http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2013/03/09/python-ffi-with-ctypes-and-cffi/ Eli Bendersky's personal website Sat, 18 May 2013 00:16:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2013/03/09/python-ffi-with-ctypes-and-cffi/comment-page-1/#comment-1119988 mcg Fri, 29 Mar 2013 01:34:58 +0000 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/?p=3113#comment-1119988 Even with Cython you still have to "cdef" every function from the header files that you intend to actually use. Cython won't parse the headers for you. Even with Cython you still have to “cdef” every function from the header files that you intend to actually use. Cython won’t parse the headers for you.

]]> http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2013/03/09/python-ffi-with-ctypes-and-cffi/comment-page-1/#comment-1103609 bc Sun, 10 Mar 2013 08:41:54 +0000 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/?p=3113#comment-1103609 Once you start using a compiler, you might as well go with Cython which lets you "cimport" from C-header files in a more pythonic way than copying stuff out of header files into strings in python modules. With both ctypes and Cython available, it's hard to see the gap that cffi fills. Once you start using a compiler, you might as well go with Cython which lets you “cimport” from C-header files in a more pythonic way than copying stuff out of header files into strings in python modules. With both ctypes and Cython available, it’s hard to see the gap that cffi fills.

]]> http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2013/03/09/python-ffi-with-ctypes-and-cffi/comment-page-1/#comment-1103152 xiscu Sat, 09 Mar 2013 18:40:30 +0000 http://eli.thegreenplace.net/?p=3113#comment-1103152 IMHO one should use some C-'header' to cytpe converter to do the job (e.g. wraptypes from pyglet or ctypesgen just to mention some) but the DRY aproach taken by cffi is really interesting. Let's see how is going to evolve... IMHO one should use some C-’header’ to cytpe converter to do the job (e.g. wraptypes from pyglet or ctypesgen just to mention some) but the DRY aproach taken by cffi is really interesting. Let’s see how is going to evolve…

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