Re: [Swig-user] Problem in wrapping static C function

[Eliot B. <el...@bl...>]

Xiaoshuo Cai wrote:
> Hi all,
> I got some problem when I trying to make a extending module for python
> by using SWIG.
> The context is describe below:
> 
> I have a C source file below:
> 
> /* test.c*/
> #include <stdio.h>
> 
> static void test_swig();
> 
> static void test_swig() {
>     printf("static test!");
> }


> I can import the "test" module and invoke function test.swig()
> 
> Above is just a example that I use to describe my problem. In my
> project, I need define some static function in C and port it to Python.
> Thus could anyone know how can I do to get it through wiht "static
> function" problem

Get rid of the static.  This is just how C works, nothing to do with swig.
A static function will have no visibility outside the file it is defined
in, so the swig wrapper just cannot refer to it.

-- 
Eliot