cppimport vs SWIG

cppimport

Import C++ files directly from Python! (by tbenthompson)

SWIG

SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages. (by swig)

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cppimport		SWIG
	Project
-	Mentions	25
1,145	Stars	5,493
-	Growth	1.3%
0.0	Activity	9.7
over 1 year ago	Latest Commit	4 days ago
Python	Language	C++
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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cppimport

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SWIG

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Swig – Connect C/C++ programs with high-level programming languages
1 project | /r/hackernews | 20 Jul 2023

5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Jul 2023
Using Lua with C++
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 14 Feb 2023
Purego – A library for calling C functions from Go without Cgo
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 12 Feb 2023

How is this any different than a mature tool such as SWIG (https://www.swig.org/)?
I've used SWIG extensively with Python to call C code and import C headers for testing/tooling purposes.
How does Golang communicate with C++?
2 projects | /r/golang | 9 Feb 2023

For pure C, CGO. For C++ they are likely creating shims with Swig: https://www.swig.org/
I feel really dumb whenever I take a coding test for a job
2 projects | /r/csMajors | 24 Dec 2022

I mostly write in C and C++ so for language bindings I use Swig a lot. Say Im creating a machine learning library in C++, its very easy to create a Python API that can call the C++ classes and methods using Swig. iirc, I am using the same swig interface file to create bindings for Python, OCaml, R and even Fortran. Feel free to DM me if you got any more questions or anything!
Is there a way to use a c++ project in a python project?
2 projects | /r/cpp_questions | 20 Dec 2022

Swig can make c++ types and functions available to python.
Boxflow - A universal layout engine written in Zig
2 projects | /r/Zig | 17 Dec 2022

The likes of SWIG is often used to link C library-like code to 11-ish other widely used languages.
Hi, I have this program in C which I have to convert in Java(Android code), so that it could be used for decoding the output obtained from a Simulated program. Please help.
1 project | /r/C_Programming | 31 Oct 2022

Maybe you could use swig to create a wrapper for Java.
How do SWIG and LLVM compare as language ecosystems?
2 projects | /r/AskProgramming | 27 Oct 2022

But, you might find these links interesting: * https://github.com/swig/swig/issues/918 * https://github.com/kaby76/swigged.llvm