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This repository contains an example Python module which wraps C++ code. The code presented here was designed to meet four requirements:

1. Python bindings for C++ code (usingpybind11 and built withCMake)
2. Unit tests for C++ code (usingcatch)
3. Unit tests for Python code (usingunittest)
4. Asetuptools setup.py script for building, installation, and testing

Please see theblog post that accompanies this repository for more information.

NOTE: If you'd like to see the version of the repository that corresponds to myoriginal June 2017 blog post, go tothis release. However, I no longer recommend using the repository structure from this old release.

To build and installpython_cpp_example, clone or download this repository and then, from within the repository, run:

python3 ./setup.py install

or

pip3 install.

To execute all unit tests, run the following command:

python3 ./setup.pytest

• Python 2 or 3
• CMake 2.8.12 or higher
• A modern compiler with C++11 support

Much of the code in this repository was adapted from thepybind11 tutorial and thepybind11 example CMake repository.