summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Demo/embed/demo.c
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Demo/embed/demo.c')
-rw-r--r--Demo/embed/demo.c74
1 files changed, 74 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Demo/embed/demo.c b/Demo/embed/demo.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00c5a0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Demo/embed/demo.c
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+/* Example of embedding Python in another program */
+
+#include "Python.h"
+
+void initxyzzy(void); /* Forward */
+
+main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+ /* Pass argv[0] to the Python interpreter */
+ Py_SetProgramName(argv[0]);
+
+ /* Initialize the Python interpreter. Required. */
+ Py_Initialize();
+
+ /* Add a static module */
+ initxyzzy();
+
+ /* Define sys.argv. It is up to the application if you
+ want this; you can also leave it undefined (since the Python
+ code is generally not a main program it has no business
+ touching sys.argv...)
+
+ If the third argument is true, sys.path is modified to include
+ either the directory containing the script named by argv[0], or
+ the current working directory. This can be risky; if you run
+ an application embedding Python in a directory controlled by
+ someone else, attackers could put a Trojan-horse module in the
+ directory (say, a file named os.py) that your application would
+ then import and run.
+ */
+ PySys_SetArgvEx(argc, argv, 0);
+
+ /* Do some application specific code */
+ printf("Hello, brave new world\n\n");
+
+ /* Execute some Python statements (in module __main__) */
+ PyRun_SimpleString("import sys\n");
+ PyRun_SimpleString("print sys.builtin_module_names\n");
+ PyRun_SimpleString("print sys.modules.keys()\n");
+ PyRun_SimpleString("print sys.executable\n");
+ PyRun_SimpleString("print sys.argv\n");
+
+ /* Note that you can call any public function of the Python
+ interpreter here, e.g. call_object(). */
+
+ /* Some more application specific code */
+ printf("\nGoodbye, cruel world\n");
+
+ /* Exit, cleaning up the interpreter */
+ Py_Exit(0);
+ /*NOTREACHED*/
+}
+
+/* A static module */
+
+/* 'self' is not used */
+static PyObject *
+xyzzy_foo(PyObject *self, PyObject* args)
+{
+ return PyInt_FromLong(42L);
+}
+
+static PyMethodDef xyzzy_methods[] = {
+ {"foo", xyzzy_foo, METH_NOARGS,
+ "Return the meaning of everything."},
+ {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
+};
+
+void
+initxyzzy(void)
+{
+ PyImport_AddModule("xyzzy");
+ Py_InitModule("xyzzy", xyzzy_methods);
+}