Re: terminology question - "foreign function library"

2006-12-24 Thread Gary Herron
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I am prompted to make these inquiries after seeing the following link > to ctypes: > > http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ctypes.html > > in which ctypes is described as a foreign function library. > > What is the definition of "foreign function library"? > Is the concept

Re: terminology question - "foreign function library"

2006-12-24 Thread Terry Reedy
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] |I am prompted to make these inquiries after seeing the following link | to ctypes: | | http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ctypes.html | | in which ctypes is described as a foreign function library. | | What is the definition of "foreign

terminology question - "foreign function library"

2006-12-24 Thread mirandacascade
I am prompted to make these inquiries after seeing the following link to ctypes: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-ctypes.html in which ctypes is described as a foreign function library. What is the definition of "foreign function library"? Is the concept different from a "package"? Is the conce