We'll be holding our regular PyGTA (Toronto Python User's Group) meeting on the third Tuesday of the month, January 16, 2007. The topic will be the ctypes Foreign Function Interface system, which has been made a standard module in Python 2.5. This library allows you to wrap C shared libraries using Python code without the need to compile an extension module. It is the library being used in the PyOpenGL 3.x release, replacing the SWIG wrappers used for the 2.x release of the project. We'll cover what the library is, why and when you would want to use it, and a bit of how to use it for wrapping larger C libraries. We'll also discuss a bit about the areas that aren't yet fully developed wrt use with larger libraries.
As usual, we'll be meeting at Linux Caffe at 6:30pm for socialisation, and we'll start the presentation at 7:00pm. We normally head out for beers and more dessert between 8:30 and 9:00pm. Linux Caffe is a great place to hang out and work, the have free WiFi, great coffee, pastries, chocolate (when they have it) and other assorted goodies. They are located at the corner of Grace and Harbord Streets, one block South of Christie subway station. Map available on the NextMeeting page: http://web.engcorp.com/pygta/wiki/NextMeeting Have fun all, Mike -- ________________________________________________ Mike C. Fletcher Designer, VR Plumber, Coder http://www.vrplumber.com http://blog.vrplumber.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-announce-list Support the Python Software Foundation: http://www.python.org/psf/donations.html