> I would like to announce a new code generator for ctypes package.

> The new code generator is integrated with Py++ package and reuse most

> of its infrastructure:

> * GCC-XML - generates an XML description of a C++ program from GCC's
> internal representation

> * pygccxml - powerful and simple Python package to work GCCXML generated file.

> * Py++ design, code and utilities

> * It was build with future ( ctypes-cpp ) functionality in mind.

> * It has cross-platform ( Windows XP and Linux Ubuntu 8.10 ) unit tests

> How it works:

> 1. Using pygccxml, the source files are parsed ( using pygccxml ) and

> in-memory description of the code is created

> 2. .dll, .map or .so file is parsed ( pygccxml ) and exported symbols

> list is created

> 3. Using decorated and undecorated names, mapping between declarations
> and exported symbols is created.

> 4. The exported symbols and the mapping are used to:

>   * define for what declarations the code should be generated

>   * find out function calling convention

> 5. The last step - the code is generated

> Supported functionality:

> * shared libraries, that were compiled using C or C++ compiler

> * free functions, including variable number of arguments

> * [global|member] [named|anonymous] variables

> * [named|anonymous|opaque|nested]  structures

> * enumerations

> * typedefs

> Examples:

>    Is it useful? - Yes. I created example, which generates code for
> GMP(http://gmplib.org/) library. The following link
> (http://pygccxml.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pygccxml/pyplusplus_dev/ex...)
> will take you to the example.

>    * dev - directory, which contains code generator source code

>    * pygmplib - directory, which contains generated code - Python
> package, which provides access to GMP lib functionality

>    * test.py - Python script - tester.

> Want to try?

>    Windows users:

>        http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=118209
> contains few packages

>        * ctypes code generator - stand alone executable, which
> generates code for a .dll file

>        * gccxml-setup - gccxml setup file

>    Linux users:

>        Sorry, no binaries :-(

>        * you need to check-out(http://gccxml.org/HTML/Download.html)
> and build gccxml (http://gccxml.org/HTML/Install.html)

>        * you need to check-out Py++ and pygccxml
> (http://sourceforge.net/svn/?group_id=118209)

>        * wrap_library.py
> (http://pygccxml.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/pygccxml/pyplusplus_dev/sc...)
> is the script, which generates code for .so file.

> Your feedback is welcome.

> --

> Roman Yakovenko

> C++ Python language binding

> http://www.language-binding.net/