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Extending Python with C or C++ code

• 1.1 Introduction
• 1.2 A Simple Example
• 1.3 Intermezzo: Errors and Exceptions
• 1.4 Back to the Example
• 1.5 The Module's Method Table and Initialization Function
• 1.6 Compilation and Linkage
• 1.7 Calling Python Functions From C
• Format Strings for PyArg_ParseTuple()
• The Py_BuildValue() Function
• 1.10 Reference Counts
  • 1.10.1 Introduction
  • 1.10.2 Reference Counting in Python
  • 1.10.3 Ownership Rules
  • 1.10.4 Thin Ice
  • 1.10.5 NULL Pointers
• Writing Extensions in C++