Thanks stefan and Gollwitzer , good to know there are many ways to do this i.e via cython or SWIG but the C/Python API <https://docs.python.org/2/c-api/> is probably the most widely used method - not for it’s simplicity but for the fact that you can manipulate python objects in your C code.
I want to use C/Python API <https://docs.python.org/2/c-api/> On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 6:32 PM, Stefan Behnel <stefan...@behnel.de> wrote: > Ganesh Pal schrieb am 01.09.2016 um 14:30: > > On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 12:32 PM, dieter wrote: > >> Ganesh Pal 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. > > > > 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 > > From your response it's not obvious whether you are aware that Cython also > makes it substantially easier to *interface* CPython with external C code, > in the same way that it makes it easy (but not necessary) to *avoid* > writing C in the first place. So I thought I'd just mention that this is > not a reason to rule it out as an excellent option. > > Stefan > > > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
