#🔒 A way of reading plain C / C++ files

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astral fossil
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I'm trying to access code written using the SDL library for C and C++. However, the only way of reading C or C++ code using ctypes seems to be as a .so library or .dll file - I may be wrong, though. Is there a way of accessing plain .c or .cpp files using ctypes, or do I need to use a different library if there's one that can do that at all? Thanks in advance.

slender micaBOT
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@astral fossil

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lime tinsel
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.c and .cpp files are just raw code, a computer cannot execute them at all. This is one of the main differences between C-like languages and python actually. They are compiled, python is interpreted. What this means is: a .py file is actual code, runnable by a computer. A .cpp file is not.

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I'd suggest compiling your code to a .dll/.so using an appropriate compiler. If this code is written by someone else, check if there is an automated process to do just that. Most libraries have a Makefile, so you can just run an appropriate command (make ...) and it'll build all the required stuff

latent perch
lime tinsel
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Yeah, meant that

latent perch
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This is the way c is faster too bc it doesn't need an interpreter after the compileing it runs on the processor skipping the resources of the interpreter

astral fossil
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Ah that does make sense

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thanks for the help

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