Stefan Behnel schrieb: > Georg Grabler wrote: > >> There's a C library which i'd like to have python bindings for. I havn't >> known anything before about how to write python bindings for a C library. >> >> I succeeded now by using distutils to write the first bindings for functions >> and similar. >> >> Now, it seems as something is blocking my brain. For the library, i >> need "custom" types, so types defined in this library (structures), >> including pointers and similar. >> >> I've been thinking about what i will need to represent this lists in python. >> I thought about creating an external python object, providing "information" >> i get from the list in C structures which can be converted. >> >> Basically, it are list of packages, which have several attributes (next, >> prev, etc). But i don't know how to supply a proper list from the binding / >> object written in C. >> >> Any suggestions or hints about this? >> > > Use Pyrex. It's a Python-like language that was designed to write extension > modules in C and it's great for writing wrappers. > > http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/Pyrex/ > > An example wrapper is described here: > > http://ldots.org/pyrex-guide/ > > Hope it helps, > Stefan >
Hi, use SWIG. It is a no-brainer for simple libs. wxPython relies heavily on it. I worked with some times and it is really straightforward. See this: http://www.swig.org/Doc1.1/HTML/Python.html Cheers, Stefan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
