How to call and execute C code in Python?

[Chris Angelico]

On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 3:23 AM, Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 13/05/2012 16:39, Chris Angelico wrote:
>>
>> On Sun, May 13, 2012 at 11:25 PM, David Shi<davidgshi at yahoo.co.uk>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Can anyone tell me how to call and exectute C code in Python?
>>
>>
>> Browse the documentation about Extending and Embedding Python, there's
>> an extensive API.
>>
>> Chris Angelico
>
> I like your response, my first thought was to say "yes" :)

Hehe. Never ask a geek a yes-no question, eh.

Regarding Cython vs direct use of the API: I cannot in good faith
recommend Cython, as I've never used it, but it very likely could be
the right option. However, my answer to a vague and nonspecific
question would still have been a simple pointer to documentation,
whether to Cython's or to the underlying API.

To the OP: Be more specific about what you're trying to do, and you'll
likely get more helpful answers. :)

Incidentally, one of the easiest ways to deal with refcounting imho is
to write a thin C++ layer around the PyObject* for locally owned
references. Of course, that works only if you're writing C++ code, but
it did save me a lot of hassle when I was embedding Python in C++.

ChrisA