cBinder

C bindings and wrapper generator for Python using CFFI library

Examples

Simple C functions

• Create new directory my_lib in cBinder directory

• Create files test.c and test.h in above directory:

  //test.h
  
  int add(int a, int b);
  
  float addF(float a, float b);

  //test.c
  
  #include "add.h"
  
  int add(int a, int b){
      return a + b;
  }
  
  float addF(float a, float b){
      return a + b;
  }

• Open terminal/command prompt in cBinder directory and run following command:

  python main.py my_lib -f./my_lib -d./my_lib/out compile

• Now go to my_lib/out directory. In dist directory you will find distribution packages ready to be pushed to PyPi.
  Wrapper for test functions lies in my_lib directory

• Open up Python terminal in my_lib/out directory

• Test generated wrapper

  >>>import my_lib.test
  >>>my_lib.test.add(1,2)
  3
  >>>my_lib.test.addF(1.0,2.0)
  3.0
  

To use cBinder to compile libamtrack project on Unix:

libamtrack with corrected doxygen comments: https://github.com/certaindividual/library

Copy these external dependencies:
libgsl
libgslcblas

Use this call:
python main.py
libamtrack {name of output folder}
-f
/some-path..../libamtrack/library/src {.c files}
-f
/some-path..../libamtrack/library/include {.h files}
-d
some-results-path {path to folder with results}
-es
path-to-export symbols {path to export symbols list}
-mono {create one file}
libAT {name of final library}
compile {compiling mode}
-i
path-to-external-dependencies-headers (libgsl, libgslcblas)
-i
path-to-libamtrack-headers
-b
path-to-external-dependencies-libraries (libgsl, libgslcblas)
-l
gsl
-l
gslcblas
-l
m