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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

On 07/16/2015 12:22 PM, Guillaume Gay wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I want to wrap LinearCellComplex derived objects in python, with
> attributes being accessible as numpy arrays from an interactive python
> session.
>
> I started using Boost.Python to do so, but hit a low point in tools and
> documentation when getting to numpy integration (two projects:
> Boost.Numpy and numpy-boost can be found on github, but they aren't much
> documented, and seem cumbersome).
>
> Cython can now wrap C++ code, and looks like the prefered way to act now
> (SWIG in my experience is not great).
>
> I saw that a GSOC 2013 dealt with interfacing CGAL and Sage, and was
> arguing for Cython use. Has this
> project been productive?

It was only a subject proposal, no student did pick it up.
Nothing has been done in that direction AFAIK.

> Can anyone on this list elaborate on that?
While the class Linear_cell_complex hasn't been wrapped,
you might be interested by this project:

https://github.com/CGAL/cgal-swig-bindings

Sebastien

> Thanks a lot,
>
> Best,
>
> Guillaume