Contents

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