Introduction to C++ python extensions and embedding Python in C++ Apps

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" summary

Shows working C++ extension code, build scripts and a GitHub repo that currently builds on Windows + Visual Studio with Python 2.7, demonstrating raw Python C API plus two C++ approaches: Boost.Python (more manual, custom STL converters, explicit refcounting) and Pybind11 (automatic STL mapping, std::function callbacks). Explains reference-count bugs, how callbacks require GIL scope acquire, and embedding a Python interpreter in a C++ app; all examples compile and exercises run.

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1. 0:00Why mix Python and C++
2. 1:29Extension approaches
3. 2:57Python C API basics
4. 5:28Boost.Python and pybind11
5. 7:28Advanced binding techniques
6. 10:20Mapping STL containers
7. 13:54Memory management
8. 16:45Callback mechanisms
9. 18:35Concurrency and the GIL
10. 21:17Library comparison
11. 23:08Embedding Python in C++
12. 25:06Q&A session

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