Laurent
igor is right if the bindings are done and package then of course this is
different than just calling them.
Stef
>
>
> Is it works because someone already provided a bindings for libraries
> you mention,
> or you did it by yourself?
>
> Have just used ctypes:
>
> >>> import ctypes
> >>> import ctypes.util
> >>> ctypes.util.find_library("yaz")
> '/usr/local/lib/libyaz.dylib'
> >>> yaz = ctypes.cdll.LoadLibrary("libyaz.dylib")
> >>> con = yaz.ZOOM_connection_new("z3950.loc.gov", 7090);
>
> Indeed, I think the great thing is that I could write this in 5 mn just
> looking at the doc, haven't used python for years.
>
> In Pharo, well, .........
>
>
> Laurent.
>
>
>
> Laurent
>
>
> Here a first hit from google search:
>
> http://lists.indexdata.dk/pipermail/yazlist/2002-May/000269.html
>
> <quote>
> I wrote these files for more than 2 years ago to play with SWIG and PERL, they
> are far from being used, but I have just done a fast perl test and the results
> were just fine.
>
> zclient.c
> zclient.h
> zclinet.i swig interface file
>
> The zclient_wrap.c will be created as
>
> > swig -python zclient.i
>
> which should be compiled and linked with the rest
> </quote>
>
> So? Do you think it was easy in first place to a guy who did it from scratch?
> Now you can easily use it (and its just works out of the box). But it
> is because someone did it before you!
>
> And if you gonna repeat same from scratch, then you will have to learn:
> - C
> - SWIG
> - Python
>
> so, do you still think that it easier to do that in Python than in Smalltalk?
>
> > But when I was working with Python and Ruby several years ago things was
> > easy (for my needs), I think because of documentation.
> > Laurent
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
>
>
>
