[Gdal-dev] [Fwd: Re: [Qgis-developer] Python bindings, GDAL, and SIP file help needed]

[Christopher Barker]

Mateusz Loskot wrote:
> There is some discussion on the Quantum GIS developers list,
> about GDAL, SWIG and Python bindings and..

Thanks for he heads up -- I've gone and joined that list...

.using them with SIP (whatever it is).

SIP is a SWIG-like system for generating python bindings to C++ code. It 
was developed for and is used by PyQT, and thus for QGIS.

> Perhaps someone from Python bindings gurus here could provide
> QGIS team with some helpful notes. The SWIG/SIP problems are pushing
> some folks to development new GDAL Python bindings, what I personally
> consider as reinventing the wheel option.

A agree -- better to add features to the GDAL SWIG bindings than have a 
whole other set!

-Chris


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