[IPython-user] Embedding IPython in C program?

[Fernando Perez]

Herb Schilling wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   I want to embed IPython in a C program. Here is the C code I am 
> using to test this out.

[snip]

> 
> What I get as output is the help info ( plus a mysterious IE ) and 
> nothing else.. See below for the first part of that output. Am I 
> trying to do something that is impossible with IPython ? If it is 
> possible, what am I doing wrong ?

It should be possible, but I don't know the details.  I'll try to provide as 
much info as I can, and maybe we can get somewhere. First, I can't quite get 
your code to compile correctly, perhaps someone can give me a hint.  I've 
never compiled a C code which embeds python, so I'm most likely missing a link 
option.  Here's what I get (under Linux):


[embed]> gcc -I/usr/include/python2.2 -Xlinker -export-dynamic embed.c
/tmp/ccaaGfYJ.o: In function `main':
/tmp/ccaaGfYJ.o(.text+0x4b): undefined reference to `Py_Initialize'
/tmp/ccaaGfYJ.o(.text+0x5e): undefined reference to `PyRun_SimpleFile'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status

But that aside, I'm attaching here a few emails from a discussion I had a 
while back with another user on this very problem.  He found a fix, but I was 
reluctant to apply it for reasons stated in the discussion.  He said he'd look 
into it further, but I never heard back from him.  I'll include all of the 
background, and if we can sort this cleanly, I'll be happy to include 
whichever changes are necessary into ipython's next release.

I hope this is of use to you.

Best,

Fernando.
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