scores comments
test wt. B Si Sw Boost SIP SWIG
basic 1 8 6 7 very simple input; single file output file; long compile time; link dependency on Boost copy and modify header as input; .py and .so output input fairly simple (can probably make it simpler in this case?); .py and .so output
overload 3 5 6 10 Fails to resolve double and int, but compiles without warning. Refuses to compile if double and int both requested Gets it all right
virtual functions 5 10 0 5 Quite messy in raw Boost, but absolutely trivial in Pyste. Callbacks into python-overriden virtual functions don't work (at least by default ... still looking whether a solution exists).
template 5 10 0 10 Looks good at first blush ? Looks good at first blush
std::string 3 10 0 0 Just Works ? ?
operators
STL
in-out args
default args 3 6 0 9 No Pyste support; relatively tedious, but works. Default values must be in header. ? default values must be in the header.
return-value ownership
module interdependency
interoperability 1
interoperability 2
excepiton translation
namespaces
iterators
threads
speed
sub-total: 171 24 139
general impression
verbosity of input 7 10 0 7 With pyste, it's excellent Looks tedious, but need more experience with it Must make sure to understand when SWIG can get all it needs from the header without any help.
edit-debug-test cycle 7 0 6 6 Extremely slow to compile, error messages are pure noise no basis for firm opinion yet no basis for firm opinion yet
tidyness of output 1 7 5 6 single .so, but must link boost library lots of .py and .so .py and .so, lots of extra stuff in the python namespaces
configurability
documentation 10 6 1 5 Actively growing Essentially non-existent, and no real sign of progress. Outdated?, C++/Python sections not exhaustive?
Total: 308 81 286

Last modified: 2003-4-15