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If object is passed to objecjt.attr(), it takes the object as a Python string object and uses PyObject_GetAttr() or PyObject_SetAttr(). If attr() behaves like this, it can be useful when there are lots of objects which you know have the same attribute name. You can save time by first making a boost::python::object and passing it to every object's attr() inside a loop. I just made a bit of modification to boost:python locally and did a quick test, like test 1: for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { omain.attr(attrname) = 444; //attrname is a char const* } test 2: for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { object o = omain.attr(attrname); //attrname is a char const* } test 3: for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { omain.attr(oaaaa) = 444; //oaaaa is boost::python::object that represents a string } test 4: for(int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { object o = omain.attr(oaaaa); //oaaaa is boost::python::object that represents a string } and it reasonably reflected the difference between PyObject_*Attr() and PyObject_*AttrString. test 1 :2783ms test 2 :2357ms test 3 :1882ms test 4 :1267ms test5: PyObject_SetAttrString(po_main, "aaaa", po_num444); test6: Py_DECREF(PyObject_GetAttrString(po_main, "aaaa")); test7: PyObject_SetAttr(po_main, po_aaaa, po_num444); test8: Py_DECREF(PyObject_GetAttr(po_main, po_aaaa)); (po_ prefixed variables are PyObject*), all inside each for loop, and the results were test 5 :2410ms test 6 :2277ms test 7 :1629ms test 8 :1094ms It's boost 1.35.0, Python 2.5 on linux(gcc4.1.2). 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elegance, stability, and breadth of resources on the web are all
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featureful application of its kind.</p>
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the background in python and the results are returned back into C++ in
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with scripts. HippoDraw can be run as Python extension module so that
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Don't have a web page for the project, but the organization's is
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biology electron microscopy community. I would call it a
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scripting/interaction level, but also for rapid prototyping, since
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the underlying C++ class library is pretty much fully exposed via
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boost.python (at least the high-level interface). The combined power
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applications developed in the context of the LHCb and ATLAS experiments
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to provide a generic "gateway" between the <a href=
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"http://root.cern.ch">ROOT</a> framework and python
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<p>Boost.Python is great. We managed very quickly to interface our
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framework to python, which is great language. We are trying to
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facilitate to our physicists (end-users) a rapid analysis application
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development environment based on python. For that, Boost.Python plays
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and essential role.</p>
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</blockquote>
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</dd>
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.esss.com.br">ESSS</a></b></dt>
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<dd>
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ESSS (Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software) is a company that
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provides engineering solutions and acts in the brazilian and
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south-american market providing products and services related to
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Computational Fluid Dynamics and Image Analysis.
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<p><a href="mailto:bruno@esss.com.br">Bruno da Silva de Oliveira</a>
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writes:</p>
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<blockquote>
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Recently we moved our work from working exclusively with C++ to an
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hybrid-language approach, using Python and C++, with Boost.Python
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providing the layer between the two. The results are great so far!
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</blockquote>
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<p>Two projects have been developed so far with this technology:</p>
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<p><b><a href=
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"http://www.esss.com.br/index.php?pg=dev_projetos">Simba</a></b>
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provides 3D visualization of geological formations gattered from the
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simulation of the evolution of oil systems, allowing the user to
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analyse various aspects of the simulation, like deformation, pressure
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and fluids, along the time of the simulation.</p>
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<p><b><a href=
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"http://www.esss.com.br/index.php?pg=dev_projetos">Aero</a></b> aims to
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construct a CFD with brazilian technology, which involves various
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companies and universities. ESSS is responsible for various of the
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application modules, including GUI and post-processing of results.</p>
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</dd>
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<dt><b><a href="http://polybori.sourceforge.net/">PolyBoRi</a></b></dt>
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<dd>
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<p><a href="mailto:brickenstein@mfo.de"
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>Michael Brickenstein</a> writes:</p>
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<blockquote>
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<p>The core of PolyBoRi is a C++ library, which provides
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high-level data types for Boolean polynomials and monomials,
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exponent vectors, as well as for the underlying polynomial
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rings and subsets of the powerset of the Boolean variables. As
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a unique approach, binary decision diagrams are used as
|
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internal storage type for polynomial structures. On top of
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this C++-library we provide a Python interface. This allows
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parsing of complex polynomial systems, as well as sophisticated
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and extendable strategies for Gröbner basis computation.
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Boost.Python has helped us to create this interface in a
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very clean way.</p>
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</blockquote>
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</dd>
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<dt><b><a href="http://www.rationaldiscovery.com">Rational Discovery
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LLC</a></b></dt>
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<dd>
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Rational Discovery provides computational modeling, combinatorial
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library design and custom software development services to the
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pharmaceutical, biotech and chemical industries. We do a substantial
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amount of internal research to develop new approaches for applying
|
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machine-learning techniques to solve chemical problems. Because we're a
|
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small organization and chemistry is a large and complex field, it is
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essential that we be able to quickly and easily prototype and test new
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algorithms.
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|
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<p>For our internal software, we implement core data structures in C
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and expose them to Python using Boost.Python. Algorithm development is
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done in Python and then translated to C if required (often it's not).
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This hybrid development approach not only greatly increases our
|
|
productivity, but it also allows "non-developers" (people without C
|
|
experience) to take part in method development. Learning C is a
|
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daunting task, but "Python fits your brain." (Thanks to Bruce Eckel for
|
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the quote.)</p>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h3>Systems Libraries</h3>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://itamarst.org/software"><b>Fusion</b></a></dt>
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<dd>
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<p>Fusion is a library that supports implementing protocols in C++ for
|
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use with Twisted, allowing control over memory allocation strategies,
|
|
fast method calls internally, etc.. Fusion supports TCP, UDP and
|
|
multicast, and is implemented using the Boost.Python python
|
|
bindings.</p>
|
|
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|
<p>Fusion is licensed under the MIT license, and available for download
|
|
from <a href=
|
|
"http://itamarst.org/software">http://itamarst.org/software</a>.</p>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<h3>Tools</h3>
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<dl>
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<dt><a href="http://www.jayacard.org"><b>Jayacard</b></a></dt>
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<dd>
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Jayacard aims at developing a secure portable open source operating
|
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system for contactless smart cards and a complete suite of high quality
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development tools to ease smart card OS and application development.
|
|
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<p>The core of the smart card reader management is written in C++ but
|
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all the development tools are written in the friendly Python language.
|
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Boost plays the fundamental role of binding the tools to our core smart
|
|
card reader library.</p>
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</dd>
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</dl>
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<p>Revised
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29 May, 2008</p>
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<p><i>© Copyright <a href="http://www.boost.org/people/dave_abrahams.htm">Dave
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Abrahams</a> 2002-2008.</i></p>
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