newbie-question: extending python with c++

[Fernando Pérez]

Siegfried Gonzi wrote:

> I ran into a similar problem: including an external C function in
> Python. The SWIG manual is somewhat behind time and my first attempts
> failed. I just then wrote to the developers (or mailinglist?) and they
> explained me a "how to" with the assistance of distutils.
> 

Could you share that mini-howto here with the rest of us? I'm sure that more 
than one would find it useful.

cheers,

f