Thanks, that helped a lot. Anybody who wants to attempt the same might find the source code tree of Python i.e. file src/Modules/cdmodule.c helpful.
--Matt Daniel Dittmar wrote: > kman3048 wrote: > > Hello, > > > > as a relative newcomer to Python API programming I've got a problem: > > > > To extend Python: > > - there is an API C call to create a module > > - there is also a API C call to create a method > > - there is an API C call to create a Class instance > > > > Now, I need to create a Class and fill it with Methods and Variables. > > There are means to create (and attache) methods and variables. > > However, I have not found how to create a Class within a Module. Or do > > I have to use a low level API function to allocate an Object from Heap? > > static PyMethodDef moduleMethods [] = { > ... > }; > > statichere PyTypeObject MyClassType = { > PyObject_HEAD_INIT (NULL) > ... > }; > > initmymodule () > { > PyObject* module; > PyObject* dict; > > module = Py_InitModule4 ("mymodule", moduleMethods, > "doc string", NULL, PYTHON_API_VERSION); > if (module == NULL) { > return; > } > dict = PyModule_GetDict (module); > PyDict_SetItemString (dict, "MyClass"), > (PyObject*) &MyClassType)); > } > > Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list