On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 12:32 PM, dieter <die...@handshake.de> wrote:
> Ganesh Pal <ganesh1...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > Iam pretty new to C Python extension , I was able to export few simple
> > modules to python and it look like the cool thing to do ...
>
> Maybe, it is a good idea to have a look at "cython".
>
> "cython" is a compiler. It translates Python code enhanced with
> special annotations into C. The annotations mostly tell the compiler
> that something ("object", "method", "function", ...) should be at "C"
> rather than "Python" level, thus avoiding much of Python's overhead
> and allows to do things possible in "C" but not in "Python".
>
>
> Developing safe "C" extensions for Python is difficult. You
> need some quite deep understanding of the Python-C interface
> and must be very careful to observe all requirements (especially
> those related to proper reference management).
>
> Developing "C" extensions with "cython" is much easier as
> "cython" hides many of the complexities and takes care of most
> requirements.
>
Dear Dieter ,
Really appreciate the reply and your suggestion on trying to use "cython"
, but my whole idea of using "C" extension is to regular C codes . We
have bunch of C code that's already available and C -Python seems to suit
me better
Regards,
Ganesh
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