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is it possible to import modules from .lib library to Python program (as simple as .dll)?
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Static Linking creates larger binary files, and need more space on disk and main memory. Examples of static libraries (libraries which are statically linked) are, . a files in Linux and . lib files in Windows.
You can't do this. You have two options: Recompile the library as a shared library. Then use ctypes to call methods from the dynamically-loaded shared library.
The Python Standard Library contains the exact syntax, semantics, and tokens of Python. It contains built-in modules that provide access to basic system functionality like I/O and some other core modules. Most of the Python Libraries are written in the C programming language.
LIB (lib.exe) creates standard libraries, import libraries, and export files you can use with LINK when building a program.
In theory, yes; in practice, probably not -- and certainly not as simply as a DLL. Static libraries are essentially just collections of object files, and need a full linker to correctly resolve all relocation references they may contain. It might be possible to take your static library and simply link its contents to form a shared library, but that would require that the static library had been built as position independent code (PIC), which is not guaranteed. In theory there's no reason the work a full linker would do to link the library couldn't be done at runtime, but in practice there's no off-the-shelf code for doing so. Your best real option is probably to track down the source or a shared version of the library.
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