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.. _extending-index:
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Extending and Embedding the Python Interpreter
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This document describes how to write modules in C or C++ to extend the Python
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interpreter with new modules. Those modules can define new functions but also
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new object types and their methods. The document also describes how to embed
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the Python interpreter in another application, for use as an extension language.
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Finally, it shows how to compile and link extension modules so that they can be
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loaded dynamically (at run time) into the interpreter, if the underlying
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operating system supports this feature.
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This document assumes basic knowledge about Python. For an informal
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introduction to the language, see :ref:`tutorial-index`. :ref:`reference-index`
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gives a more formal definition of the language. :ref:`library-index` documents
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the existing object types, functions and modules (both built-in and written in
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Python) that give the language its wide application range.
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For a detailed description of the whole Python/C API, see the separate
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:ref:`c-api-index`.
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.. toctree::
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:maxdepth: 2
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:numbered:
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extending.rst
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newtypes.rst
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building.rst
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windows.rst
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embedding.rst
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