CFFI
Business Profile
Core Value Proposition
CFFI provides a Foreign Function Interface for Python to interact with C code, using C-like declarations that can be copied from header files or documentation.
Target Customer
Python developers and software engineers who need to call into C libraries from Python
Key Differentiator
Defines C interfaces in Python using C-like declarations and supports multiple usage modes, including in-line API mode and out-of-line module generation, with embedding capabilities
Implementation Timeline
Not specified
Pain Points
- 1Difficulty binding to C libraries from Python without manual C extensions
- 2Need for a copy-paste friendly way to declare C interfaces
- 3Requirement for flexible usage modes (inline vs. out-of-line, embedding)
Key Features
- 1ffi.dlopen(): loading C libraries in ABI mode
- 2ffi.cdef(): declaring C types and functions
- 3ffibuilder.set_source(): preparing out-of-line modules
- 4ffibuilder.compile(): compiling out-of-line modules
- 5ffi.verify(): in-line API-mode
- 6Using the ffi/lib objects
- 7Embedding CFFI into Python applications
- 8Python 3 support
Target Customer Industries
Key Benefits
Additional Product Information
Product Description
CFFI is a C Foreign Function Interface for Python, enabling interaction with C code from Python using C-like declarations copied from headers or documentation.
Target Market
Developers needing to call into C code from Python
Unique Value Proposition
Allows declaring C interfaces in Python with C-like declarations copied from C headers, supporting multiple usage modes and embedding
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