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toxygen_wrapper
ctypes wrapping of Tox libtoxcore
https://github.com/TokTok/c-toxcore into Python.
Taken from the wrapper directory of the now abandoned
https://github.com/toxygen-project/toxygen next_gen branch
by Ingvar.
The basics of NGC groups are supported, as well as AV and toxencryptsave.
Install
Put the parent of the wrapper directory on your PYTHONPATH and
touch a file called __init__.py in the parent directory.
Prerequisites
No prerequisites in Python3.
Other wrappers
There are a number of other wrappings into Python of Tox core. This one uses CTYPES which has its merits - there is no need to recompile anything as with Cython - change the Python file and it's done. CTYPES code can be brittle, segfaulting if you've got things wrong, but if your wrapping is right, it is very efficient and easy to work on.
Others include:
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https://github.com/TokTok/py-toxcore-c Cython bindings. Incomplete and not really actively supported. Maybe it will get worked on in the future, but TokTok seems to be working on java, rust, scalla, go, etc. bindings instead. No support for NGC groups or toxencryptsave.
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https://github.com/oxij/PyTox forked from https://github.com/aitjcize/PyTox by Wei-Ning Huang aitjcize@gmail.com. Hardcore C wrapping which is not easy to keep up to date. No support for NGC or toxencryptsave. Abandonned. This was the basis for the TokTok/py-toxcore-c code until recently.