Another question about extending Python

[Martin v. Löwis]

> If I extend Python with C++ as described in the Manual
> "Extending and Embedding Python": May I allocate memory in
> my C++ program using new (and free it with delete)?

Certainly. You just can't use new if you pass the memory to the Python
runtime, and the Python runtime frees it (there are very few places
where the runtime frees memory that you have allocated).

Regards,
Martin