Contents

• Extending Python with C or C++ code
  • Introduction
  • A Simple Example
  • Intermezzo: Errors and Exceptions
  • Back to the Example
  • The Module's Method Table and Initialization Function
  • Compilation and Linkage
  • Calling Python Functions From C
  • Format Strings for PyArg_ParseTuple()
  • The Py_BuildValue() Function
  • Reference Counts
    • Introduction
    • Reference Counting in Python
    • Ownership Rules
    • Thin Ice
    • NULL Pointers
  • Writing Extensions in C++
• Embedding Python in another application
  • Embedding Python in C++
• Dynamic Loading
  • Configuring and Building the Interpreter for Dynamic Loading
    • Shared Libraries
    • SGI IRIX 4 Dynamic Loading
    • GNU Dynamic Loading
  • Building a Dynamically Loadable Module
    • Shared Libraries
    • SGI IRIX 4 Dynamic Loading
    • GNU Dynamic Loading
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