Easiest way to access C module in Python

Tue Nov 7 16:00:15 EST 2017

On 07/11/2017 20:08, Gisle Vanem wrote:
> Lele Gaifax wrote:
>>> On my PC, I get the following, using the "-v" option to verbosely see the
>> imported modules:
>>>> $ $ python -v
>> # installing zipimport hook
>> import zipimport # builtin
>> # installed zipimport hook
>> ...
>>>>> import life
>> dlopen("./life.so", 2);
>> import life # dynamically loaded from life.so
>>>>> dir(life)
>> ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', 
>> '__test__', 'life']
>>>> Can you try to import the "life" module and print its "dir()" to see the
>> symbols it exposes?
>> From inside python 2.7:
>   Python 2.7.13rc1 (v2.7.13rc1:4d6fd49eeb14, Dec  3 2016, 21:49:42) 
> [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32
>   Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>   >>> import life
>   >>> dir(life)
>   ['__builtins__', '__doc__', '__file__', '__name__', '__package__', 
> '__test__']
>   >>>
>> works fine.

Not really, as it's missing the attribute 'life' which is needed for the 
second part of 'life.life':
 But as I wrote, doing a:
>   python -vc "import life; print(life.life())"

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bartc