python-embedding

Create an object using Python’s C API

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Call PyObject_New(), followed by PyObject_Init(). EDIT: The best way is to call the class object, just like in Python itself: /* Pass two arguments, a string and an int. */ PyObject *argList = Py_BuildValue(“si”, “hello”, 42); /* Call the class object. */ PyObject *obj = PyObject_CallObject((PyObject *) &pyfoo_T, argList); /* Release the argument list. */ … Read more

Calling a python method from C/C++, and extracting its return value

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As explained before, using PyRun_SimpleString seems to be a bad idea. You should definitely use the methods provided by the C-API (http://docs.python.org/c-api/). Reading the introduction is the first thing to do to understand the way it works. First, you have to learn about PyObject that is the basic object for the C API. It can … Read more