[C++-sig] The easiest way to evoke a python function from a C++ application...?

[Billy Gnosis]

What is the easiest way to evoke a python function from a C++ application ?

I just want it for testing reasons and perhaps use it as a new way to 
develop software.

I am new into python, but admire the fast and easy way to write code.

Actually I planned to set up most of the program in C++ in a more or 
less complete way - this should be quickly possible by using Python 
functions, that are later replaced by C code when the "design" of the 
program is ok.

So I just want to call e.g. a python function string.split(...) and 
return an array of strings to the C-Program. How is this most easily 
done ? It can be very 'dirty' as it will be replaced later anyway. Does 
somebody has example code?

Cheers,

sb