PyCXX -- README

Installation using distutils

Windows Installation and Demo

1. Fetch http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cxx/pycxx-6.2.4.tar.gz
2. Expand the archive into a directory of your choosing C:\ for example. Note: WinZip can expand .tar.gz files.
3. Install the PyCXX files:

   1. C:> cd \pycxx-6.2.4

   2. C:\pycxx-6.2.4> python setup.py install

4. Build and run the demo extensions:

   1. C:> cd \pycxx-6.2.4

   2. C:\pycxx-6.2.4> python setup_makefile.py win32 win32.mak 

   3. C:\pycxx-6.2.4> nmake -f win32.mak clean test

Unix Installation and Demo

Note: distutils is not available for Python 1.5.2

1. Fetch http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cxx/pycxx-6.2.4.tar.gz
2. Login as root. root access is typically needed on Unix systems to install the PyCXX files into the Python directories.
3. Expand the archive into a directory of your choosing ~\ for example.
4. Install the PyCXX files:

   1. # cd ~\pycxx-6.2.4

   2. # python setup.py install

5. Build and run the demo extensions:

   1. # cd ~\pycxx-6.2.4\Demo\Python2

   2. # python setup_makefile.py linux linux.mak

   3. # make -f linux.mak clean test

Revision History

Version 6.2.4 (6-Feb-2011)

Fix memory leak in string encode and decode functions

Fix indirect python loading on windows - Bool_type was missing

Version 6.2.2 (26-Dec-2010)

Fix problem compiling against Python 3.1.3

Version 6.2.1 (3-May-2010)

Fix problems with new style classes

Replace all example makefile and project files with setup_makefile.py script.

Add APIs to make calling python functions easier. See TupleN(), callOnSelf(), self()

Version 6.1.1 (26-Sep-2009)

Supports Python 3 starting at Python 3.1 and Python 2

Code clean up to fix compiler warnings reported by gcc 4.2.1 on Mac OS X when building for Python 3.

Version 6.1.0 (19-Jul-2009)

Support Python 3 and Python 2