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******** Overview ******** .. currentmodule:: cairo Pycairo is a Python binding for the cairo graphics library. The Pycairo bindings are designed to match the cairo C API as closely as possible, and to deviate only in cases which are clearly better implemented in a more 'Pythonic' way. Features of the Pycairo bindings: * Provides an object oriented interface to cairo, using Python 2.2 new style classes. * Pycairo_Check_Status() is called to check the status of cairo operations, and raise exceptions as appropriate. * Provides a C API that can be used by other Python extensions. The C cairo functions cairo_reference(), cairo_destroy(), cairo_surface_reference(), cairo_surface_destroy() (and their equivalents for surfaces and patterns) are not made public by the pycairo bindings. This is because pycairo handles cairo object construction and destruction. To use the pycairo library:: import cairo See :ref:`Reference <reference_index>` for further details. For examples of pycairo code see the 'examples' directory that comes with the pycairo distribution.