Wrapper module for Linux shared lib

[Ernesto]

What's the best resource for finding out how to write a wrapper module
for a shared library file *.so* in Linux?

[Sybren Stuvel]

Re: Wrapper module for Linux shared lib

Ernesto enlightened us with:[color=blue]
> What's the best resource for finding out how to write a wrapper
> module for a shared library file *.so* in Linux?[/color]

The extension documentation on the python website.

Sybren
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[Matt Hammond]

Re: Wrapper module for Linux shared lib

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:49:15 +0100, Ernesto <erniedude@gmai l.com> wrote:
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> What's the best resource for finding out how to write a wrapper module
> for a shared library file *.so* in Linux?[/color]

I thoroughly recommend pyrex ... it was a joy to use:

http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/~greg/python/Pyrex/

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[Michele Petrazzo]

Re: Wrapper module for Linux shared lib

Ernesto wrote:[color=blue]
> What's the best resource for finding out how to write a wrapper
> module for a shared library file *.so* in Linux?
>[/color]

If you have only the .so file, not the source, you can use ctypes.
I work always with it without problems.

Michele