Opinion on Pyrex

Robert Kern rkern at ucsd.edu
Fri Sep 30 15:18:30 EDT 2005


Carl wrote:
> I have recently started to use Pyrex and am amazed by it's useability. 
> 
> Are there any alternatives to Pyrex?
> 
> One thing that I haven't figured out is how to embed pure C/C++ source code
> into Pyrex. For example, if you have a bunch of C files that you want to
> use together with some Python code snippets, how do you practically achieve
> this using Pyrex? I have come to the conclusion that it is not possible
> without some rewriting and adaptation (translation) of available C source
> code (if you don't want to compile and link all your C source into a
> statical or dynamical library).

I always just include those C files as sources for the Extension along
with the Pyrex-generated file.

-- 
Robert Kern
rkern at ucsd.edu

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