What

Example of how to call C++ code from Python.

How

Compiling / Preparation

Create an object file from the C++. Pass -c so we don't run the linker and our output is just the object file(s) from the assembler:

g++ -c foo.cpp -o foo.o

Create a shared object file (.so) by passing the object file (.o) from above as input:

g++ -shared foo.o -o libfoo.so

Running

python foo_wrapper.py

or

python main.py

You should see various output from C/C++.

Misc.

Source and discussion

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/145270/calling-c-c-from-python http://docs.python.org/2/library/ctypes.html#return-types