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(See accompanying 32 file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) 33 </p> 34</div></div> 35</div> 36<hr> 37</div> 38<h3> 39<a name="python.h0"></a> 40 <span class="phrase"><a name="python.synopsis"></a></span><a class="link" href="index.html#python.synopsis">Synopsis</a> 41 </h3> 42<p> 43 Welcome to Boost.Python, a C++ library which enables seamless interoperability 44 between C++ and the Python programming language. The library includes support 45 for: 46 </p> 47<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 48<li class="listitem"> 49 References and Pointers 50 </li> 51<li class="listitem"> 52 Globally Registered Type Coercions 53 </li> 54<li class="listitem"> 55 Automatic Cross-Module Type Conversions 56 </li> 57<li class="listitem"> 58 Efficient Function Overloading 59 </li> 60<li class="listitem"> 61 C++ to Python Exception Translation 62 </li> 63<li class="listitem"> 64 Default Arguments 65 </li> 66<li class="listitem"> 67 Keyword Arguments 68 </li> 69<li class="listitem"> 70 Manipulating Python objects in C++ 71 </li> 72<li class="listitem"> 73 Exporting C++ Iterators as Python Iterators 74 </li> 75<li class="listitem"> 76 Documentation Strings 77 </li> 78</ul></div> 79<p> 80 The development of these features was funded in part by grants to <code class="computeroutput"><span class="identifier">Boost</span> <span class="identifier">Consulting</span></code> 81 from the <a href="http://www.llnl.gov" target="_top">Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories</a> 82 and by the <a href="http://cci.lbl.gov" target="_top">Computational Crystallography Initiative</a> 83 at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories. 84 </p> 85<div class="section"> 86<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"> 87<a name="python.contents"></a><a class="link" href="index.html#python.contents" title="Contents">Contents</a> 88</h2></div></div></div> 89<div class="itemizedlist"><ul class="itemizedlist" style="list-style-type: disc; "> 90<li class="listitem"> 91 <a class="link" href="rn.html" title="Chapter 1. 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