Re: Function References

squishywaffle@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Ctypes is a since python2.5 built-in module that allows to declare
interfaces to C-libraries in pure python. You declare datatypes and
function prototypes, load a DLL/SO and then happily work with it. No C,
no compiler, no refcounts, no nothing.

And you can pass python-functions as callbacks.

The first sentence (and some really crummy licensing restrictions
imposed by the library distributor) alone here excludes this as a
valid option for this particular case, I definitely need Python 2.4
support.

How much more liberal can it get than MIT-licensed?

"""
to deal in the Software without restriction, including
without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
the following conditions:
"""

But then, if you insist, go down the hard road.

Diez

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