python-tinycc

Module to use the Tiny C Compiler for inlining C Code in Python.

Tested with:

• CPython 2.7.6 and PyPy 2.2.1 Linux (both 64bit on x86_64, Ubuntu 14)
• CPython 2.7.5 Windows (32bit on x86, Windows XP)
• CPython 2.7.8 Windows (32bit on x86_64, Windows 10)
• CPython 2.7.9 and PyPy 4.0.1 Linux (both 32bit on ARMv7 emulated, Raspberry Pi 3, Raspbian Jessie armhf)
• CPython 2.7.3 Linux (32bit ARMv7, Wandboard, Ubuntu 12 armel)
• CPython 3.4.3 Linux (64bit on x86_64, Ubuntu 14)

Get the Tiny C Compiler

Linux

Run the following commands:

cd<modulepath>
git clone git://repo.or.cz/tinycc.git
mkdir build
cd build
../tinycc/configure --prefix=../linux --with-libgcc --disable-static
make all
make install

Windows

For Windows the repo contains a binary version (x86 only). It was build from source with MinGW:

cd<modulepath>
git clone git://repo.or.cz/tinycc.git
mkdir build
cd build
../tinycc/configure --prefix=../win32 --disable-static --extra-ldflags=-static-libgcc
make all
make install

Examples

A simple example with the 'run' state:

fromtinyccimportTinyCCc_code='#include <stdio.h>\n'c_code+='void main(void) {'c_code+=' printf("Hello World!\\n");'c_code+='}'state=TinyCC().create_state('run')
state.compile(c_code)
state.run([])

Example with inline code:

fromtinyccimportTinyCC, InlineGeneratorfromctypesimportc_intgen=InlineGenerator()
# C function to be used from Python@gen.c_function(c_int, c_int, c_int, c_int)defadd_mul(a, b, c):
"return mul(a + b, c);"# calls the Python function mul# Python function to be used from C@gen.callable_function(c_int, c_int, c_int)defmul(a, b):
returna*b# compile the codestate=TinyCC().create_state()
state.compile(gen.code)
state.relocate()
# bind to state for symbol resolutiongen.bind_state(state)
# use itadd_mul(23, 42, 7)
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See the example files for more usage ideas.

TODO

• rework error handling
• Testing
• PyPI package