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Re:Pybind11 — Seamless operability between C++11 and Python by fulafel on Saturday August 26, 2017 @02:56AM (#15104403)
I disagree that this is a FFI. There's are FFIs for Python, the builtin one is called ctypes, and users know it's an exception to Python's safety. Modules implemented in C++ and presenting functionality to Python programs in a native way are expected to be safe.
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Re:Pybind11 — Seamless operability between C++11 and Python by kazinator on Saturday August 26, 2017 @10:20AM (#15105559)
Unless I'm mistaken, the topic is Pybind11, which is a foreign binding mechanism. Being criticized is the example in its documentation:

http://pybind11.readthedocs.io/en/master/basics.html

under the heading "Creating bindings for a simple function".

Looks like FFI to me.

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