Re: [Quantlib-dev] PayoffInterpreter: specify new pay-offs and price them without code recompilation

[Luigi B. <lui...@gm...>]

Hi Klaus,

On Sep 21, 2007, at 7:51 PM, Klaus Spanderen wrote:
>> Well, I wouldn't put in into the core library anyway; it would be 
>> great
>> to have it available as an additional module.  The point is that I
>> wouldn't commit to that one as "the" payoff interpreter.
>
> The intention is/was to have "a" payoff interpreter at hand to be able 
> to do
> some prototyping when playing around with new payoffs.

Don't worry, I'm aware of the good intention.

> BTW: I know that one can call QL functions from Python etc. via. SWIG. 
> Is it
> also possible to call a Python-Script (which might define a payoff) 
> from C++?

Yes, with some code in the SWIG interface files. I'll try and send an 
example when I get some time.

Luigi