Importing libs on Windows?
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From: Dave Angel on 13 Aug 2010 05:23 Brian Salter wrote: > It appears that every example is calling a dll, and I'm looking to > bring in a lib. Does ctypes work with libs too? > > "Gary Herron" <gherron(a)islandtraining.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.2044.1281656800.1673.python-list(a)python.org... >> On 08/12/2010 04:09 PM, Brian Salter wrote: >>> I've seen a number of tutorials that describe how to bring in a dll >>> in python, but does anybody know of a tutorial for how to bring in a >>> lib? Is it even possible? >>> >>> Thanks, in advance! >>> >>> >> >> Look at the Python module named ctypes: >> http://docs.python.org/library/ctypes.html >> >> Gary Herron >> >> > A lib file is not executable. It's a *description* of routines and data that has to be converted by a linker into actual executable code. The reason it's called a static lib is that once it is converted by the linker, the actual executable code resides inside the EXE file. So an application written in C doesn't ship with the lib file either (unless of course it's a compiler/linker). What's your actual goal? DaveA |