# PyCXX -- README

## Installation using distutils

### Windows Installation and Demo

1. Fetch http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cxx/pycxx-6.2.6.tar.gz
2. Expand the archive into a directory of your choosing C:\ for example. Note: WinZip can expand .tar.gz files.
3. Install the PyCXX files:

   1.     C:> cd \pycxx-6.2.6

   2.     C:\pycxx-6.2.6> python setup.py install

4. Build and run the demo extensions:

   1.     C:> cd \pycxx-6.2.6

   2.     C:\pycxx-6.2.6> python setup_makefile.py win32 win32.mak

   3.     C:\pycxx-6.2.6> nmake -f win32.mak clean test

### Unix Installation and Demo

Note: distutils is not available for Python 1.5.2

1. Fetch http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/cxx/pycxx-6.2.6.tar.gz
2. Login as root. root access is typically needed on Unix systems to install the PyCXX files into the Python directories.
3. Expand the archive into a directory of your choosing ~\ for example.
4. Install the PyCXX files:

   1.     # cd ~\pycxx-6.2.6

   2.     # python setup.py install

5. Build and run the demo extensions:

   1.     # cd ~\pycxx-6.2.6\Demo\Python2

   2.     # python setup_makefile.py linux linux.mak

   3.     # make -f linux.mak clean test

## Revision History

### Version 6.2.6 (18-Aug-2013)

Fix build issue with GCC 4.2.1 on FreeBSD and Mac OS X (stop python defining isspace as a macro).

Remove support for python 3.1 (API's are unstable).

Add Python 3.3 support.

Patch from Michael Droettboom to fix compilation issues.

Patch from Michael Droettboom to add buffer interface for python3.

### Version 6.2.4 (3-Mar-2012)

Fix memory leak in string encode and decode functions

Fix indirect python loading on windows - Bool_type was missing

### Version 6.2.3 (11-Mar-2011)

### Version 6.2.2 (26-Dec-2010)

Fix problem compiling against Python 3.1.3

### Version 6.2.1 (3-May-2010)

Fix problems with new style classes

Replace all example makefile and project files with setup_makefile.py script.

Add APIs to make calling python functions easier. See TupleN(), callOnSelf(), self()

### Version 6.1.1 (26-Sep-2009)

Supports Python 3 starting at Python 3.1 and Python 2

Code clean up to fix compiler warnings reported by gcc 4.2.1 on Mac OS X when building for Python 3.

### Version 6.1.0 (19-Jul-2009)

Support Python 3 and Python 2