PythonExtensionPatterns

If you need to write C extension for Python then this is the place for you.

The full documentation is on Read the Docs <http://pythonextensionpatterns.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html>_.

Code examples and documentation source are on GitHub <https://github.com/paulross/PythonExtensionPatterns>. The example and test code is available on PyPi <https://pypi.org/project/cPyExtPatt>.

==================================== Subjects Covered

• Introduction
• A Simple Example
• PyObjects and Reference Counting
• Containers and Reference Counts
• Struct Sequence Objects (a namedtuple in C)
• Exception Raising
• A Pythonic Coding Pattern for C Functions
• Parsing Python Arguments
• Creating New Types
• Setting and Getting Module Globals
• Logging and Frames
• File Paths and Files
• Subclassing and Using super()
• Capsules
• Iterators and Generators
• Context Managers
• Pickling C Extension Types
• Watchers [Python 3.12+]
• Setting Compiler Flags
• Debugging
• Memory Leaks
• Thread Safety
• Source Code Layout
• Using C++ With CPython Code
• Miscellaneous
• Installation
• Further Reading
• TODO
• History
• Index

============= Project Links

• Source is on GitHub <https://github.com/paulross/PythonExtensionPatterns>_.
• Documentation on Read the Docs <http://pythonextensionpatterns.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html>_.
• Project is on PyPi <https://pypi.org/project/cPyExtPatt>_.

================== Videos

I have presented some of this, well mostly the chapter "PyObjects and Reference Counting", at Python conferences so if you prefer videos they are here:

• PyCon UK 2015 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViRIYqiU128>_
• PyCon US 2016 <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yq__HtUIH5Y>_