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Rust bindings for the python interpreter.
- Documentation
- Cargo package: cpython
Copyright (c) 2015-2021 Daniel Grunwald. Rust-cpython is licensed under the MIT license. Python is licensed under the Python License.
Supported Python versions:
- Python 2.7
- Python 3.7 to 3.12
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Requires Rust 1.41.1 or later.
To use cpython
, add this to your Cargo.toml
:
[dependencies]
cpython = "0.7"
use cpython::{Python, PyDict, PyResult};
fn main() {
let gil = Python::acquire_gil();
hello(gil.python()).unwrap();
}
fn hello(py: Python) -> PyResult<()> {
let sys = py.import("sys")?;
let version: String = sys.get(py, "version")?.extract(py)?;
let locals = PyDict::new(py);
locals.set_item(py, "os", py.import("os")?)?;
let user: String = py.eval("os.getenv('USER') or os.getenv('USERNAME')", None, Some(&locals))?.extract(py)?;
println!("Hello {}, I'm Python {}", user, version);
Ok(())
}
The following two files will build with cargo build
, and will generate a python-compatible library.
On Mac OS, you will need to rename the output from *.dylib to *.so.
On Windows, you will need to rename the output from *.dll to *.pyd.
At build time python3-sys/build.rs
will look for interpreters in:
PYTHON_SYS_EXECUTABLE
python
python3
picking the first one that works and is compatible with the configured expected version (by default, any Python 3.X interpreter will do). If a specific interpreter is desired, the PYTHON_SYS_EXECUTABLE
environment variable should point to it.
Cargo.toml
:
[lib]
name = "rust2py"
crate-type = ["cdylib"]
[dependencies.cpython]
version = "0.7"
features = ["extension-module"]
src/lib.rs
use cpython::{PyResult, Python, py_module_initializer, py_fn};
// add bindings to the generated python module
// N.B: names: "rust2py" must be the name of the `.so` or `.pyd` file
py_module_initializer!(rust2py, |py, m| {
m.add(py, "__doc__", "This module is implemented in Rust.")?;
m.add(py, "sum_as_string", py_fn!(py, sum_as_string_py(a: i64, b:i64)))?;
Ok(())
});
// logic implemented as a normal rust function
fn sum_as_string(a:i64, b:i64) -> String {
format!("{}", a + b).to_string()
}
// rust-cpython aware function. All of our python interface could be
// declared in a separate module.
// Note that the py_fn!() macro automatically converts the arguments from
// Python objects to Rust values; and the Rust return value back into a Python object.
fn sum_as_string_py(_: Python, a:i64, b:i64) -> PyResult<String> {
let out = sum_as_string(a, b);
Ok(out)
}
On windows and linux, you can build normally with cargo build --release. On Mac Os, you need to set additional linker arguments. The simplest solution is to create a .cargo/config
with the following content:
[target.x86_64-apple-darwin]
rustflags = [
"-C", "link-arg=-undefined",
"-C", "link-arg=dynamic_lookup",
]
For setup.py
integration, see https://github.com/PyO3/setuptools-rust
To build the crate, run: make build
To test the crate, run: make test
Note: This crate has several files that are auto-generated using scripts. Using the Makefile ensures that these files are re-generated as needed.