[Pyrex] Pythonic wrapping of libxml2

[Lenard Lindstrom]

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:52:03 +0200 Martijn Faassen <faassen at infrae.com> wrote:

> vng1 at mac.com wrote:
> > 
> > but I'm left pretty confused - most likely because i can't remember what 
> > to actually _use_ function pointers for anymore.
> 
> I'd need to figure it out too. Come and join me if you like. :)
> 
> In python it's so simple that the C level way to do it looks 
> spectacularly strange. Basically it allows you to parameterize code with 
> logic, not just data. In OO languages you'd often use polymorphism for 
> this effect.
> 
Function pointers are also used for callbacks and calling functions
in a dynamically loaded library.

Lenard Lindstrom
<len-l at telus.net>