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I have been looking at the Python/C API for embedding my python script into C. I want to know if there is an easy (or simpler) way to embed my python script without having to get too involved in the python/c API. I should mention (cause I am not sure if this will be a problem) that in my python script I am using a number of other modules in my python script (NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib and Mayavi to be exact). Any help or advice you might be able to give would be greatly appreciated.

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    Actually, embedding Python is surprisingly easy: http://docs.python.org/2/extending/embedding.html#very-high-level-embedding – NPE Dec 17 '12 at 20:32
  • I thought Cython was for writing C extensions for Python, which if I am not mistaken is the opposite of embedding. Please correct me if I am wrong. – user1750948 Dec 17 '12 at 20:42
  • @user1750948: Quoting from the About page: "This makes Cython the ideal language for wrapping external C libraries, **embedding CPython into existing applications**, and for fast C modules that speed up the execution of Python code." – abarnert Dec 17 '12 at 20:56
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    `cython` because ultimately it is also generating `c` equivalent code.. .without too much focus on `c` and just doing everything in pythonic way! – namit Dec 17 '12 at 21:10
  • Yes you guys are correct. It appears that Cython can be used for embedding according to this page: http://docs.cython.org/src/userguide/external_C_code.html. – user1750948 Dec 17 '12 at 21:40
  • I know this a an old thread, but I figured I would give this a shot. I was wondering if it is possible to create a DLL from the cython code – user1750948 Jul 18 '13 at 13:32

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