Extending Python. What are some of the advantages of Python extensions?
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Extending Python. Can you see any disadvantages or dangers of using extensions?
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Writing Extensions. Obtain or find a C/C++ compiler and write a small program with it to (re)familiarize yourself with C/C++ programming. Find your Python distribution directory and locate the Misc/Makefile.pre.in file. Take the program you just wrote and wrap it in Python. Go through the steps necessary to create a shared object. Access that module from Python and test it.
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Porting from Python to C. Take several of the exercises you did in earlier chapters and port them to C/C++ as extension modules.
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Wrapping C Code. Find a piece of C/C++ code, which you may have done a long time ago, but want to port to Python. Instead of porting, make it an extension module.
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Writing Extensions. In Exercise 13-3, you created a dollarize() function as part of a class to convert a floating point value to a financial numeric string with embedded dollar signs and commas. Create an extension featuring a wrapped dollarize() function and integrate a regression testing function, i.e., test(), into the module. Extra credit: In addition to creating a C extension, also rewrite dollarize() in Pyrex.
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Extending versus Embedding. What is the difference between extending and embedding?
