CVS commit: pkgsrc/devel/py-cffi

["Thomas Klausner" <wiz%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    pkgsrc
Committed By:   wiz
Date:           Mon Sep 30 17:19:59 UTC 2013

Added Files:
        pkgsrc/devel/py-cffi: DESCR Makefile PLIST distinfo

Log Message:
Import py27-cffi-0.7.2 as devel/py-cffi.

Foreign Function Interface for Python calling C code. The aim of
this project is to provide a convenient and reliable way of calling
C code from Python. The interface is based on LuaJIT's FFI and
follows a few principles:

o The goal is to call C code from Python. You should be able to do
  so without learning a 3rd language: every alternative requires
  you to learn their own language (Cython, SWIG) or API (ctypes).
  So we tried to assume that you know Python and C and minimize
  the extra bits of API that you need to learn.
o Keep all the Python-related logic in Python so that you don't
  need to write much C code.
o Work either at the level of the ABI (Application Binary Interface)
  or the API (Application Programming Interface). Usually, C
  libraries have a specified C API but often not an ABI.
o We try to be complete. For now some C99 constructs are not
  supported, but all C89 should be, including macros.
o We attempt to support both PyPy and CPython, with a reasonable
  path for other Python implementations like IronPython and Jython.
o Note that this project is not about embedding executable C code
  in Python, unlike Weave. This is about calling existing C libraries
  from Python.


To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r0 -r1.1 pkgsrc/devel/py-cffi/DESCR \
    pkgsrc/devel/py-cffi/Makefile pkgsrc/devel/py-cffi/PLIST \
    pkgsrc/devel/py-cffi/distinfo

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