distutils and ctypes

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Robert Kern schrieb:
>> Not sure it's stupid, but I wonder why you want to use ctypes. What's
>> wrong with extension modules?
> 
> What's wrong with ctypes? They're both valid, useful approaches to connect to C
> libraries.

See the original posting. Distutils doesn't support building arbitrary
shared libraries, but does support building extension modules.

Furthermore, extension modules are more type-safe and more expressive
than loading shared libraries through ctypes. IMO, you may consider
using ctypes as a last resort - if you have the chance for a
well-engineered solution, write a compiled wrapper.

Regards,
Martin