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["Sebastien Loriot (GeometryFactory)" <>]

Duplicated SO post (with an answer):

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57824076/building-python-interface-to-custom-cgal-function

Sebastien.

On 9/6/19 4:35 PM, rahulverma88 wrote:
> Hi, I'm trying to build a python interface to a custom CGAL function. The
> function works just fine on its own, but I get errors when I try to do the
> linking with Python using SWIG.
>
> I have been using 'cgal_create_cmake_lists' to create the CMakeLists.txt for
> the CGAL part, doing cmake and make, and then using the generated .o files
> to link with SWIG, but I think I am not linking the required boost and GMP
> libraries properly with the SWIG-generated shared object ".so" file.
>
> SWIG generates the shared object files for me, but then when I try to import
> my module, I get an error:
>
> Symbol not found: __ZN4CGAL11NULL_VECTORE
>
> I am using the command "ld -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress -o
> cgal_executable.so *.o"  to generate the shared object file. Should I be
> linking boost and GMP libraries in this step? If so, how do I do that? I am
> on a Mac OS. I can share my full code if needed.
>
> I know there is a project for Python-SWIG bindings, but I really don't need
> all of it, and also it seems to be missing a lot of useful CGAL features. I
> would like to work in C++, and just interface my functions with Python as
> needed.
>
>
>
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