swig no module named _example

Question

I cannot reproduce the basic SWIG example on windows. My error is stated in the SWIG docs and I am sure that I do the 2 fixes they mention. For this error:

>>> import example
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
  File "example.py", line 2, in ?
    import _example
ImportError: No module named _example

the SWIG documentation clearly states:

forget the leading underscore (_).

forget the leading underscore (_).> If you get this message, it means that

you either forgot to compile the wrapper code into an extension module or you didn't give the extension module the right name. Make sure that you compiled the wrappers into a module called example.so. And don't forget the leading underscore ().forget the leading underscore (_).

and I am sure that I link with the latest wrap object build and I have tryied: "_example", "_example.so", "example.dll", "example.so", "example.dll", even all at once, and that the generated "example.py" is in the same folder as the shared library, and that the python path contains this directoryforget the leading underscore ().

THE EXAMPLE:

//example.h
int foo_sum(int a, int b);

.

//example.cpp
int foo_sum(int a, int b) {
    return a + b;
}

.

//example.i
%module example
%{
#include "example.h"
%}

#include "example.h

and the build commands:

gcc -IV:\temp\example\external\include\Python -O3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -oexample_wrap.o ..\example_wrap.c
g++ -IV:\temp\example\external\include\Python -O3 -Wall -c -fmessage-length=0 -oexample.o ..\example.cpp
g++ -LV:\temp\example\external\lib -shared -oexample.dll example_wrap.o example.o -lpython26

even if I don't use -O3 it still doesn't work (I pasted the build commands from a Release configuration)

I also tried this and to no success:

>>> import sys
>>> sys.path.append("/your/module/path")
>>> import example

EDIT:

apparently it loads the dll if you rename it to "_example.pyd", BUT the module loaded does not contain my "foo_sum" function

EDIT: it works now, I am using extern "C" and not including headers in the .i file

Answer 1

The file name of the library must be *.pyd. I suppose that you have generated a wrapper code and link it together.