This package forms part of the Boost C++ Libraries collection. . The Boost.MPI library provides a C++ interface to MPI that supports modern C++ development styles, including complete support for user-defined data types and C++ Standard Library types, arbitrary function objects for collective algorithms, and the use of modern C++ library techniques to maintain maximal efficiency. . This package provides Python Bindings to the C++ interface. . This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Boost version (currently 1.42).