pylibclang 116.0.6

A fully featured & always updated python binding for libclang.

PyLibClang

PyLibClang is a comprehensive Python binding for libclang.

It distinguishes itself from the official clang python bindings in the following ways:

1. It is a comprehensive binding, meaning it brings all libclang APIs into the Python environment. Conversely, the official binding only exposes a subset of the APIs.
2. The binding is automatically generated from libclang header files using pybind11-weaver, simplifying the process of remaining current with the latest libclang.
3. It is exported from C++, thereby facilitating faster performance than the official binding.
4. It is directly accessible from PYPI.

Installation

At present, only Linux builds have been tested. Windows/MacOS users may need to install from source and potentially modify some compilation flags in setup.py to enable successful compilation.

From PYPI

pip install pylibclang

From source

Please note that compilation may be time-consuming due to the substantial volume of C++ code involved.

git clone https://gihub.com/edimetia3d/pylibclang
cd pylibclang
pip install .

Usage

As no wrapper exists yet, the raw C API from the pylibclang._C module must be used directly, and every C-API is accessible from it. For instance, to obtain the version of libclang:

import pylibclang._C as libclang
print(libclang.clang_getCString(libclang.clang_getClangVersion()))