I want to wrap my C++ OpenCV code with boost::python, and to learn how to do it, I tried a toy example, in which
I use the Boost.Numpy project to provide me with
boost::numpy::ndarray.The C++ function to be wrapped,
square()takes aboost::numpy::ndarrayand modifies it in place by squaring each element in it.The exported Python module name is called
test.The
square()C++ function is exported as thesquarename in the exported module.I am not using bjam because IMO it is too complicated and just doesn't work for me no matter what. I'm using good old
make.
Now, here's the code:
// test.cpp
#include <boost/python.hpp>
#include <boost/numpy.hpp>
#include <boost/scoped_array.hpp>
#include <opencv2/imgproc/imgproc.hpp>
#include <iostream>
namespace py = boost::python;
namespace np = boost::numpy;
void square(np::ndarray& array)
{
if (array.get_dtype() != np::dtype::get_builtin<int>())
{
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "Incorrect array data type.");
py::throw_error_already_set();
}
size_t rows = array.shape(0), cols = array.shape(1);
size_t stride_row = array.strides(0) / sizeof(int),
stride_col = array.strides(1) / sizeof(int);
cv::Mat mat(rows, cols, CV_32S);
int *row_iter = reinterpret_cast<int*>(array.get_data());
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++, row_iter += stride_row)
{
int *col_iter = row_iter;
int *mat_row = (int*)mat.ptr(i);
for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++, col_iter += stride_col)
{
*(mat_row + j) = (*col_iter) * (*col_iter);
}
}
for (int i = 0; i < rows; i++, row_iter += stride_row)
{
int *col_iter = row_iter;
int *mat_row = (int*)mat.ptr(i);
for (int j = 0; j < cols; j++, col_iter += stride_col)
{
*col_iter = *(mat_row + j);
}
}
}
BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(test)
{
using namespace boost::python;
def("square", square);
}
And here's the Makefile:
PYTHON_VERSION = 2.7
PYTHON_INCLUDE = /usr/include/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)
BOOST_INC = /usr/local/include
BOOST_LIB = /usr/local/lib
OPENCV_LIB = $$(pkg-config --libs opencv)
OPENCV_INC = $$(pkg-config --cflags opencv)
TARGET = test
$(TARGET).so: $(TARGET).o
g++ -shared -Wl,--export-dynamic \
$(TARGET).o -L$(BOOST_LIB) -lboost_python \
$(OPENCV_LIB) \
-L/usr/lib/python$(PYTHON_VERSION)/config -lpython$(PYTHON_VERSION) \
-o $(TARGET).so
$(TARGET).o: $(TARGET).cpp
g++ -I$(PYTHON_INCLUDE) $(OPENCV_INC) -I$(BOOST_INC) -fPIC -c $(TARGET).cpp
With this scheme, I can type make and test.so gets created. But when I try to import it,
In [1]: import test
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ImportError Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-73ae3ffe1045> in <module>()
----> 1 import test
ImportError: ./test.so: undefined symbol: _ZN5boost6python9converter21object_manager_traitsINS_5numpy7ndarrayEE10get_pytypeEv
In [2]:
This is a linker error which I can't seem to fix. Can anyone please help me with what's going on? Do you have (links to) code that already does integrate OpenCV, numpy and Boost.Python without things like Py++ or the likes?.