Contents

• Contents
• 1. Extending Python with C or C++ code
  • 1.1 A Simple Example
  • 1.2 Intermezzo: Errors and Exceptions
  • 1.3 Back to the Example
  • 1.4 The Module's Method Table and Initialization Function
  • 1.5 Compilation and Linkage
  • 1.6 Calling Python Functions From C
  • 1.7 Format Strings for PyArg_ParseTuple()
  • 1.8 Keyword Parsing with PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords()
  • 1.9 The Py_BuildValue() Function
  • 1.10 Reference Counts
    • 1.10.1 Reference Counting in Python
    • 1.10.2 Ownership Rules
    • 1.10.3 Thin Ice
    • 1.10.4 NULL Pointers
  • 1.11 Writing Extensions in C++
• 2. Embedding Python in another application
  • 2.1 Embedding Python in C++
• 3. Dynamic Loading
  • 3.1 Configuring and Building the Interpreter for Dynamic Loading
    • 3.1.1 Shared Libraries
    • 3.1.2 SGI IRIX 4 Dynamic Loading
    • 3.1.3 GNU Dynamic Loading
  • 3.2 Building a Dynamically Loadable Module
    • 3.2.1 Shared Libraries
    • 3.2.2 SGI IRIX 4 Dynamic Loading
    • 3.2.3 GNU Dynamic Loading