Redefined Horizons wrote: > I've got a third-part application that exposes a C API. I'd like to > wrap it in Python. Is there a specific forum that covers extending and > embedding Python, or are those type of questions O.K. on this list? > > Scott Huey
Over the years, many posts (and questions) have come up on dynamically importing and reloading modules and the inadequacy of the now available import and reload() features. This should enable one to modify or add code at runtime without having to restart the application. Unfortunately, few respondents understand the implications of this possibility. Regrettably also some display their ignorance by swinging their self perceived weight around. James Coplien, a Bell Laboratories Scientist, published "Advanced C++ Programming Styles and Idioms". Although now 15 years old, this book still has today quite some impact. Of particular interest for the problem at hand is Chapter 9 which presents idioms supporting incremental run-time update. Further Coplien illustrates in this chapter the major advantage gained by languages like Smalltalk and Lisp in this matter by having incremental run-time update as a built-in feature. Reading Coplien may further the cause of this very basic missing requirement in Python, -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
