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