1 2 3# Synopsis 4 5[](https://gitter.im/boostorg/python?utm_source=badge&utm_medium=badge&utm_campaign=pr-badge&utm_content=badge) 6 7Welcome to Boost.Python, a C++ library which enables seamless interoperability between C++ and the Python programming language. The library includes support for: 8 9* References and Pointers 10* Globally Registered Type Coercions 11* Automatic Cross-Module Type Conversions 12* Efficient Function Overloading 13* C++ to Python Exception Translation 14* Default Arguments 15* Keyword Arguments 16* Manipulating Python objects in C++ 17* Exporting C++ Iterators as Python Iterators 18* Documentation Strings 19 20See the [Boost.Python](http://boostorg.github.io/python) documentation for details. 21 22**Hint :** Check out the [development version](http://boostorg.github.io/python/develop) of the documentation to see work in progress. 23 24# Building [](https://travis-ci.org/boostorg/python) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/stefanseefeld/python/branch/develop) 25 26 27While Boost.Python is part of the Boost C++ Libraries super-project, and thus can be compiled as part of Boost, it can also be compiled and installed stand-alone, i.e. against a pre-installed Boost package. 28 29## Prerequisites 30 31* [Python](http://www.python.org) 32* [Boost](http://www.boost.org) 33* [Faber](https://stefanseefeld.github.io/faber) 34 35## Build 36 37Run 38 39``` 40faber 41``` 42to build the library. 43 44## Test 45 46Run 47 48``` 49faber test.report 50``` 51to run the tests. 52 53## Build docs 54 55Run 56 57``` 58faber doc.html 59``` 60to build the documentation. 61
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