[Newbie] embed c++ in Python

[Fernando Pérez]

Matthias Stern wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I'm new to Python and I'm looking for a good tutorial how to embed a C/C++
> function into Python. I found some tutorials but no one describes what I
> need:
> 
> I want to know how to write a function which receives some variables as
> argument changes them and sends the results back to Python. E.g.:
> 
> int doSomething(int *a, int *b) {
>    :
>    *a = 10;
>    *b = 123;
>    :
> }
> 
> Can I do this in Python? I'd like to call the function doSomething() from
> Python and receive the changed values a and b in Python again.
> 
> Is there a tutorial? Has someone got a simple example for this?
> 
> Thx, Mac

The easiest of the many possible ways to do it:

http://www.scipy.org/site_content/weave

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