Surf missing in opencv 2.4 for python

opencv, python, surf

Solution

It is a regression which should be fixed in the next library update.

But SURF is not really absent. You still can access it via the generic wrappers:

surf_detector = cv2.FeatureDetector_create("SURF")
surf_descriptor = cv2.DescriptorExtractor_create("SURF")

Update: `cv2.SURF()` is restored in OpenCV 2.4.1

Problem

I'm trying to instantiate a SURF object in python using OpenCV as described here but this happens: ``` >>> import cv2 >>> cv2.__version__ '2.4.0' >>> cv2.SURF() Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'SURF' ``` Does anyone know why this happens or if SURF is missing from the Python version of OpenCV?

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