"tuyun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi
I have a library written in C, I want to make a python binding for it.
But I dont know how to get started.
Is there any guide or document?
Is "Python/C API Reference Manual" the right doc I need to study first?

Check out the ctypes library. It comes with Python 2.5, but can be installed for older versions.

Here's an example that calls the Win32 function Beep() from kernel32.dll:

import ctypes
ctypes.windll.kernel32.Beep(440,1000)

This is a simplistic example that works for simple DLL functions that take integers and return integers. If your APIs deal with pointers and read/write buffers it is somewhat more complicated, but still easier to write your bindings in Python than using the Python C APIs.

-Mark


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