Are there memory limits for external C modules?
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
bj_666 at gmx.net
Sat Jan 28 18:45:30 EST 2006
In <1138316171.607603.299130 at g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
david at quanterium.zzn.com wrote:
> I was able to modify my C code so that instead of being a Python
> module, it runs as a standalone binary, and it works as it should.
> Calling it with os.spawn* works. The two versions are essentially the
> same, the primary differences being the necessary difference in how
> arguments and return values are handled.
>
> This will work if necessary, but I would think having it as a Python
> module would be slightly more elegant and efficient since we avoid the
> overhead of setting up new processes.
Mybe you can build your C code as shared library and use `ctypes` to call
the functions from Python:
http://starship.python.net/crew/theller/ctypes/
Ciao,
Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch
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