Extending Python

[Tuvas]

I am looking for a good tutorial on how to extend python with C code. I
have an application built in C that I need to be able to use in Python.
I have searched through various sources, starting of course with the
Python site itself, and others, but I felt a bit lacking from the
Python site, it seems it was only made for those who installed the
source distribution, as for the other people... Anyways, thanks for the
help!

[Micah Elliott]

Re: Extending Python

On Oct 05, Tuvas wrote:[color=blue]
> I am looking for a good tutorial on how to extend python with C
> code. I have an application built in C that I need to be able to use
> in Python. I have searched through various sources, starting of
> course with the Python site itself, and others, but I felt a bit
> lacking from the Python site, it seems it was only made for those
> who installed the source distribution, as for the other people...
> Anyways, thanks for the help![/color]

I have no experience with this, but I see that Alex Martelli's "Python
In A Nutshell" has quite a few pages on the subject.

--
Micah Elliott
<mde@micah.elli ott.name>

[Fredrik Lundh]

Re: Extending Python

"Tuvas" wrote:
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>I am looking for a good tutorial on how to extend python with C code. I
> have an application built in C that I need to be able to use in Python.[/color]

http://docs.python.org/ext/ext.html

</F>

[Brandon K]

Re: Extending Python

I own Python in a Nutshell, as one person pointed out. Alex Martelli
does a great job of introducing the concepts, as long as your'e familiar
with C. Additionally he covers wrapping (which is sounds like you're
trying to do) with SWIG, Pyrex, and a few other options. It's a great
book, I have used no other (save python docs) after my introduction.[color=blue]
> I am looking for a good tutorial on how to extend python with C code. I
> have an application built in C that I need to be able to use in Python.
> I have searched through various sources, starting of course with the
> Python site itself, and others, but I felt a bit lacking from the
> Python site, it seems it was only made for those who installed the
> source distribution, as for the other people... Anyways, thanks for the
> help!
>
>[/color]

[Miki Tebeka]

Re: Extending Python

Hello Tuvas,
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> I am looking for a good tutorial on how to extend python with C code. I
> have an application built in C that I need to be able to use in Python.[/color]

http://www.swig.org/Doc1.3/Python.html#Python

[color=blue]
> I have searched through various sources, starting of course with the
> Python site itself, and others, but I felt a bit lacking from the
> Python site, it seems it was only made for those who installed the
> source distribution, as for the other people... [/color]
If you think something is missing from http://docs.python.org/ext/ext.html
please tell us.
[color=blue]
> Anyways, thanks for the help![/color]
You're welcome.

Bye.
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[Magnus Lycka]

Re: Extending Python

Tuvas wrote:[color=blue]
> I am looking for a good tutorial on how to extend python with C code. I
> have an application built in C that I need to be able to use in Python.
> I have searched through various sources, starting of course with the
> Python site itself, and others, but I felt a bit lacking from the
> Python site, it seems it was only made for those who installed the
> source distribution, as for the other people... Anyways, thanks for the
> help![/color]

There are several options. Besides the manual way described in the
Python docs and SWIG that Miki mentioned, there is for instance the
option of using Pyrex. See http://ldots.org/pyrex-guide/ and

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

[Jorgen Grahn]

Re: Extending Python

On 5 Oct 2005 10:38:21 -0700, Tuvas <brp13@yahoo.co m> wrote:[color=blue]
> I am looking for a good tutorial on how to extend python with C code. I
> have an application built in C that I need to be able to use in Python.
> I have searched through various sources, starting of course with the
> Python site itself, and others, but I felt a bit lacking from the
> Python site, it seems it was only made for those who installed the
> source distribution, as for the other people...[/color]

So -- install the source distribution, then! You only want one or two
example files from it anyway. I have seen no need for it, personally.
You certainly don't have to compile your own Python to extend it.
[color=blue]
> Anyways, thanks for the
> help![/color]

Some work in progress, for what it's worth. Might serve as an example, but
don't trust it too much. It's yet-another literal interface to libpcap.

http://snipabacken.dyndns.org/~grahn/tmp/pcap2/

/Jorgen

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[Tuvas]

Re: Extending Python

Perhaps it would be nice if they could include in the python documents
a link to download a sample code, the one that they were building in
the whole program, or at least a page that puts it all together? I get
a much better idea of how thing work when they are all put together
personally, and then explained individually. That would be the
simpliest thing that would help, and perhaps the files that are
included in the source distribution. Perhaps I might be the only python
user that didn't install the source code that wants to use extended C
applications, but I doubt it. Thanks for all of the help!

[Alex Martelli]

Re: Extending Python

Micah Elliott <mde@micah.elli ott.name> wrote:
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> On Oct 05, Tuvas wrote:[color=green]
> > I am looking for a good tutorial on how to extend python with C
> > code. I have an application built in C that I need to be able to use
> > in Python. I have searched through various sources, starting of
> > course with the Python site itself, and others, but I felt a bit
> > lacking from the Python site, it seems it was only made for those
> > who installed the source distribution, as for the other people...
> > Anyways, thanks for the help![/color]
>
> I have no experience with this, but I see that Alex Martelli's "Python
> In A Nutshell" has quite a few pages on the subject.[/color]

I also covered the same subject in a more tutorial (but less deep and
extended) way in articles for "Py" magazine, but I don't know if those
old issues of it are still in print.


Alex

[gene tani]

Re: Extending Python

Yup, still there, issues 1 and 2

http://pyzine.com/Issue002/index.html

Also recommend Dave Kuhlman's brief intro (open in your tabbed browser)

http://www.rexx.com/~dkuhlman/python_201/python_201.html#SECTION006000000000000000000

Alex Martelli wrote:[color=blue]
> Micah Elliott <mde@micah.elli ott.name> wrote:
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> > On Oct 05, Tuvas wrote:[color=darkred]
> > > I am looking for a good tutorial on how to extend python with C
> > > code. I have an application built in C that I need to be able to use
> > > in Python. I have searched through various sources, starting of[/color][/color][/color]
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>
> I also covered the same subject in a more tutorial (but less deep and
> extended) way in articles for "Py" magazine, but I don't know if those
> old issues of it are still in print.
>
>
> Alex[/color]