[IronPython] Iron Python NewB questions . . .

[Frank Merrow]

So I've been reading the Iron Python docs plus installed and played 
with it a little bit . . . it doesn't look like Iron Python does 
quite what I need.

If I have a Python script . . . and I want to access a C# assembly . 
. . it looks like I am Golden.  (I have yet to actually get it to 
work, but it looks like the pieces are there.)

However, if I want to create a Python .NET assembly so I can call an 
existing Python class set from C# . . . it looks to me like that 
direction doesn't exist.

The other thing that I see here, is that even if I adopt the "Python 
on top" philosophy . . . since I cannot create an assembly . . . I 
cannot create an executable file and I think also that things like 
Py2EXE and PyInstaller won't work either.

That is . . . to run the resulting scripts, I have to install Iron 
Python on every target system.  (Currently we wrap our application 
using PyInstaller and so the customer does not have to have Python 
installed to run it.)

Lastly, I'm wondering is any of this is runnable under Unix Mono . . 
. I'm guessing the answer is "no".

Comments welcomed.

If I have misunderstood anything here . . . please point me at docs 
so I can do more reading.

Frank