Extending and embedding Python

[Tommy Nordgren]

I want to write an application that embeds and extends (at least) the 
Python and Perl interpreters. Now i want to find as much as possible 
about the Python tools used for extending and embedding Python.
To be more specific: My app should:
1. Parse an input file.
2. Call a script in some scripting language, to generate an output file, 
for example in C++.

For task 2 I need to call an embedded interpreter, and also provide call 
backs from the scripting language to C++, in order to read global 
information collected during parsing.

In order to correctly compile and link my Application, I need a OS 
independent way to find compiler options and linker options necessary to 
find header files and libraries. What methods should I use from 
DistUtils for this purpose.


I also need to find some way to verify that linker options necessary for
embedding Perl is not incompatible with linking options for embedding 
Python.

Stockholm July 11, 2005
Tommy Nordgren