boost.css"> - - <title>Boost.Python - News/Change Log</title> -</head> - -<body link="#0000FF" vlink="#800080"> - <table border="0" cellpadding="7" cellspacing="0" width="100%" summary= - "header"> - <tr> - <td valign="top" width="300"> - <h3><a href="../../../index.htm"><img height="86" width="277" alt= - "C++ Boost" src="../../../boost.png" border="0"></a></h3> - </td> - - <td valign="top"> - <h1 align="center"><a href="index.html">Boost.Python</a></h1> - - <h2 align="center">News/Change Log</h2> - </td> - </tr> - </table> - <hr> - - <dl class="page-index"> - - <dt>Current SVN</dt> - <dd> - <ul> - <li>Python 3 support:</li> - <ul> - <li>All the current Boost.Python test cases passed. Extension modules using - Boost.Python expected to support Python 3 smoothly.</li> - <li>Introduced <code>object.contains</code> where <code>x.contains(y)</code> - is equivalent to Python code <code>y in x</code>. - Now <code>dict.has_key</code> is just a wrapper of <code>object.contains</code>. - </li> - <li>When building against Python 3, <code>str.decode</code> will be removed.</li> - <li>When building against Python 3, the original signature of <code>list.sort</code>, which is: - <pre>void sort(object_cref cmpfunc);</pre> - will change to: - <pre>void sort(args_proxy const &args, kwds_proxy const &kwds);</pre> - - This is because in Python 3 <code>list.sort</code> requires all its arguments be keyword arguments. - So you should call it like this: - <pre>x.sort(*tuple(), **dict(make_tuple(make_tuple("reverse", true))));</pre> - - </li> - <li>According to <a href="http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3123/">PEP 3123</a>, - when building Boost.Python against Python older than 2.6, the following macros will - be defined in Boost.Python header: - <pre> -# define Py_TYPE(o) (((PyObject*)(o))->ob_type) -# define Py_REFCNT(o) (((PyObject*)(o))->ob_refcnt) -# define Py_SIZE(o) (((PyVarObject*)(o))->ob_size)</pre> - So extension writers can use these macro directly, to make code clean and compatible with Python 3. - </li> - </ul> - </ul> - </dd> - - <dt>1.39.0 Release</dt> - - <dd> - <ul> - <li>Pythonic signatures are now automatically appended to the - docstrings. - - <li>Use <a href="v2/docstring_options.html" - ><code>docstring_options.hpp</code></a> header - control the content of docstrings. - - <li>This new feature increases the size of the modules by about 14%. - If this is not acceptable it can be turned off by defining the macro - BOOST_PYTHON_NO_PY_SIGNATURES. Modules compiled with and without the macro - defined are compatible. - </li> - <li> If BOOST_PYTHON_NO_PY_SIGNATURES is undefined, this version defines the - macro BOOST_PYTHON_SUPPORTS_PY_SIGNATURES. This allows writing code that will compile - with older version of Boost.Python (see <a href="v2/pytype_function.html#examples">here</a>). - </li> - <li>By defining BOOST_PYTHON_PY_SIGNATURES_PROPER_INIT_SELF_TYPE, and at a cost - of another 14% size increase, proper pythonic type is generated for the "self" - parameter of the __init__ methods. - </li> - - <li> To support this new feature changes were made to the - <a href="v2/to_python_converter.html"><code>to_python_converter.hpp</code></a>, - <a href="v2/default_call_policies.html"><code>default_call_policies</code></a>, - <a href="v2/ResultConverter.html"><code>ResultConverter</code></a>, - <a href="v2/CallPolicies.html"><code>CallPolicies</code></a> and some others. - Efforts were made not to have interface breaking changes. - </li> - - </ul> - </dd> - - <dt>12 May 2007 - 1.34.0 release</dt> - - <dd> - <ul> - <li>C++ signatures are now automatically appended to the - docstrings. - - <li>New <a href="v2/docstring_options.html" - ><code>docstring_options.hpp</code></a> header to - control the content of docstrings. - - <li>Support for converting <code>void*</code> to/from python, - with <code><a - href="v2/opaque.html">opaque_pointer_converter</a></code> - as the return value policy. Thanks to Niall Douglas for the - initial patch. - </ul> - </dd> - - <dt>19 October 2005 - 1.33.1 release</dt> - - <dd> - <ul> - <li><code>wrapper<T></code> can now be used as expected with a - held type of <i>some-smart-pointer</i><code><T></code></li> - - <li>The build now assumes Python 2.4 by default, rather than 2.2</li> - - <li>Support Python that's built without Unicode support</li> - - <li>Support for wrapping classes with overloaded address-of - (<code>&</code>) operators</li> - </ul> - </dd> - - <dt>14 August 2005 - 1.33 release</dt> - - <dd> - <ul> - <li>Support for docstrings on nonstatic properties.</li> - - <li>We now export the client-provided docstrings for - <code>init<optional<> ></code> and - <i>XXX</i><code>_FUNCTION_OVERLOADS()</code> for only the last - overload.</li> - - <li>Fixed some support for Embedded VC++ 4</li> - - <li>Better support for rvalue from-python conversions of shared_ptr: - always return a pointer that holds the owning python object *unless* - the python object contains a NULL shared_ptr holder of the right - type.</li> - - <li>Support for exposing <code>vector<T*></code> with the - indexing suite.</li> - - <li>Support for GCC-3.3 on MacOS.</li> - - <li>updated visual studio project build file to include two new files - (slice.cpp and wrapper.cpp)</li> - - <li>Added search feature to the index page.</li> - - <li>Numerous fixes to the tutorial</li> - - <li>Numerous workarounds for MSVC 6 and 7, GCC 2.96, and EDG - 2.45</li> - </ul> - </dd> - - <dt>11 March 2005</dt> - - <dd> - <ul> - <li>Added a hack that will fool PyDoc into working with Boost.Python, - thanks to Nick Rasmussen</li> - </ul> - </dd> - - <dt>19 November 2004 - 1.32 release</dt> - - <dd> - <ul> - <li>Updated to use the Boost Software License.</li> - - <li>A new, <a href= - "tutorial/doc/html/python/exposing.html#python.class_virtual_functions"> - better method of wrapping classes with virtual functions</a> has been - implemented.</li> - - <li>Support for upcoming GCC symbol export control features have been - folded in, thanks to Niall Douglas.</li> - - <li>Improved support for <code>std::auto_ptr</code>-like types.</li> - - <li>The Visual C++ bug that makes top-level <i>cv-qualification</i> - of function parameter types part of the function type has been worked - around.</li> - - <li>Components used by other libraries have been moved out of - <code>python/detail</code> and into <code>boost/detail</code> to - improve dependency relationships.</li> - - <li>Miscellaneous bug fixes and compiler workarounds.</li> - </ul> - </dd> - - <dt>8 Sept 2004</dt> - - <dd>Support for Python's Bool type, thanks to <a href= - "mailto:dholth-at-fastmail.fm">Daniel Holth</a>.</dd> - - <dt>11 Sept 2003</dt> - - <dd> - <ul> - <li>Changed the response to multiple to-python converters being - registered for the same type from a hard error into warning; - Boost.Python now reports the offending type in the message.</li> - - <li>Added builtin <code>std::wstring</code> conversions</li> - - <li>Added <code>std::out_of_range</code> => Python - <code>IndexError</code> exception conversion, thanks to <a href= - "mailto:RaoulGough-at-yahoo.co.uk">Raoul Gough</a></li> - </ul> - </dd> - - <dt>9 Sept 2003</dt> - - <dd>Added new <code><a href="v2/str.html#str-spec">str</a></code></dd> - - <dt>constructors which take a range of characters, allowing strings - containing nul (<code>'\0'</code>) characters.</dt> - - <dt>8 Sept 2003</dt> - - <dd>Added the ability to create methods from function objects (with an - <code>operator()</code>); see the <a href= - "v2/make_function.html#make_function-spec">make_function</a> docs for - more info.</dd> - - <dt>10 August 2003</dt> - - <dd>Added the new <code>properties</code> unit tests contributed by - <a href="mailto:romany-at-actimize.com">Roman Yakovenko</a> and - documented <code>add_static_property</code> at his urging.</dd> - - <dt>1 August 2003</dt> - - <dd> - Added the new <code>arg</code> class contributed by <a href= - "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a> which supplies the - ability to wrap functions that can be called with ommitted arguments in - the middle: - <pre> -void f(int x = 0, double y = 3.14, std::string z = std::string("foo")); - -BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(test) -{ - def("f", f - , (arg("x", 0), arg("y", 3.14), arg("z", "foo"))); -} - -</pre>And in Python: - <pre> ->>> import test ->>> f(0, z = "bar") ->>> f(z = "bar", y = 0.0) -</pre>Thanks, Nikolay! - </dd> - - <dt>22 July 2003</dt> - - <dd>Killed the dreaded "bad argument type for builtin operation" error. - Argument errors now show the actual and expected argument types!</dd> - - <dt>19 July 2003</dt> - - <dd>Added the new <code><a href= - "v2/return_arg.html">return_arg</a></code> policy from <a href= - "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a>. Thanks, Nikolay!</dd> - - <dt>18 March, 2003</dt> - - <dd><a href="mailto:Gottfried.Ganssauge-at-haufe.de">Gottfried - Ganßauge</a> has contributed <a href= - "v2/opaque.html">opaque pointer support</a>.<br> - <a href="mailto:nicodemus-at-globalite.com.br">Bruno da Silva de - Oliveira</a> has contributed the exciting <a href= - "../pyste/index.html">Pyste</a> ("Pie-steh") package.</dd> - - <dt>24 February 2003</dt> - - <dd>Finished improved support for <code>boost::shared_ptr</code>. Now any - wrapped object of C++ class <code>X</code> can be converted automatically - to <code>shared_ptr<X></code>, regardless of how it was wrapped. - The <code>shared_ptr</code> will manage the lifetime of the Python object - which supplied the <code>X</code>, rather than just the <code>X</code> - object itself, and when such a <code>shared_ptr</code> is converted back - to Python, the original Python object will be returned.</dd> - - <dt>19 January 2003</dt> - - <dd>Integrated <code>staticmethod</code> support from <a href= - "mailto:nickm-at-sitius.com">Nikolay Mladenov</a>. Thanks, Nikolay!</dd> - - <dt>29 December 2002</dt> - - <dd>Added Visual Studio project file and instructions from Brett Calcott. - Thanks, Brett!</dd> - - <dt>20 December 2002</dt> - - <dd>Added automatic downcasting for pointers, references, and smart - pointers to polymorphic class types upon conversion to python</dd> - - <dt>18 December 2002</dt> - - <dd>Optimized from_python conversions for wrapped classes by putting the - conversion logic in the shared library instead of registering separate - converters for each class in each extension module</dd> - - <dt>19 November 2002</dt> - - <dd>Removed the need for users to cast base class member function - pointers when used as arguments to <a href= - "v2/class.html#class_-spec-modifiers">add_property</a></dd> - - <dt>13 December 2002</dt> - - <dd>Allow exporting of <a href= - "v2/enum.html#enum_-spec"><code>enum_</code></a> values into enclosing - <a href="v2/scope.html#scope-spec"><code>scope</code></a>.<br> - Fixed unsigned integer conversions to deal correctly with numbers that - are out-of-range of <code>signed long</code>.</dd> - - <dt>14 November 2002</dt> - - <dd>Auto-detection of class data members wrapped with <a href= - "v2/data_members.html#make_getter-spec"><code>make_getter</code></a></dd> - - <dt>13 November 2002</dt> - - <dd>Full Support for <code>std::auto_ptr<></code> added.</dd> - - <dt>October 2002</dt> - - <dd>Ongoing updates and improvements to tutorial documentation</dd> - - <dt>10 October 2002</dt> - - <dd>Boost.Python V2 is released!</dd> - </dl> - <hr> - - <p>Revised - <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" S-Type="EDITED" S-Format="%d %B, %Y" startspan --> - 19 November 2004 - <!--webbot bot="Timestamp" endspan i-checksum="39359" --></p> - - <p><i>© Copyright <a href="http://www.boost.org/people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave - Abrahams</a> 2002-2003.</i></p> -</body> -</html> |