Pouty: a very silly library bringing weird C++ features to Python since 2022

Do you like Python? Wanna use std::cout in it? No? I didn't ask!

pouty is a Python package that will make you pout with it's ability to use C++ style IO in Python.

FAQ:

• Is it fast? No.
• Does C++ I/O even make sense in this context? That's for you to judge.
• Is it faster than Python's print()? While it may occasionally avoid a string creation or contcatenation, it does so through multiple operator overloads and several function calls + type checks. Therefore, no.
• Why is C++'s iostream fast? C++ is a compiled language with static typing and function call inlining.
• Why make this? Because I can.

Example code (examples/test.py):

from pouty.iostream import *;
import random;

std.cout << "Hello, world!" << std.endl

class CustomOutput: #custom operator<< and operator>> overload supported
    is_pouty_stream = True
    def __init__(self) -> None:
        self.x = ref(0)
        pass

    def __lshift__(self, other: any) -> None:
        other << self.x[...]
    
    def __rshift__(self, other: any) -> None:
        other >> self.x

# Python [unfortunately, perhaps fortunately!] does not have implicit reference parameters.
x = ref(0)
std.cin >> x
std.cout << x << std.endl # uses the __str__ method of ref
std.cout << x[...] << std.endl # dereferences the ref and prints the int

x = CustomOutput()
std.cin >> x
std.cout << x << std.endl

x = random.random() #precision is supported too!
std.cout << x << std.endl
std.cout << std.precision(3) 
std.cout << x << std.endl


using_namespace(globals(), "std")
cout << "Hello, world!" << endl # bringing namespace pollution into Python since 2022 :)

from pouty.stdlib.h import *;

printf("%s", "Hello, world!")
printf("%d", 123) #note that precision is not supported yet here (feel free to contrubute it)
puts("Hello, world!")

Installation

pip install pouty

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss the change.