extending python

[Ajay]

hi!

i have written simple C file and am now trying to call it from Python
the file is pasted below.
I can compile it to testdll.dll but when i call it from Python, i get an
import error: No module named testdll

what am i doing wrong

thanks

cheers
#include <Python.h>

static PyObject*
test_dll(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
{
char *command;
int sts;

if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s", &command))
return NULL;
sts = 5;
return Py_BuildValue("i", sts);
}

static PyMethodDef testdllMethods[] = {
{"system", test_dll, METH_VARARGS, "test a dll."},
{NULL, NULL, 0, NULL}
};

PyMODINIT_FUNC
inittestdll(void)
{
(void) Py_InitModule("testdll", testdllMethods);
}

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[Michael Hudson]

Ajay <ab******@mail.usyd.edu.au> writes:

hi!

i have written simple C file and am now trying to call it from Python
the file is pasted below.
I can compile it to testdll.dll but when i call it from Python, i get an
import error: No module named testdll

How are you compiling it? Where is the DLL?

Cheers,
mwh

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