Python DLL's for C++?

[Geert Vancompernolle]

Hi,

Is it possible to write DLL's in Python for applications that only
provide C++ interfaces? Example: NotePad++ is extendible by writing C++
DLL's which can call the NotePad++ interfaces.

I wonder if those DLL's also can be written in Python, which in the end
calls the C++ interfaces of NotePad++...

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Best rgds,

Geert
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[Martin v. Löwis]

Is it possible to write DLL's in Python for applications that only

provide C++ interfaces? Example: NotePad++ is extendible by writing C++
DLL's which can call the NotePad++ interfaces.

Not directly, no. You have to write a C++ DLL which then can delegate
all calls to it to some Python function, and likewise expose Notepad++
API to Python.

I wonder if those DLL's also can be written in Python, which in the end
calls the C++ interfaces of NotePad++...

The actual logic can be in Python, but you do need a C++ wrapper module.

OTOH, if Notepad++ would also support COM/ActiveX plugins, then those
could directly be written in Python (assuming the COM interfaces
supported automation).

Regards,
Martin