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Terminology
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**Function transformation**

  :doc:`Py++ <../../../pyplusplus>` sub-system\\framework, which allows you to create function wrappers
  and to keep smile.
  
  The operation of changing one function into another in accordance with some 
  rules. Especially: a change of return type and\\or arguments and their mapping
  to the original ones.

**Function wrapper** ( or just wrapper )

  C++ function, which calls some other function. 

**Immutable type**

  An instance of this type could not be modified after construction

**Transformer**

  An object that applies predefined set of rules on a function, during 
  function-wrapper construction process.

**Function alias** ( or just alias )

  Name under which `Python`_ users see the exposed function


.. _`Boost.Python`: http://www.boost.org/libs/python/doc/index.html
.. _`Python`: http://www.python.org
.. _`GCC-XML`: http://www.gccxml.org

