[book Boost.Python
    [quickbook 1.6]
    [authors [Abrahams, David], [Seefeld, Stefan]]
    [copyright 2002 - 2015 David Abrahams, Stefan Seefeld]
    [category inter-language support]
    [id python]
    [purpose
        Reflects C++ classes and functions into Python
    ]
    [license
        Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0.
        (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at
        [@http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt])
    ]
]

[def _boost_      [@http://www.boost.org Boost]]
[def _bb_         [@http://www.boost.org/build Boost.Build]]
[def _bb_list_    [@http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm#jamboost Boost.Build mailing list]]
[def _bp_list_    [@http://www.boost.org/more/mailing_lists.htm#cplussig Boost.Python mailing list]]
[def _tutorial_   [@tutorial/index.html Tutorial]]
[def _reference_  [@reference/index.html Reference Manual]]
[def _gsg_        Boost [@http://www.boost.org/more/getting_started/ Getting Started Guide]]
[def _extending_  [@https://docs.python.org/2/extending/extending.html extending]]
[def _embedding_  [@https://docs.python.org/2/extending/embedding.html embedding]]

[h2 Synopsis]

Welcome to Boost.Python, a C++ library which enables seamless interoperability between C++ and the Python programming language. The library includes support for:

* References and Pointers
* Globally Registered Type Coercions
* Automatic Cross-Module Type Conversions
* Efficient Function Overloading
* C++ to Python Exception Translation
* Default Arguments
* Keyword Arguments
* Manipulating Python objects in C++
* Exporting C++ Iterators as Python Iterators
* Documentation Strings

The development of these features was funded in part by grants to `Boost Consulting` from the [@http://www.llnl.gov Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories] and by the [@http://cci.lbl.gov Computational Crystallography Initiative] at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories. 

[section Contents]

* _tutorial_
* [link building Building and Testing]
* _reference_
* [link configuration Configuration Information]
* [link glossary Glossary]
* [link support Support Resources]
* [link faq Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)]
* [@numpy/index.html NumPy Extension Documentation]

[endsect]

[h2 Articles]

[@article.html Building Hybrid Systems With Boost Python], by Dave Abrahams and Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve

[include building.qbk]
[include configuration.qbk]
[include support.qbk]
[include faq.qbk]
[include glossary.qbk]