[capi-sig] Import

[ecir hana]

On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Francis Bolduc <francis.bolduc at cm-labs.com
> wrote:

>
> The Python interpreter can read zip files.
>
> This is what I do myself. I zip the entire Python library and embed it
> inside my application. Then I extract it at run-time in a temporary
> directory, then I point the Python interpreter to it using Py_SetPath.
>

I thought it would be possible to do without the extracting to a temporary
directory, i.e. doing it all in-memory...


> Not at all.
>
> Extending and embedding and distributing Python within an application
> seems to be the most common use case. Once you know what to do, it is
> actually very simple. But it is not covered in the documentation, nor
> are there any examples. I only succeeded because I actually read the
> CPython source code.
>
> Maybe, some day, somebody will feel generous and publish an example of
> how to do that. Until then, this is the best place to ask questions.
>

Thank you!