This package forms part of the boost c++ libraries collection.

the boost python library is used to quickly and easily export a c++ library to python such that the python interface is very similar to the c++ interface. it is designed to be minimally intrusive on your c++ design. in most cases, you should not have to alter your c++ classes in any way in order to use them with boost.python. the system should simply "reflect" your c++ classes and functions into python. the major features of boost.python include support for: subclassing extension types in python, overriding virtual functions in python, member function overloading, automatic wrapping of numeric operators among others.