devel/sip/pkg-descr


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SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes so that they can be
accessed as normal Python classes.  SIP takes many of its ideas from SWIG but,
because it is specifically designed for C++ and Python, is able to generate
tighter bindings.  SIP is so called because it is a small SWIG.

SIP was originally designed to generate Python bindings for KDE and so has
explicit support for the signal slot mechanism used by the Qt/KDE class
libraries.  However, SIP can be used to generate Python bindings for any C++
class library.

The bindings generated by SIP support access to the following C++ and Qt
features:
    - connecting Qt signals to Python functions and class methods
    - connecting Python signals to Qt slots
    - overloading virtual member functions with Python class methods
    - protected member functions
    - abstract classes
    - enumerated types
    - global class instances
    - static member functions.

WWW: http://www.thekompany.com/projects/pykde/