Part C, Part Python Module?

[Terry Reedy]

"John Abel" <john.abel at pa.press.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.1046165167.5769.python-list at python.org...
> Hi,
>
> I am in the process of writing a module, and now need to code some
parts
> of it in C.  Is it possible to have them both imported using the
same
> name?  Or, will I have to import the C-based module in the Python
module?


sre does the latter.  re currently imports sre.py (rather than the
older p(c)re).  sre imports sre_parse.py and sre_compile.py.
sre_compile imports builtin (C-coded) _sre.  (Which makes bug tracing
fun, I sure.)

Terry J. Reedy