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From: "Mathieu Prevot" <mathieu.prevot@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: python modules
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2007/7/13, Mathieu Prevot <mprevot@freebsd.org>:
> I learn that modules loaded with import fall into 4 general categories:
> - code written in Python (.py)
> - C or C++ extensions that have been compiled into shared libraries (or DLLs)
> - Packages containing  collection of modules
> - Built-in modles writen in C and linked into the Python interpreter
>
> Why don't we use directly the libpmc library in C instead of rewritting
> things in python  ?

I copied libpmc.so and tryed  'import libpmc'. I have:
ImportError: dynamic module does not define init function (initlibpmc)
Are we really far from having a libpmc module ?

Mathieu