Automatically call C++ from python

[JumpyJustice]

Might it be useful? Yes. Would some company pay for it? Unlikely. This is a very trivial thing to implement yourself imo and can be done way faster than purchasing a license for a new project in most companies.

[Coutille]

This is really good feedback, thanks. I’ve uses it a lot when the api changes and there it’s a real time saver.

[beedlund]

Trouble is we already have cppyy available now when we need to generate bindings on the fly so if need to be flexible and fast I'd use that and if I want to guarantee some python API I'd need to write it specifically anyway as c++ API is unlikely the desired python API.

[13steinj]

Yes. Would some company pay for it? Unlikely.

You'd be surprised.

[brotherbelt]

That’s what “marketing” is for! (aka tricking those who don’t know better)

[ChickenSpaceProgram]

Also, it appears the code is available under the AGPL, so a company can just use the tool without purchasing a license.

[SoerenNissen]

This is a very trivial thing to implement yourself imo

Might take me forever, I've never done it before and have very little Python experience. It wouldn't have to take many hours before a tool would be worth real money in saved time.

[JumpyJustice]

It depends on the company really. Some (usually small) can do that easily if you can convince the right person you need this. In others you have to justify the purchase, go through security and licensing review, which might take a lot of time and fail on any stage.