How to define a callback from Python to a C program ...

[Marten Feldtmann]

Markus Schaber schrieb:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Marten Feldtmann <marten at toppoint.de> schrub:
> 
> > I want to extend my application (not written in C) with Python and
> > I want to call from Python to my program and give my program some
> > information (say a string) ... it's something like a callback.
> >
> > Can this be done ???
>

 Ok, the language I use is Smalltalk and I've no support to write
COM server code: therefore COM is not suitable.
 
> If the language your application is written lets you execute external
> programs, than you can use pipes. Start the python program from your
> application, and then communicate with it through the pipes.
>

 Hmm ...
 
> 
> If both fails, you could open a tcp or udp socket, and communicate this
> way.
> 

 Ok, that could do it ....


Marten