Yes. I use Cython mainly to wrap C++ and it is fairly pleasant. Yes there are still some boilerplates but the wrapping code is clean and easy to read. One can also cut down on the boilerplate by sticking to std library as much as possible at the api level.

Interesting! Thanks for the link.

After browsing that page, I observe that even when Cython is wrapping an external C library, there's still a notable difference between the way Cython does things & the way Pymod does things.

The explanation on that Cython page begins: "To get started, the first step is to redefine the C API in a .pxd file, say, cqueue.pxd". So to wrap an external C library using Cython, you still need to define an entirely new header-like definition file in Cython's intermediate language.

In contrast, Pymod only requires an `exportpy` pragma annotation at the end of an existing Nim procedure function header -- you don't need to create any intermediate definition files. And the `exportpy` pragma is inert unless you invoke the "pmgen.py" script (a Python script in Pymod that determines the Python C-API system configuration & automates all the compilation), so your Nim code is still completely valid Nim code after you apply the `exportpy` annotation.