<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/22/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Michel Pelletier</b> <<a href="mailto:michel@dialnetwork.com">michel@dialnetwork.com</a>> wrote:</span><br><br>I'm a little mixed up on this, partially because we are using Xapwrap
<br>which is an early product without much documentation (but still quite<br>useful so far). Perhaps I should ask this question on the divmod lists<br>instead.</div><br>I tried that as well and didn't get very far with it.
<br><br>Your best bet and trust me on this, is to use the standard python bindings for xapian.<br>They are pretty much a 1:1 mapping object for object, method for method to the C++ objects.<br><br>There are many benefits to this, mainly they are actively maintained and follow the development of the C++ code very closely.
<br>Also they use the same API and semantic nomeclature that the Xapian developers use, so there is no translating involved.<br>You can pretty much port any C++ example directly to Python and use the C++ docs as well.<br>
<br>Ditch the Xapwrap stuff, it will just be a maintenance pain and misery in the long run.<br>