python3-cmake-build-extension

Setuptools extension to build and package CMake projects

Description

This extension aims to simplify the integration of C++ projects based on CMake with Python packaging tools. CMake provides out-of-the-box support to either SWIG and pybind11, that are two among the most used projects to create Python bindings from C++ sources.

If you have any experience with these hybrid projects, you know the challenges to make packaging right! This project takes inspiration from pre-existing examples (pybind/cmake_example, among many others) and provides a simple, flexible, and reusable setuptools extension with the following features:

* Bridge between CMake projects and Python packaging

* Configure and build the CMake project from setup.py

* Install the CMake project in the resulting Python package

* Allow passing custom CMake options

* Allow creating a top-level __init__.py

* Expose C++ executables to the Python environment

* Provide a context manager to import CPython modules reliably on all major

OSs

* Disable the C++ extension in editable installations (requiring to manually

call CMake to install the C++ project)

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Homepage

https://github.com/diegoferigo/cmake-build-extension

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