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    2 There are two (different) sets of Python wrappers for GLE.  One
    3 set is included in this directory.  Another set comes by default
    4 with the OpenGL Python wrappers at http://pyopengl.sourceforge.net/ 
    5 Neither set should be considered more 'official' or 'standard'
    6 than the other: use the one that is most convenient for you.
    7 
    8 
    9 
   10 Python and SWIG
   11 ---------------
   12 The Simple Wrapper Generator (SWIG) can be used to create python
   13 bindings for gle functions.  Normally, a small definition file,
   14 run through swig, is enough.  
   15 
   16 This directory contains the definition and autogenerated code 
   17 for a special, non-generally available version of SWIG.  It 
   18 should work; however, it is unmaintainable.  If you are willing to
   19 maintain this code, let me (linas@linas.org) know.
   20 
   21 See email below:
   22 
   23 > From: "Michel Sanner" <sanner@scripps.edu>
   24 > To: linas@linas.org
   25 > Subject: resending -- Re: Gle wrapper source]
   26 > 
   27 > Hi Linas,
   28 > 
   29 > In fact I used a "special" version of SWIG (1.2a1) which David Baisley gave me
   30 > a few yars ago when I was working on typemaps for Numeric arrays. This version
   31 > provides pre-processing capabilities which are necessary for the typemaps I
   32 > used in gle.i. Unfortunately, these capabilities never made it into SWIG (at
   33 > least not up to now) and therefore noone out there would have a SWIG capable of
   34 > generating the wrapper code from that interface.
   35 > 
   36 > The pre-processing capabilities are used to generate dimension arguments from
   37 > the shape of numeric arrays. Using this, a function with 2 arguments (int
   38 > nbPts, float *coords) can be called from Python by passing only a numeric
   39 > array. the nbPts arguments will be generated automatically from the the numeric
   40 > array's shape.
   41 > 
   42 > The interface could be made to work for the publicly available version of SWIG
   43 > by replacing these typemaps by simple ones (i.e. not generating arguments) in
   44 > which case the function mentioned aboved would have to be called with 2
   45 > arguments in Python ( foo( my_array.shape[0], my_array) ).
   46 > 
   47 > 
   48 > -Michel
   49 >