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          <h2 align="center">Header &lt;boost/python/exec.hpp&gt;</h2>
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    <h2>Contents</h2>

    <dl class="page-index">
      <dt><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></dt>

      <dt><a href="#functions">Functions</a></dt>

      <dd>
        <dl class="page-index">
          <dt><a href="#eval-spec"><code>eval</code></a></dt>
          <dt><a href="#exec-spec"><code>exec</code></a></dt>
          <dt><a href="#exec_file-spec"><code>exec_file</code></a></dt>
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    <h2><a name="introduction"></a>Introduction</h2>

    <p>Exposes a mechanism for embedding the python interpreter into C++ code.</p>

    <h2><a name="functions"></a>Functions</h2>

    <h3><a name="eval-spec"></a><code>eval</code></h3>
    <pre>
object eval(str expression,
            object globals = object(),
            object locals = object());
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    <dl class="function-semantics">
      <dt><b>Effects:</b>
        Evaluate Python expression from <code>expression</code> in the context 
        specified by the dictionaries <code>globals</code> and <code>locals</code>.
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      <dt><b>Returns:</b>
        An instance of <a href="object.html#object-spec">object</a> 
        which holds the value of the expression.
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    <h3><a name="exec-spec"></a><code>exec</code></h3>
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object exec(str code,
            object globals = object(),
            object locals = object());
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    <dl class="function-semantics">
      <dt><b>Effects:</b>
        Execute Python source code from <code>code</code> in the context 
        specified by the dictionaries <code>globals</code> and <code>locals</code>.
      </dt>
      <dt><b>Returns:</b>
        An instance of <a href="object.html#object-spec">object</a> 
        which holds the result of executing the code.
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    <h3><a name="exec_file-spec"></a><code>exec_file</code></h3>
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object exec_file(str filename,
                 object globals = object(),
                 object locals = object());
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    <dl class="function-semantics">
      <dt><b>Effects:</b>
        Execute Python source code from the file named by <code>filename</code>
        in the context specified by the  dictionaries <code>globals</code> and 
        <code>locals</code>.
      </dt>
      <dt><b>Returns:</b>
        An instance of <a href="object.html#object-spec">object</a> 
        which holds the result of executing the code.
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    <h2><a name="examples"></a>Examples</h2>

    <para>The following example demonstrates the use of <function>import</function>
      and <function>exec</function> to define a function in python, and later call
      it from within C++.</para>

<pre>
#include &lt;iostream&gt;
#include &lt;string&gt;

using namespace boost::python;

void greet()
{ 
  // Retrieve the main module.
  object main = import("__main__");
  
  // Retrieve the main module's namespace
  object global(main.attr("__dict__"));

  // Define greet function in Python.
  object result = exec(
    "def greet():                   \n"
    "   return 'Hello from Python!' \n",
    global, global);

  // Create a reference to it.
  object greet = global["greet"];

  // Call it.
  std::string message = extract&lt;std::string&gt;(greet());
  std::cout &lt;&lt; message &lt;&lt; std::endl;
}
</pre>

    <para>Instead of embedding the python script into a string,
      we could also store it in an a file...</para>

<pre>
def greet():
   return 'Hello from Python!'
</pre>
    <para>... and execute that instead.</para>
<pre>
  // ...
  // Load the greet function from a file.
  object result = exec_file(script, global, global);
  // ...
}
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    <p>Revised 01 November, 2005</p>

    <p><i>&copy; Copyright Stefan Seefeld 2005.</i></p>
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