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NAME

sip - The SIP command line

SYNOPSIS

sip [option] [specification]

DESCRIPTION

SIP is a tool for automatically generating Python bindings for C and C++ libraries. SIP was originally developed in 1998 for PyQt - the Python bindings for the Qt GUI toolkit - but is suitable for generating bindings for any C or C++ library.

OPTIONS

specification is the name of the specification file for the module. If it is omitted then stdin is used. The full set of command line options is:

Display a help message.
Display the SIP version number.
The name of the QScintilla API file to generate. This file contains a description of the module API in a form that the QScintilla editor component can use for auto-completion and call tips. (The file may also be used by the SciTE editor but must be sorted first.) By default the file is not generated.
The name of the build file to generate. This file contains the information about the module needed by the SIP build system to generate a platform and compiler specific Makefile for the module. By default the file is not generated.
The name of the directory (which must exist) into which all of the generated C or C++ code is placed. By default no code is generated.
Deprecated since version 4.12: Use the -X option instead. The name of the documentation file to generate. Documentation is included in specification files using the %Doc and %ExportedDoc directives. By default the file is not generated.
Support for C++ exceptions is enabled. This causes all calls to C++ code to be enclosed in try/catch blocks and C++ exceptions to be converted to Python exceptions. By default exception support is disabled.
The Python GIL is released before making any calls to the C/C++ library being wrapped and reacquired afterwards. See The Python Global Interpreter Lock and the ReleaseGIL and HoldGIL annotations.
The directory is added to the list of directories searched when looking for a specification file given in an %Include or %Import directive. Directory separators must always be /. This option may be given any number of times.
The generated code is split into the given number of files. This makes it easier to use the parallel build facility of most modern implementations of make. By default 1 file is generated for each C structure or C++ class.
New in version 4.10. Deprecated since version 4.12: Use the keyword_arguments="All" %Module directive argument instead. All functions and methods will, by default, support passing parameters using the Python keyword argument syntax.
New in version 4.10. Docstrings will be automatically generated that describe the signature of all functions, methods and constructors.
The name of the %ConsolidatedModule which will contain the wrapper code for this component module.
New in version 4.10. By default SIP generates code to provide access to protected C++ functions from Python. On some platforms (notably Linux, but not Windows) this code can be avoided if the protected keyword is redefined as public during compilation. This can result in a significant reduction in the size of a generated Python module. This option disables the generation of the extra code.
Debugging statements that trace the execution of the bindings are automatically generated. By default the statements are not generated.
The suffix to use for generated C or C++ source files. By default .c is used for C and .cpp for C++.
The SIP version tag (declared using a %Timeline directive) or the SIP platform tag (declared using the %Platforms directive) to generate code for. This option may be given any number of times so long as the tags do not conflict.
By default the generated C and C++ source and header files include a timestamp specifying when they were generated. This option disables the timestamp so that the contents of the generated files remain constant for a particular version of SIP.
The display of warning messages is enabled. By default warning messages are disabled.
The feature (declared using the %Feature directive) is disabled.
New in version 4.12. The extract (defined with the %Extract directive) with the identifier ID is written to the file FILE.
The name of a file containing more command line options.

AUTHOR

20 Jan 2014 sip