scons-tool-swigpy 0.1.2
SCons tool to generate Python modules using SWIG
Requires Python: >=2.7

scons-tool-swigpy
=================

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SCons_ tool to generate Python modules using Swig_.

Installation
------------

There are few ways to install this tool for your project.

From pypi_
^^^^^^^^^^

This method may be preferable if you build your project under a virtualenv. To
add swigpy tool from pypi_, type (within your wirtualenv):

.. code-block:: shell

   pip install scons-tool-loader scons-tool-swigpy

or, if your project uses pipenv_:

.. code-block:: shell

   pipenv install --dev scons-tool-loader scons-tool-swigpy

Alternatively, you may add this to your ``Pipfile``

.. code-block::

   [dev-packages]
   scons-tool-loader = "*"
   scons-tool-swigpy = "*"


The tool will be installed as a namespaced package ``sconstool.swigpy``
in project's virtual environment. You may further use scons-tool-loader_
to load the tool.

As a git submodule
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#. Create new git repository:

   .. code-block:: shell

      mkdir /tmp/prj && cd /tmp/prj
      touch README.rst
      git init

#. Add the `scons-tool-swigpy`_ as a submodule:

   .. code-block:: shell

      git submodule add git://github.com/ptomulik/scons-tool-swigpy.git site_scons/site_tools/swigpy

#. For python 2.x create ``__init__.py`` in ``site_tools`` directory:

   .. code-block:: shell

      touch site_scons/site_tools/__init__.py

   this will allow to directly import ``site_tools.swigpy`` (this may be required by other tools).

Usage example
-------------

Git-based projects
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

#. Create some source files, for example ``src/hello.hpp`` and
   ``src/hello.cpp``:

   .. code-block:: cpp

      // src/hello.hpp
      #ifndef HELLO_HPP
      #define HELLO_HPP
      void hello();
      #endif

   .. code-block:: cpp

      // src/hello.cpp
      #include "hello.hpp"
      #include <iostream>
      void hello() { std::cout << "Hello" << std::endl; }

#. Create swig interface file ``src/hello.i``

   .. code-block:: swig

      // src/hello.i
      %module hello;
      %{
      #include "hello.hpp"
      %}
      %include "hello.hpp"

#. Write ``SConstruct`` file:

   .. code-block:: python


      # SConstruct
      env = Environment(tools = [ 'default', 'swigpy' ])
      SConscript('src/SConscript', exports=['env'], variant_dir='build', duplicate=0)

#. Write ``src/SConscript``:

   .. code-block:: python

      # src/SConscript
      Import(['env'])
      env.Append( SWIGPY_CPPPATH = ['.'] )
      env.Append( SWIGPY_LIBPATH = ['.'] )
      env.Append( SWIGPY_SWIGFLAGS = ['-c++'] )
      env.SharedLibrary( 'hello', ['hello.cpp'] )
      env.SwigPyModule( 'hello', SWIGPY_LIBS = ['$SWIGPY_PYTHONLIB', 'hello'] )

#. Try it out:

   .. code-block:: shell

      scons

   This shall create a library **build/libhello.so** and all the files that
   comprise its python wrapper:

   .. code-block:: shell

      ptomulik@tea:$ ls build/
      hello.os  hello.pyc  hello_wrap.cc  libhello.so
      hello.py  _hello.so  hello_wrap.os


#. Test the generated wrapper:

   .. code-block:: shell

      cd build
      LD_LIBRARY_PATH='.' python
      >>> import hello
      >>> hello.hello()

Details
-------

Module description
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The module provides a ``SwigPyModule()`` builder which generates python module
based on a swig interface ``*.i`` file::

    SwigPyModule(modname, **overrides)

The **modname** is a name of the module being generated, for example ``'foo'``
or ``'foo.bar'`` (note, it's neither the source file name nor target file
name). The **overrides** overwrite construction variables such as ``SWIGFLAGS``
or ``CFLAGS``.

**Example 1**:

The following code expects a ``foo.i`` interface file to be present and
generates python module defined by this file.

.. code-block:: python

   SwigPyModule('foo')

**Example 2**:

The following code expects a ``foo/bar.i`` interface file to be present
and generates python module defined by this file undef ``foo`` subdirectory.

.. code-block:: python

   SwigPyModule('foo.bar')

Construction variables
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Construction variables used by ``SwigPyModule`` are summarized in the following
table. Note that there are two groups of variables. The first group are the
well known variables such as ``CFLAGS`` or ``SWIGFLAGS``. The second group are
the variables prefixed with ``SWIGPY_``. These variables, if defined, overwrite
the well known variables when generating python bindings.

========================= =============================================
Variable                   Default
========================= =============================================
SWIG
SWIGVERSION
SWIGFLAGS
SWIGDIRECTORSUFFIX
SWIGCFILESUFFIX
SWIGCXXFILESUFFIX
SWIGPATH
SWIGINCPREFIX
SWIGINCSUFFIX
SWIGCOM
CPPPATH
SHLIBPREFIX
CCFLAGS
CFLAGS
CXXFLAGS
LIBS
LIBPATH
LDFLAGS
SWIGPY_SWIG
SWIGPY_SWIGVERSION
SWIGPY_SWIGFLAGS           ``[-python', '-builtin']``
SWIGPY_SWIGDIRECTORSUFFIX
SWIGPY_SWIGCFILESUFFIX
SWIGPY_SWIGCXXFILESUFFIX
SWIGPY_SWIGPATH
SWIGPY_SWIGINCPREFIX
SWIGPY_SWIGINCSUFFIX
SWIGPY_SWIGCOM
SWIGPY_CPPPATH             ``["$SWIGPY_PYTHONINCDIR"]``
SWIGPY_SHOBJPREFIX
SWIGPY_SHOBJSUFFIX
SWIGPY_SHLIBPREFIX         ``'_'``
SWIGPY_SHLIBSUFFIX         ``.pyd`` on Windows
SWIGPY_LIBPREFIX           ``'_'``
SWIGPY_LIBSUFFIX
SWIGPY_IMPLIBPREFIX        ``'_'``
SWIGPY_IMPLIBSUFFIX
SWIGPY_WINDOWSEXPPREFIX    ``'_'``
SWIGPY_WINDOWSEXPSUFFIX
SWIGPY_CC
SWIGPY_CXX
SWIGPY_SHCC
SWIGPY_SHCXX
SWIGPY_CCFLAGS
SWIGPY_CFLAGS
SWIGPY_CXXFLAGS
SWIGPY_SHCCFLAGS
SWIGPY_SHCFLAGS
SWIGPY_SHCXXFLAGS
SWIGPY_LIBS                ``["$SWIGPY_PYTHONLIB"]``
SWIGPY_LIBPATH             ``["$SWIGPY_PYTHONLIBDIR"]``
SWIGPY_LINKFLAGS
SWIGPY_M2SWIGFILE          ``lambda parts: path.join(*parts) + '.i'``
SWIGPY_M2CFILE             ``lambda parts: path.join(*parts)``
SWIGPY_M2SHLIBFILE         ``lambda parts: path.join(*parts)``
========================= =============================================

The **SWIGPY_M2SWIGFILE** lambda determines the name of swig interface (source
file). The **SWIGPY_M2CFILE** determines the name (without suffix) of the **C**
or **C++** wrapper file being generated by **swig**. The **SWIGPY_M2SHLIBFILE**
determines the name of shared library that will contain the wrapper binary code
after compilation (without prefix and suffix). The **parts** provided to any of
these macros are the parts of **modname**, that is they're result of
``modname.split('.')``.

LICENSE
-------

Copyright (c) 2014-2018 by Pawel Tomulik <ptomulik@meil.pw.edu.pl>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
SOFTWARE

.. _SCons: http://scons.org
.. _Swig: http://swig.org
.. _pipenv: https://pipenv.readthedocs.io/
.. _pypi: https://pypi.org/
.. _scons-tool-swigpy: https://github.com/ptomulik/scons-tool-swigpy
.. _scons-tool-loader: https://github.com/ptomulik/scons-tool-loader

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