I cryptically wrote:
> As best I could figure, I needed to write Python code, execute a script file,
> get that code to call a C function that I register, in order to have that
> function. At least the tutorial implied that was the way.
Which made Stefan respond:
>I'm confused. In your last mail you asked for how to get hold of a Python
>function so you could run it from within C++. Now you want to run a C function
>instead ?
I misspoke. I want a Python function. I was confused by the lack of any
PyModule_GetFunction or anything resembling that in the API.
>Python is an interpreted language, so you need to read (interpret) the code
>that you then want to run.
>I asked where the function that you want to store and run comes from. If it
>already exists in a module,
>you can simply import that module (using boost::python::import()), and extract
>the function from it:
>object module = import("your_module");
>object function = module["your_function"];
>function(); // call it
I take it this is Boost? I haven't looked at that. I was just studying the
built-in API.
>If you don't want to import a module directly, but rather run a script, use
>exec() instead.
>I'm not sure how this could be any simpler.
I agree. This is exactly what I was looking for but failed to find.
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