Re: [PyGiNaC-users] Static library possible?

[Jonathan B. <jbr...@ea...>]

On Mon, 2005-09-19 at 00:27 +0200, Richard B. Kreckel wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> Is there a place where I can read more about how the lookup of the
> library works, when one invokes a Python 'from ginac import...' command?

Libraries in Python are called "modules", initially covered in Section 6
of the Python Tutorial.  See also "Creating Packages" in the
Boost.Python tutorial, sys.path in the Python Library Reference, and
"Modifying Python's Search Path" in the Installing Python Modules
manual.

If it isn't clear from the Boost.Python docs, the entry point function
in a Boost.Python extension is identified with the BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE
macro.

> I guess it is not possible to use any of this stuff with static library.

Compiled Python modules are typically dynamically loaded shared
libraries.  There is a mechanism for preloading a static lib into the
Python interpreter if you _really_ need to do so, but it requires
relinking the interpreter every time you rebuild the extension module
and is generally a royal PITA to use.

> PS: The top-level run script has PYTHONPATH misspelled as PYHTONPATH.

Fixed, thanks.

HTH,
-Jonathan