Extending Python with C API

[Carsten Haese]

On Thu, 2007-09-13 at 18:05 -0700, Thierry Masson wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I'm trying to use the C API to extend Python. I've looked at various
> books and web sites (including the docs at python.org) and I can't get
> any of the samples to work. Below is a very minimalist example that
> I'm trying to get working and I was wondering if someone could tell me
> where I'm going wrong. It's probably something very obvious to those
> familiar with this technique. 
>[snip...]
> The setup script builds the library OK, and I've verified that
> gtestmodule.so is getting created. But when I try to run a test script
> ( test.py, above) that uses the library, I get this error:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "test.py", line 2, in ?
>     import gtestmodule
> ImportError: ./gtestmodule.so: undefined symbol: PyBuildValue 

Your module C code uses an unknown function by the name of PyBuildValue.
The actual name of the function you mean is Py_BuildValue.

HTH,

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Carsten Haese
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