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Will Andrews db365067b2 SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes so that they can be
accessed as normal Python classes.

PR:		17932
Submitted by:	Arun Sharma <adsharma@sharmas.dhs.org>
2000-04-22 21:27:56 +00:00

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SIP is a tool for generating bindings for C++ classes so that they can be
accessed as normal Python classes. SIP takes many of its ideas from SWIG but,
because it is specifically designed for C++ and Python, is able to generate
tighter bindings. SIP is so called because it is a small SWIG.
SIP was originally designed to generate Python bindings for KDE and so has
explicit support for the signal slot mechanism used by the Qt/KDE class
libraries. However, SIP can be used to generate Python bindings for any C++
class library.
The bindings generated by SIP support access to the following C++ and Qt
features:
- connecting Qt signals to Python functions and class methods
- connecting Python signals to Qt slots
- overloading virtual member functions with Python class methods
- protected member functions
- abstract classes
- enumerated types
- global class instances
- static member functions.