C++ Wrapper for python

[yamifm0f]

Hi I have a code written in python and I need use it with another code that is written in C++
it was recommended to me to have a c wrapper to link them butt I do not under stand how to do it. I am also do not know why I do not use a C++ wrapper.
The point is that I have some values that I need the other C++ code to read directly and feedback to python code.

as advice will be appreciated.

[Gribouillis]

I think you could try with the chapter about embedding python in another application in the official documentation.

[yamifm0f]

I think you could try with the chapter about embedding python in another application in the official documentation.

Thank you for the link unfortunately it does not explain how it is done with C++ it only explain how the python code can be embedded into a C code.

[Gribouillis]

If you know how to embed Python into C and you know how to embed C into C++, won't it be enough to call python from C++? Call the C functions of the python API from the C++ program?

[snippsat]

Also look at CFFI written bye the mad scientist of PyPy.
Using CFFI for embedding

Possible use cases:

1. Exposing a library written in Python directly to C/C++ programs.
   
2. Using Python to make a “plug-in” for an existing C/C++ program that is already written to load them.
   
3. Using Python to implement part of a larger C/C++ application (with static linking).
   
4. Writing a small C/C++ wrapper around Python, hiding the fact that the application is actually written in Python (to make a
5. custom command-line interface; for distribution purposes; or simply to make it a bit harder to reverse-engineer the application).
   

[kozaizsvemira]

If you know how to embed Python into C and you know how to embed C into C++, won't it be enough to call python from C++? Call the C functions of the python API from the C++ program?

Is it better to embed c++ in python, or python in c++?

[Gribouillis]

Is it better to embed c++ in python, or python in c++?

I have some experience calling C++ from python by using the SWIG interface generator. It is relatively easy to use. I would certainly feel better wrapping C++ from python than the reverse, but it is only my point of vue.