Python C/API simple debugging

[Stefan Behnel]

k3xji wrote:
> I am new to Python C API and finding it difficult to debug C
> extensions. So, basically I want to see the value of an integer value
> during the C API. Here is the code:
> 
> #define LAST_MIX_VAL 0xDEADBEEF
> 
> static PyObject *
> chash(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
> {
>     unsigned int key,result; //treat key like an usinged int.
> 	unsigned char a,b,c,d;
> 
> 	key = result = 0;
>     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "i", &key))
>         return NULL;
> 
> 	printf("Key:%i\n",Py_BuildValue("i", key));
> 	.
> .
> [...]
> - What is the preffered approach for these kind simple-debugging
> issue?

If you want to simplify this kind of debugging as well as the general code
writing itself, consider using Cython.

http://cython.org/

Apart from that, I'd use gdb for debugging these things. It does have a
learning curve, but in change gives you a lot more than just "print-debugging".

Stefan