Hello,
I'm trying to use boost::python in a project but it's seems to be quite difficult. And the lack of detailed documentation isn't helpful, I spent last night figuring out that I have to compile Boost::python first. Anyways, now it seems to be compiling some functions I'm exposing to python. But I don't want to make a python module or bother with bjam. All I want is to embed the python interpreter in my app and use scripts to call C++ functions. Is this even possible?
I'm working with this: http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/index.html but it doesn't seem to be covered. Does anyone have any source code that does this? Here's what I've got but it doesn't actually do anything (probably cause I'm an idiot :P):
#include <iostream>
#include <boost/python.hpp>
#include <python.h>
using namespace boost::python;
char const * hello()
{
return "hello dude";
}
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(test)
{
def("hello", hello);
}
int main()
{
Py_Initialize();
PyObject * pName = PyString_FromString("test");
PyObject * pModule = PyImport_Import( pName );
if(! pModule )
{
std::cout << "Failed to load script" << std::endl;
}
Py_Finalize();
return 0;
}
and test.py:
import test
test.hello()
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated. And sorry if anything I ask is stupid, this is my first foray into scripting.
Thanks!
