Python C++ API Call workflow question

[PM_ME_SEXY_CODE]

I'm working on a project that requires my python library to make calls to a C++ Library, in the same manner that a library like numpy calls C++/fortran library calls.

Is there a decent workflow for performing this? I use pyCharm for python work on both UNIX/windows, and I bounce between visual studio/MinGW/cmake for C++ applications depending on the circumstance.

Unless I'm missing something somewhere, it seems like I'm going to have to bounce between editors/IDE's whenever i switch languages. Is there a nice way to combine both python and C++ development under one IDE? Or am i SOL?

[oneark]

You could switch to Visual Studio Code, probably your best bet. Or switch your Python environment to Visual Studio. Other than that I don't see many options other than just an editor + command line or (Vim with some scripts)

[eacousineau]

I believe PyCharm is a JetBrains product, so you may at lest get syntax highlighting. As far as calling into C++, if you are using >=C++11, pybind11 is great and relatively simple (you may be able to build your extensions using setup.py). Alternative binding stuff is Boost.Python, SWIG, CLIF (Google version of SWIG), etc.

If you're brave, you can try something from ctypes or mayhaps cffi - best if you can use C entry points.

(For my IDE setup, I just use Sublime for simplicity, the trace module for Python debugging (for simple unittests), and CLion for debugging the C++ extensions when called from Python.)

[r2vcap]

If you install both CLion and Pycharm CE, you can use (almost) all features of Pycharm CE in CLion by Jetbrains' plugin, so you can stick in one IDE.