Python: SWIG vs ctypes

Question

In python, under what circumstances is SWIG a better choice than ctypes for calling entry points in shared libraries? Let\'s assume you don\'t already have the SWIG interfac

Answer 1

ctypes is great, but does not handle C++ classes. I've also found ctypes is about 10% slower than a direct C binding, but that will highly depend on what you are calling.

If you are going to go with ctypes, definitely check out the Pyglet and Pyopengl projects, that have massive examples of ctype bindings.