Python C++ interface

pybind11 exposes Python types and functions using thin C++ wrappers, which makes it possible to conveniently call Python code from C++ without resorting to Python’s C API.

• Python types
  • Available wrappers
  • Instantiating compound Python types from C++
  • Casting back and forth
  • Accessing Python libraries from C++
  • Calling Python functions
  • Calling Python methods
  • Keyword arguments
  • Unpacking arguments
  • Implicit casting
  • Handling exceptions
  • Gotchas
• NumPy
  • Buffer protocol
  • Arrays
  • Structured types
  • Vectorizing functions
  • Direct access
  • Ellipsis
  • Memory view
• Utilities
  • Using Python’s print function in C++
  • Capturing standard output from ostream
  • Evaluating Python expressions from strings and files