From 2348eda37bf37abb6a96a69301f4a3303d353f33 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brett Cannon Date: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:24:45 +0000 Subject: Note in the intro to Extending... that ctypes can be a simpler, more portable solution than custom C code. --- Doc/extending/extending.rst | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/extending/extending.rst b/Doc/extending/extending.rst index 5c99c3d..6f77117 100644 --- a/Doc/extending/extending.rst +++ b/Doc/extending/extending.rst @@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ source file by including the header ``"Python.h"``. The compilation of an extension module depends on its intended use as well as on your system setup; details are given in later chapters. +Do note that if your use case is calling C library functions or system calls, +you should consider using the :mod:`ctypes` module rather than writing custom +C code. Not only does :mod:`ctypes` let you write Python code to interface +with C code, but it is more portable between implementations of Python than +writing and compiling an extension module which typically ties you to CPython. + + .. _extending-simpleexample: -- cgit v0.12