[Numpy-discussion] Calling routines from a Fortran library using python

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Christopher Barker wrote:
> Matthieu Brucher wrote:
>   
>>  If it is not the
>> case, you will not be able to compile it as a shared library and thus
>> not be able to use it from Python :|
>>     
>
> maybe not directly with ctypes, but you should be able to call it from 
> Cython (or SWIG, or custom C code), and statically link it.
>   
If it is not compiled with -fPIC, you can't statically link it into any 
shared library, it has to be statically linked into the final executable 
(so the standard /usr/bin/python will never work).

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