Python Binding

[Stefan Behnel]

Georg Grabler wrote:
> There's a C library which i'd like to have python bindings for. I havn't
> known anything before about how to write python bindings for a C library.
> 
> I succeeded now by using distutils to write the first bindings for functions
> and similar.
> 
> Now, it seems as something is blocking my brain. For the library, i
> need "custom" types, so types defined in this library (structures),
> including pointers and similar.
> 
> I've been thinking about what i will need to represent this lists in python.
> I thought about creating an external python object, providing "information"
> i get from the list in C structures which can be converted.
> 
> Basically, it are list of packages, which have several attributes (next,
> prev, etc). But i don't know how to supply a proper list from the binding /
> object written in C.
> 
> Any suggestions or hints about this?

Use Pyrex. It's a Python-like language that was designed to write extension
modules in C and it's great for writing wrappers.

http://www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz/greg.ewing/python/Pyrex/

An example wrapper is described here:

http://ldots.org/pyrex-guide/

Hope it helps,
Stefan